At the end of January, more than VND 9.5 trillion of Government bonds mobilized

	State Treasury controls amount of Government bonds flexibly and effectively
	State Treasury managed state budget flexibly and reduce waste in 2019
	Nearly 169.5 million USD mobilised from Government bonds

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As of January 31, the HNX held 12 bidding sessions and mobilised 9,526 billion bonds, down 15.3 percent compared to December 2019, of which, 100 percent of mobilised bonds were issued by the State Treasury. The winningratio in January reached 79.4 percent. The bidding volume in January was 3.9 times higher than the bidding volume the previous month.

Regarding interest rates, the winning interest ratesof the State Treasury bonds in January decreased compared to the end of 2019, down 0.6-1.71 percent per annum for each term.Of which, the interest rate for 7-year terms dropped sharply at 1.71 percent per annum.

On the secondary government bond market in January 2020, the average trading value reached VND9,458 billion/session, down 0.08 percent compared to December 2019. Repos value accounted for 39 percent of the total trading value, down 13.3 percent compared to December 2019.

Accordingly, the total trading volume of Government bonds by the ordinary trading method (outright) reached more than 833 million bonds, equivalent to the trading value of more than VND98 trillion, down 10 percent compared to December 2019.

The total volume of Government bond repo transactions reached more than 565 million bonds worth more than VND 62.6 trillion, down 30 per cent compared to December 2019.

Buying outright value by foreign investors reached more than VND4.3 trillion and selling outright reached more than VND3.6 trillion. There wereno repos of foreign investors. In January, foreign investors net bought VND700 billion of Government bonds.

As of January 31, the total value of listed government bondsreached over VND1.13 million billion.