Article: INVESTORS RACE TO BUY UP SHARES IN ANTICIPATION OF DIVIDEND PAYOUTS.

HANOI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Investors are racing to buy more shares in order to participate in year-end dividend payouts, with stocks of some companies showing a rise in trading volume even when the rest of the Vietnamese market is seeing a downward trend.

Phu Thinh-Nha Be Garment Joint Stock Co (NPS) has topped the list at the Hanoi Trading Securities Centre (HASTC) by announcing it would pay a 40 percent dividend. Each share, there-fore, will receive 4,000 VND (US$0.24). Since the announcement, NPS shares have climbed for eight consecutive trading sessions, rising from 17,000 to close at 21,600 VND per share on Nov.28.

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