Foreigners net buy US$11mil of Vietnam bonds in July
The bonds were issued with maturities of five, 10, 15 and 30 years, with 10-year terms accounting for the majority at 8% (21.6 trillion dong) and 15-year terms making up 11% (2.9 trillion dong).
On the secondary market, the listed value of government bonds as of July 31 reached 2.4 quadrillion dong.
The average daily trading value stood at 15.71 trillion dong, down 6.15% from the previous month. Outright transactions accounted for 65.23% of the total, while repos made up 34.77%.
Foreign investors represented 4.27% of overall market transactions, with a net purchase value of 298 billion dong. Medium and long-term maturities dominated trading, particularly 10-year (20.86%) and five-year (15.6%) bonds. — Viet Nam News/ANN
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