SE Asia Stocks-Fall; Vietnam comes off near 11-yr high to close 2.5 pct lower

* Singapore falls over 1 pct, down for 5th session

* Indonesia posts 3-week closing low

* Thailand extends fall into fourth session

By Susan Mathew

March 5 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets extended

falls on Monday, with Vietnam declining 2.5 percent and

Singapore shedding over 1 percent, on continued fears of a

global trade war.

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed tariffs on

imported steel and aluminium, a pledge that met with warnings of

retaliation from the rest of the world over the weekend.

Vietnam shares rose as much as 1 percent to their

highest since March 2007 before reversing their course.

They fell due to "some concerns of margin availability" and

a correction catchup after they bucked the downward trend seen

last week in most markets of the region, said Fiachra Mac Cana,

head of research at Ho Chi Minh Securities.

The index logged a gain of 1.7 percent last week.

Joint Stock Commercial Bank For Foreign Trade Of Viet Nam

and Petrovietnam Gas were the biggest drags,

down 5.3 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively.

Singapore shares dropped for a fifth straight session

and posted their lowest close since Feb. 14. Yangzijiang

Shipbuilding was the worst performer with a plunge of

5.7 percent.

Among other losers, lender DBS Group fell 1.4

percent, while Keppel Corp declined over 3 percent.

Philippine shares closed 0.9 percent lower in thin

trade, with Manila Electric being the worst performer

with a decline of 2.8 percent. SM Investments fell 1.9

percent.

Malaysian stocks finished the session down 0.7

percent, even after data showed exports surged 17.9 percent in

January and beat expectations of an 11.4 percent rise.

Shares of aluminium trader Press Metal Aluminium Holdings

were the biggest drag with a plunge of 9.1 percent.

Indonesia stocks fell to their lowest close in three

weeks, while Thai shares declined for the fourth

straight session.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS: CHANGE ON DAY

Market Current Previous Pct Move

close

Singapore 3438.61 3479.2 -1.17

Bangkok 1808.89 1811.98 -0.17

Manila 8386.17 8458.57 -0.86

Jakarta 6550.593 6582.316 -0.48

Kuala Lumpur 1842.62 1856.07 -0.72

Ho Chi Minh 1093.48 1121.21 -2.47

Change on year

Market Current End 2017 Pct Move

Singapore 3438.61 3402.92 1.05

Bangkok 1808.89 1753.71 3.15

Manila 8386.17 8558.42 -2.01

Jakarta 6550.593 6355.654 3.07

Kuala Lumpur 1842.62 1796.81 2.55

Ho Chi Minh 1093.48 984.24 11.10

(Reporting by Susan Mathew in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu

Sahu)