VN-Index approaches eight-year high. Investors enjoyed gains for a fifth day in six as the market crept closer to its highest level since 2008. The index rose 3.23 points, or 0.5%, to 672.67 after the government's official news portal reported that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the Finance Ministry to draw up plans to list state-owned beer companies Sabeco and Habeco ahead of selling stakes in those firms, a move that would add a couple of high quality blue-chip names to the index.