Hanoi, May 25(VNA) – Over 5.86 trillion VND (262.77 million USD) worth of Government bonds issued by the State Treasury were sold at an auction at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on May 24.

The sale included 1.5 trillion VND (66.13 million USD) worth of five-year bonds with an interest rate of 5.03 percent per annum, 0.13 percent lower than bonds of the same term sold in the previous auction on May 17.

Similarly, 1.95 trillion VND (85.97 million USD) worth of seven-year bonds sold  at the auction bear an interest rate of 5.35 percent, 0.09 percent per lower than those sold in the May 17 session.

Meanwhile, the sold 20-year bonds, worth a total 1.3 trillion VND (57.3 million USD) bear an interest rate of seven percent per annum, 0.09 percent lower than the successful bid at the previous session on May 10.

The successful bids for 30-year bonds worth 1.115 billion VND (49.16 million USD) put the interest rate at 7.55 percent per annum, 0.09 percent lower than those sold at the May 10 session.

Since early this year, the State Treasury has mobilised more than 97.5 billion VND (4.3 billion USD) from the auction of G-bonds on the HNX.

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