A total of 420 private placements of corporate bonds worth approximately 244.6 trillion VND (10.43 billion USD) were made in 2022. ( Photo: VTV)Hanoi (VNA) – A total of 420 private placements ofcorporate bonds worth approximately 244.6 trillion VND (10.43 billion USD) were made in 2022, accounting for 96% of the total issuance value and marking ayear-on-year decrease of 66 %, according to Vietnam Bond Market Association (VBMA).
In 2022, the banking group was the largest issuer of privatecorporate bonds with a value of VND 136.77 trillion VND, accountingfor 53.6% of the total issuance value.
The average issuance term of this group is 5.47 years, and theaverage annual interest rate 5.48%.
The real estate group was the runner-up with an issuance valueof nearly 52 trillion VND, accounting for 20.4% of the total issuance value.Compared to 2021, the value of bonds issued by real estate businesses decreasedby nearly 76%.
In 2022, businesses bought back 210.83 trillion VND, an increase of46% compared to 2021.
In 2023, about 290 trillion VND of bonds will reach maturity.Particularly, in the first month of the year, about VND 17.5 trillion VND ofbonds get matured including 10.5 trillion VND of real estate bonds, accountingfor 60% of corporate bonds’ value and 5.9 trillion VND of construction bonds,accounting for 34%.
According to VBMA, in the first week of 2023, no corporate bondplacements were recorded. The total value of bonds bought back by bond issuersbefore maturity was 310 billion VND, down 17% compared to the same period lastyear./.
