Hanoi (VNA) -Demand for Government bonds has hit a seven-month high, helping the StateTreasury successfully issue all 5-15 year bonds worth 4 trillion VND (175.43million USD) set for bidding last week.

The monetary report released by the Saigon Securities Incorporation (SSI) thisweek showed that the registration ratio for the auction rose 356 percent, thehighest level since October 2016. The high demand also helped the Treasurysuccessfully call for an additional bidding of more bonds worth 1.2 trillionVND.

Thanks to the high demand, it was easy for the Treasury to issue the bonds atyield falling six percentage points, stopping the constantly upward trend of theyield since February.

In the week, the Bank for Social Policies also issued successfully five,10 and15 year bonds worth 720 billion VND out of 1 trillion VND set for bidding. The10-year bond yield fell six percentage points, while the 15-year bond yieldslid 20 percentage points.

In the secondary market, rising bond demand has also helped improve liquiditysignificantly. Total bond value traded last week reached 42.5 trillion VND, or 8.5trillion VND per bid on average. Foreign investors also increased their buyingvalue from 800 billion VND to 1.3 trillion VND last week, making them becomenet buyers of 477 billion VND.

The bond yield in the secondary market continuously fell by 2-11 percentagepoints, of which the three-year bond yield posted the highest decrease of11.6 percentage points, followed by the one and two-year bond yields of 11 and6.4 percentage points, respectively.-VNA