Interest rates of auctioned Government bonds continue to rise
The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) held 30 auctions of Government bonds (G-bonds) in October, with 55.66% of the total G-bonds on offer, worth 31.45 trillion VND (1.26 billion USD) sold.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) held 30auctions of Government bonds (G-bonds) in October, with 55.66% of the totalG-bonds on offer, worth 31.45 trillion VND (1.26 billion USD) sold.
With the latest G-bonds auctions, the amount of capitalraised via this channel in the January-October period by the State Treasury cameto 139.432trillion VND, while the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) mobilised 12.3trillion VND.
Compared to the end of September, annual interestrates for 10-year and 15-year bonds issued by the State Treasury increased to4% and 4.1%.
Three-year and five-year bonds issued by theVBSP have annual interest rates of 4.7 and 4.8%, respectively.
On the secondary market, trading value of G-bonds duringthe month dropped by 40.4%, with an average trading value of 3.84 trillion VNDper session, down 11.1 percent on-month.
The total volume traded via repos decreased by57.68% while Outright transaction value reduced by 16.49%./.
More than 17.57 trillion VND (748 million USD) was mobilised via 31 government bond (G-bond) auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in June, up 67.2% month-on-month.
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A transaction office of BaoViet Bank (Photo: VNA) 
