The State Treasury has raised over VND43.5 trillion (US$1.89 billion) from Government bonds auctioned at the Hanoi Stock Exchange since the beginning of this year.

At the latest auction, held this week, the State Treasury offered ten- and five-year bonds, each worth VND2 trillion, and bonds with a maturity of five to seven years, each valued at VND500 billion.

 Over VND4.39 billion worth was sold.

 Up VND2 trillion worth of ten-year bonds were sold at an annual interest rate of 2.75%, or 0.12% higher than at the previous auction.

 Meanwhile, VND2 trillion was raised from 15-year bonds at 2.93% per annum, the same as at the previous auction. An additional VND395 billion was also collected at a sub-auction of 15-year bonds.

 The five- and seven-year bonds failed to attract any bidders.