An investor looks at stock prices on a smartphone at a brokerage in HCM city's District 1, January, 2020. (Photo: VnExpress/Quynh Tran)

With a 6.65 percent increase, the VN-Index ranked fourth among the most active markets in the past week, according to StockQ.org.

The top three on the list were India, Russia and Italy. Vietnam was followed by Spain.

An overall gain of 34.51 percent has allowed the VN-Index to get back to the group of 10 markets with the most impressive growth in the last six months.

Last week overcame a contrary performance in the previous one, when four consecutive losing sessions had made the VN-Index one of the world's strongest losers.