As many as 277 businesses were involved in bond issuances in 2020, mobilising VND403.5 trillion (US$17.4 billion), via some 2,200 issuance tranches, the Hanoi Stock Exchange has announced.

In December 2020, there were 98 registrations for bond issuance with a total registered value of VND75.35 trillion, 4.2 times higher than the previous month. Of them, there were 47 successful issuances from 35 enterprises, raising VND34.7 trillion, accounting for 45.7% of the total registered value.

The banking group was still the largest issuing group in the month, successfully issuing more than VND19 trillion, accounting for 55.13% of the total value of issued bonds.

Next was the real estate and construction with proportions of 5.88% and 4.38%, respectively. Other types of businesses accounted for a total of 28.35% of the value of bonds issued in December 2020.