VN stocks progress on GDP forecastVietnamese shares advanced further on Monday on high investor confidence and good performance of real estate stocks, however, growth rates were slowed down as profit-taking hit bank stocks following their recent gains. The VN-Index peaked at 1,165.63 points and the HNX Index touched the highest level of the day at 134.41 points. On the opposite side, bank stocks were hit by strong selling after they led the benchmark index to surpass the peak of 1,130 points last week. The worst-performing bank stocks included Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BID), Sai Gon-Ha Noi Bank (SHB) and Eximbank (EIB). “The decline of bank stocks today, after the strong rally, increased the risk of the overall market’s downtrend.