Hanoi (VNA) – The State Treasury raised about2 trillion VND (85.6 million USD) from Government bonds (G-bond) in an auctionat the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) this week.
According to the HNX, the auction offered a total of 3.5trillion VND (150 million USD) worth of G-bonds with different maturities.
Four tenures were available, including five-year, 10-yearand 15-year bonds valued at 1 trillion VND (42.8 million USD) each, and 30-yearbonds worth 500 billion VND (21.4 million USD).
The auction of five-year bonds drew the interest of 16investors and mobilised 450 billion VND (19.27 million USD) at the averageyield rate of 4.2 percent per year, up 0.1 percent from that of the previousauction on October 17.
The auction of 10-year bonds attracted nine bidders andsold 850 billion VND (36.4 million USD) worth of bonds at the annual interestrate of 4.9 percent, 0.05 percent higher than that of the October 17 session.
Five investors made a bid at the auction of 15-year bondswhich raised 700 billion VND (30 million USD) at the average interest rate of5.2 percent, down 0.2 percent from that of the previous session.
There was no successful bid for 30-year bonds.
So far this year, the State Treasury of Vietnam hascollected nearly 126.43 trillion VND (5.4 billion USD) from G-bond auction atthe HNX, accounting for over 70.2 percent of the yearly target.
According to the Ministry of Finance, Vietnam expects toissue 180 trillion VND (7.7 billion USD) worth of G-bonds this year, with thefocus being on long-term maturity and keeping the interest rate at low levels.
G-bonds valuing at 159.9 trillion VND (7.03 billion USD) and having an averagematurity of 13.52 years, up 4.81 years against 2016, were issued last year. Thebonds had an average annual interest rate of some 6.07 percent, down 0.2percentage points against 2016. –VNA
