At the press conference (Source: VNA) The ministry plans to submit aroadmap on the development of the bond market for 2017-2020 with a vision to2030 to the Prime Minister this year, and a decree replacing another one oncorporate bond issuance to the Government.
It is also due to issue a Circular onpurchasing government bonds to contribute to the restructuring of governmentdebts portfolio.
The government bond market, set to bea model in the financial market, will offer bonds with 10-year, 15-year,20-year and 30-year maturity, and those at floating interest rates.
The Vietnam Social Insurance’sinvestment mechanism in the bond market will be renewed in line with thegovernment’s Decree 30/2016/ND-CP while insurance firms, especially lifeinsurance ones, and foreign investors are encouraged to join the market.
More credit rating organisations areexpected to be born to improve the openness and transparency of the process of raisingbond capital. Meanwhile, the State management agencies will strengthen liaisonwith the Vietnam Bond Market Association along the process.
In order to develop the domestic bondmarket in line with international practices, further attention will be paid tointernational cooperation.
According to the ministry, as many as281.75 trillion VND (12.25 billion USD) worth of government bonds were issuedlast year, or 98.3 percent of the yearly target, 91 percent of them offered thematurity of at least five years. Notably, 30-year government bonds had beenissued to foreign investors for the first time.
Thanks to restructuring, thegovernment debt portfolio attracted capital accounting for 27.3 percent of thegross domestic product, compared to 16.2 percent in 2015.-VNA
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