The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has recently held an auction to sell 1.5 trillion VND (69.4 million USD) worth of Government bonds in five-year term.

The money mobilised to the State Treasury has an annual interest rate of 6.4 percent, 0.03 percent higher than that of the previous tender.

The bonds on offer were worth 2.5 trillion VND (116.3 million USD) in total, including those of five-year and 15-year terms.

Earlier on June 26, the HNX in conjunction with the State Treasury to launch an online government bond transaction system (E-BTS).

The system is expected to make the government bond market more lucrative, attracting more domestic and international capital to Vietnam’s bond market, eventually contributing to liquidation.-VNA