VietinBank is allowed to repurchase bonds issued in 2019 and is responsible for using the capital collected from the bond issuance for the right purpose. (Photo: cafef.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - The StateBank of Vietnam has approved the plan submitted by the Vietnam Joint StockCommercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) to issue bonds worth 10trillion VND (427.4 million USD).
Bond interest rates willbe decided by VietinBank but must be consistent with the law,ensuring business efficiency and banking safety.
Bond buyers will includeVietnamese and international organisations and individuals.
VietinBank will be allowedto repurchase bonds issued in 2019 and will be responsible for using thecapital raised from the bond issuance for the right purposes.
Over the past year, VietinBankhas issued bonds to maintain and raise its capital adequacy ratio (CAR), whichis currently at the minimum level prescribed by law.
By the end of the first quarter,VietinBank's valuable papers totalled 46.2 trillion VND (1.97 billion USD),equivalent to the beginning of the year, of which 32.2 trillion VND (1.37billion USD) was in bonds. The remainder was mainly certificates ofdeposit worth 14 trillion VND (598.36 million USD).-VNA
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