All 15-year Government bonds worth 1.5 trillion VND were posted up for transaction at the Hanoi Stock Exchange from July 8, said the Bao Viet Securities Joint Stock Company (BVSC).

The bonds, guaranteed by the BVSC, have an issue interest rate of 8.98 percent and will become mature on June 30, 2028.

This is the first guaranteed issuance in 2013 and the third since the Ministry of Finance’s circular on guiding the issuance of Government bonds in the domestic market came into effect in May 2012.

This is also the first time the State Treasury has issued guaranteed 15-year bonds since 2006.

Through various channels, the State Treasury has mobilised over 104 trillion VND of Government bonds so far this year, equivalent to 61.3 percent of the planned amount for 2013.-VNA