Hanoi (VNA) – The State Treasury of Vietnam raisedover 11.1 trillion VND (482 million USD) through 13 government bond auctions inJune, down 6.7 percent month-on-month, according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange.
During the month, the bidding volume was 4.9-fold higherthan the offering.
Accordingly, 10-year bonds will yield an annual interestrate of 4.64 – 4.67 percent, 15-year bonds between 5-5.03 percent, 20-yearbonds between 5.58 – 5.63 percent, and 30-year bonds between 5.78 – 5.85percent.
Compared to May, interest rates were down 0.04 – 0.1 percenteach year.
In the G-bond secondary market, the total volume of bondssold by the outright method exceeded 630 million, equivalent to more than 69.2trillion VND, down 19.2 percent in value from the previous month.
The trading volume through repurchase agreements (repos)reached over 969 million worth upwards 97.3 trillion VND, up 8 percent in valuemonth-on-month.
Foreign investors made outright purchases worth over 3.6trillion VND, and outright sales of more than 743 billion VND. Their repo saleswere estimated at over 39 billion VND.-VNA
Government bond futures contracts to be launched
Government bond futures contract, a new product in the derivatives market, will be traded on the Hanoi Stock Exchange on July 4, the State Securities Commission (SSC) has said.