The markets looked to extend yesterday’s big rally but ended flat on the last trading day before the Year of the Dragon. Trading value increased two-fold thanks to a large block-trade of VIC shares worth around 300bn that pushed total trading value on the Southern bourse to VND662bn. The VNIndex ended down just 0.1% to 373 ending a nine-day winning streak. Nevertheless, the index is up 5.3% over last week and up almost 11% since the recent two-week low. In contrast, the HNXIndex managed to stay