The State raised 31.9 trillion VND (1.5 billion USD) on the primary market and 131.4 trillion VND (6.17 billion USD) on the secondary market through government bonds in December last year.

On the primary market, the Hanoi Stock Exchange held 13 auction sessions of government bonds.

The total mobilised value soared to 394 percent in November. Of the total, the State Treasury accounted for 58.9 percent, the Vietnam Development Bank held 40.7 percent and the remaining amount belonged to the Bank for Social Policy.

Yields of bonds in three-, five, 10- and 15-year terms ranged from 5 to 8.1 percent. Only the 10-year bond term declined.

On the secondary market, the total transaction volume reached more than 862 million bonds, or 95.6 trillion VND (4.5 billion USD), by implementing the outright method.

The trading value hit 35.8 trillion VND (1.7 billion USD) from repurchase agreements.

Foreign investors bought 8 trillion VND (375.6 million USD) worth of stocks, while 68.2 trillion VND (3.2 billion USD) was sold.

The Treasury bill market in December 2014 reached over 3.1 trillion VND (145.5 million USD). This amount was attained without the activities of foreign investors.-VNA