Nearly US$4.5 billion worth of G-bonds raised so far this year
A total of VND104.2 trillion (US$4.46 billion) had been raised this year by the State Treasury of Vietnam via auctions of Government bonds at the Hanoi Stock Exchange as of August 22.
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At an auction this week, the State Treasury mobilised VND4.1 trillion (US$175.5 million) worth of 10-year and 15-year Government bonds.
The auction had planned to sell VND5.5 trillion (US$235.5 million) worth of G-bonds with a 5-year, 7-year, 10-year, 15-year and 30-year maturity.
Bonds with 10-year maturity raised VND1.5 trillion (US$64.2 million) with annual interest rate of 4.6%, up 0.03% from the previous auction on August 15.
A sub-session auction of 10-year bonds drew VND600 billion (US$25.7 million) with yearly interest rate of 4.6%.
Those with 15-year term attracted VND1.4 trillion (US$59.9 million) with an annual interest rate of 4.87%, up 0.03% in comparison with the rate of the previous auction.
As many as VND600 billion was mobilised from 15-year bonds at the sub-session auction with an interest rate of 4.87% per year.
No bonds of five-year, seven-year and 30-year terms were sold at this auction.
Last year, Vietnam sold some VND159.9 trillion, or US$6.84 billion, worth of G-bonds with an average maturity of 13.52 years and annual interest averaging 6.07%, down 0.2 percentage points against 2016.
