Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The State Treasury of Vietnamraised 3.09 trillion VND (131.55 million USD) from G-bonds at an auction heldby the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on May 6, with interest rates rising yet again.
A total of 4 trillion VND worth of bonds was up for auction,including 10-year and 15-year bonds valued at 1.5 trillion VND each and five-yearand 20-year bonds valued at 500 billion VND each.
Some 90 billion VND was mobilised from five-yearbonds with an annual interest rate of 2.2 percent, up 0.4 percent from theprevious auction on January 8.
All the 10-year and 15-year bonds were sold for 1.5trillion VND each with annual interest rates of 2.63 percent and 2.93 percent,respectively, up 0.13 percent and 0.08 percent against auctions on April 29.
There were no successful bids for the 20-yearG-bonds.
G-bond interest rates on all terms have increasedslightly since the beginning of March.
Interest rates were expected to keep heading upwardsas the Government needed more funds to finance its socioeconomic developmentactivities and support businesses and citizens hit hard by COVID-19, accordingto MB Securities.
“The demand for money will push the Government toraise bond yield rates to attract more investors,” it wrote in a report. “If ratesdo not improve, the ratio of sold-out bids will remain low.”
G-bond interest rates for ten-year and 15-year bondshit record lows of 2.18 percent and 2.51 percent per annum in March. The ratioof sold bonds in March was equal to only 6 percent of the amount offered.
The State Treasury has raised over 39.14 trillionVND from G-bonds this year and expects a total of 300 trillion VND to be soldby the end of the year./.
VNA
