Hanoi (VNA) – The State Treasury of Vietnam mobilised morethan 11.93 trillion VND (512.99 million USD) through Government bond auctionson the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in May, down 5 percent against the previous month.
Successfulbidders will enjoy an annual yield of 3.7 percent for five-year bonds, 4.69-4.72percent for ten-year bonds, 5.04-5.06 percent for 15-year-bond, 5.68-5.69percent for 20-year bonds, and 5.85-5.88 percent for 30-year bonds.
Comparedwith April, the coupon rates of 30-year bonds increased 0.03 percent per annum.Meanwhile, the rates of the remaining bonds fell between 0.01 and 0.03 percent.
In theG-bond secondary market, the total volume of G-bonds sold by the outrightmethod exceeded 783 million, equivalent to over 86.1 trillion VND (3.7 billion USD),up 11.5 percent in value from the previous month.
Thetrading volume through repurchase agreements (repos) reached more than 888 millionbonds, worth more than 90.1 trillion VND (3.8 billion USD), down 8.4 percent invalue month on month.
Foreigninvestors made outright purchases worth over 2.4 trillion VND (103.2 million USD),and outright sales of more than 1.2 trillion VND (51.6 million USD). Their reposales were estimated at 365 billion VND (15.6 million USD).
TheState Treasury has so far this year raised nearly 93.98 trillion VND (4.04billion USD) via government bond auctions at the HNX, fulfilling over 36percent of the yearly target.
It plans to issue G-bonds worth 260 trillion VND (11.18 billion USD) via auctions in2019.-VNA