Transactions at the State Treasury of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State Treasury of Vietnam mobilised more than 14.2trillion VND (612.56 million USD) via 16 Government bond (G-bond) auctions onthe Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in March.
Thetotal sum was 24 percent lower than the amount recorded in the previous month.
According to the HNX, some 27.5 trillion VND (1.18 billion USD) worth of bondswere offered, and the bidding volume doubled the offering in the month.
Successful bidders of five-year bonds will enjoy an annual yield of 3.7percent, ten-year bonds between 4.7 and 4.72 percent, 15-year-bond between 5.02and 5.06 percent, 20-year bonds between 5.2 and 5.56 percent, and 30-year bonds5.8 percent.
Comparedwith February, the coupon rates of five- and 20-year bonds fell 0.17 percentand 0.36 percent per annum, respectively. Meanwhile, the rates increased forbonds with maturity of 10 years (0.02 percent), 15 years (0.06 percent) and 30years (0.06 percent).
In the G-bond secondary market, the total volume of G-bonds sold by theoutright method exceeded 765 million, equivalent to 83 trillion VND (3.58billion USD), up 22 percent in value from the previous month.
Thetrading volume through repurchase agreements (repos) reached more than 1.17billion bonds, worth more than 118 trillion VND (5 billion USD), rising 54percent in value month on month.
Foreign investors made outright purchases worth over 6.4 trillion VND (276million USD), and outright sales of more than 3.1 trillion VND (133.7 million USD).Their repo sales were estimated at 198 billion VND (8.5 million USD), and therewas no repo buys of foreign players in the month.-VNA
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