Central bank offers US$268 million of T-bonds
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) launched two sets of treasury bills worthVND 6 trillion (US$268 million) on February 23.
The SBV said the bidding on the bills were combined with competitive and non-competitive interest rates, with the bills with non-competitive interest rates not exceeding 30% of the total bid volume.
Accordingly, the first session had bills worth VND3 trillion, with maturities of 26 weeks. Payment must be completed within the day, while the due date is August 23, 2016.
The second session saw the issue of bills worth VND3 trillion with maturities of 39 weeks. Payment must be completed within the day, with November 22, 2016 being the due date.
The treasury under the Finance Ministry has issued 20 trillion VND in T-bills in eight sessions so far this year. It has also offloaded government bonds worth nearly VND21.3 trillion so far this year through the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), the bond auction organiser.