The stock market of Vietnam rose at Friday's trading session after the overnight rally on Wall Street. On the southern bourse named the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE), the benchmark VN-index on Friday rose for the biggest one-day surge since the beginning of this month. It increased 8.06 points, or 1.79 percent against Thursday to close at 457.58 points. It gained 6.19 points, or 1.37 percent from last Friday's close. During this week, VN-Index moved in an upward trend. It recorded the lowest score of 447.27 points on Monday and rose to the highest level of 457.58 points on Friday. Last week, VN-Index ranged from 451.39 to 466 points. On Friday's session, a total of 49.76 million shares worth 1.28 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (65.72 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the HoSE, an increase of 30.70 percent in volume and a climb of 29.54 percent in value from Thursday's trading session. On northern Vietnam's Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index inched up 4.45 points, or 3.47 percent against Thursday to 132.85 points on Friday. It climbed 1.7 points, or 1.29 percent against last Friday. HNX-Index traded from 127.21 to 132.85 points this week while it ran from 131.15 to 136.8 points last week. According to local insiders, Friday's sessions at both VN-Index and HNX-Index are the best trading sessions in this week. Vietnam's stock market ended higher this week as investors' sentiment improved on the good performances of U.S. market, said the local insiders. However, the liquidity has remained at a low level in the past 13 trading sessions, making the local analysts keep a cautious view on the stock market of Vietnam. Investors were advised not take big steps to involve actively in the market until later this month when initial macro-economic data of the first three quarters come out, said the analysts. 