Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) sold 3.818 trillion VND (175.1 million USD) worth of government bonds in 24 auctions in May.

The exchange said the total value of bonds sold in May was less than half of the G-bonds sold in April.

TheState Treasury of Vietnam offloaded bonds worth 3.408 trillion VND(156.3 million USD), and the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies sold bondsworth 410 billion VND (18 million USD) during the sale.

HNX saidcompared to April, the trading volume of G-bonds sold in the primarymarket in May fell by 55.2 percent. The trading volume of bonds sold inApril was already 50.9 percent less than that in March, HNX said.

Thecoupon rate of five-year bonds was 5.40 percent per year, 0.08 percentlower than the rate in April. The coupon rate of 15-year bonds wasbetween 7.52 and 7.70 percent per year, an increase of 0.28 percent overApril.

Meanwhile, in the secondary market, the total volume ofoutright trading in May amounted to 537 million bonds, worth 57 trillionVND (2.6 billion USD). Compared to April, it was an increase of 11.5percent.

The trading volume through repurchase agreements (repos)was 240 million bonds, equivalent to 34 trillion VND (1.56 billionUSD), an increase of 23.2 percent over April.

The repos ofgovernment-backed bonds constituted 7.2 trillion VND (330 million USD)of the total. Foreign investors made outright trading, worth 9.3trillion VND (426.6 million USD) in purchase value and 7.8 trillion VND(357.7 million USD) in sales value. Foreign investors also made repobuying of 727 billion VND (33.3 million USD) and had no repos selling inMay.-VNA