Sacombank, DHG, UNI, Binh Dinh Minerals, ST8 Shares on July 11

Vietnam's benchmark VN-Index, a measure of 153 companies on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, advanced for a fourth day, adding 10.04, or 2.3%, to 456.64. More than 14 stocks rose for each that dropped.

Binh Dinh Minerals Joint-Stock Co., (BMC VN), which mines and markets minerals, rallied 1,500 dong, or 2.26%, to close at 68,000, its highest since May 8. The company reported net profit was 24 billion dong in the first-half of the year, 52% of its full-year profit target, Dau Tu Chung Khoan newspaper said today.

Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Joint-Stock Co., (DHG VN) Vietnam's biggest publicly traded drugmaker, posted the biggest gain in two weeks, adding 4,000 dong, or 2.92%, to 141,000. The company, based in Can Tho City, the Mekong Delta's commercial center, plans to buy back 1,300 shares on July 18, according to a statement posted on stock exchange's bulletin today.

Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint-Stock Bank., (STB VN) the fifth-biggest company on the stock exchange, rose 700 dong, or 2.7%, to 26,500, its highest since May 20. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, deputy general director of Sacombank, as the lender is commonly known, completed the purchase of 20,000 shares, increasing her holding to 137,451, according to a statement posted on the stock exchange's Web site yesterday.

Vien Lien Joint-Stock Co., (UNI VN), the Ho Chi Minh City- based company that assembles and distributes telecommunications equipment, advanced 400 dong, or 2.45%, to close at 16,700, its highest since June 4, after announcing on the stock exchange that it has bought back 234,580 shares. (Bloomberg)