Vietnam’s Stocks Drop Most in Two Weeks Amid Reports of Arrests
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Vietnam’s stocks dropped, dragging the benchmark index down the most in two weeks, amid media reports of more arrests in the finance industry.
The benchmark VN Index fell 2.2 percent at the close in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest decline since Aug. 27. Police had arrested Nguyen Duy Hung, head of Saigon Invest Group’s representative office in Hanoi, alleging he appropriated secret government documents, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said on its website on Sept. 8. Police also arrested Nguyen Thi Bich Trang, an employee of Tan Tao Investment Industry Joint-Stock Co., according to the report.