Despite an interest rate hike by the US Fed, Vietnam stocks continued to rise, reaching a new nine-year high; VN30 reached its highest level ever as large-cap stocks increased. During the first half of March, real estate and industrial stocks, such as NVL, ROS, HBC and CII, drove market gains (+10 points to 717). However, when NVL and ROS were added to the MVIS Vietnam Index and FTSE Vietnam Index, respectively,