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Hanoi (VNA) – The State Treasury of Vietnam collected 4.6 trillion VND(197.8 million USD) in the latest Government-bond (G-bond) auction on the HanoiStock Exchange (HNX) on July 18.
The auction looked to sell 6.5 trillion VND (279.5 million USD) worth ofG-bonds in five-year, seven-year, 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year maturity.
As much as 1 trillion VND (43 million USD) was mobilised from five-year bonds,with an annual interest rate of 3.45 percent, the same as that during theprevious auction on July 11.
Six bidders bought 50 billion VND (2.15 million USD) worth of seven-year bondswith an average yield of 3.85 percent, 0.42 percent higher than that of theauction on July 18.
Bonds with 10-year maturity were sold for 1.2 trillion VND (51.6 million USD),with an annual yield rate of 4.46 percent, an increase of 0.03 percent fromthat of the July 11 auction.
Meanwhile,15-year bonds attracted 800 billion VND (34.4 million USD) with an annualinterest rate of 4.76 percent, 0.03 percent higher than the figure recorded inthe auction a week ago.
As for 30-year bonds, 50 billion VND (2.15 million USD) was raised at aninterest rate of 5.42 percent per annum, which is equal to that in April 24auction.
Meanwhile, a total 1.5 trillion VND (64.5 million USD) was mobilised fromsub-session sales for five-year, 10-year, and 15-year bonds.
There were no successful bids for 20-year bonds.
From the outset of the year, the State Treasury of Vietnam collected more than85.5 trillion VND (3.68 billion USD) from auctions through the HNX.-VNA