Employees work during a Government bond auction at the Hanoi Stock Exchange in Hanoi.(Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Up to 4.61trillion VND (198.5 million USD) has been raised by the State Treasury throughthe latest auction of Government bonds (G-bonds) on the Hanoi Stock Exchange.
Accordingly,the State Treasury offered G-bonds of four maturities – seven years, 10 years, 15 years and 20 years – each valuedat 1 trillion VND.
A total of 110billion VND was mobilised from seven-year bonds with an annual interest rate of2.24 percent, the same as that of the January 15 auction.
The 10-yearand 15-year bonds raised 1.5 trillion VND each with annual yield ratescontinuing to drop significantly to 2.77 percent and 2.85 percent,respectively. The rates were 0.14 percent and 0.18 percent lower than those ofthe February 12 auction, respectively.
The StateTreasury also sold 1.5 trillion VND worth of 20-year bonds with an average interestrate of 3.09 percent per annum, down 0.06 percent from the previous auction onJanuary 21.
So far thisyear, the State Treasury has collected nearly 18.44 trillion VND (794.5million USD) from six G-bond auctions./.
VNA
