G-bonds

Update news G-bonds

Finance Ministry announces 13 market makers for debt market

Thirteen commercial banks and securities firms will be allowed to join the debt market or Government bonds (G-bonds) market in Vietnam this year.

Stock market capitalisation equals 61% of VN’s GDP

 VietNamNet Bridge – Total value of stock market capitalisation in the first 10 months was equal to 61 per cent of Viet Nam’s gross domestic product, 

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 14/1

Parkson opens first mall in Da Nang; Senior SHB executive arrested; Mobile World receives $2m in shares after bonus payout; State Treasury to issue G-bonds in Q1; Guidelines issued on selling public firms

G-bonds to fund urgent projects

VietNamNet Bridge – The Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved the extra allocation of government bonds for the 2014-16 period, prioritising projects nearing completion, urgent projects,

MoF to release $5b in G-bonds

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced that over VND17 trillion (US$823.1 million) worth of government bonds were mobilised after its 10 auctions in December 2013.