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Analysts had predicted last month that share prices would increase as June 30 approached and fund management companies pushed to increase the net asset value of their portfolios. In the end, the prognostications failed to materialise.

(Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Vietnam’s stocks kicked off the new week in a green on late buying into blue chips, liquidity continued to be low on weak demand.

Foreigners net sold Vietnamese shares on HOSE for a second day in July though they were net buyers on smaller cap bourse today.

The UPCoM-Index, the measure of 120 unlisted public companies, closed down today as investors were cautious, liquidity was low.

Vietnam's trade deficit for H1 of 2011 was down 1.19% compared with the same period a year earlier, bringing it within government targets.

These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Stocks on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange plunged on Friday, dragging the market benchmark VN-Index to a one-month low, after the Ministry of Investment and Planning raised CPI forecast to 17-18% this year, well above initially projected 7%.

Big investors are facing big hurdles to divest investments amid the declining local market.