Tags vietnam stock market february 2 2017 VN-Index treads water under profit-taking pressure Friday, Feb 03, 2017 The benchmark VN-Index trod water during Friday morning trade as investors increased profit-taking after the VN-Index reached a fresh nine-year high of 703.2 points yesterday. Stocks gain on first day after Tet Thursday, Feb 02, 2017 Shares advanced on both local exchanges on Thursday in the first session after Tet, driven by real estate and insurance sectors.