Monthly Recap January 2017 - Financials send VN-Index to nine-year high in January 08 Feb 2017 Strategy The VN-Index enjoys solid gains in January and ended the month at a nine-year high. Vietnam’s equity market closed out the lunar Year of the Monkey at 697.28 on January 25, its highest level since February 2008 and up 4.9% from the end of 2016.