17/10/2008, first trading date of Corporate bond VEC10801

-          Issuer: VEC (Vietnam Expressway Corporation)

-          Bond name: Corporate bond

-          Bond type: Corporate bond issued by method of auction

-          Bond form: book entry

-          Par value: VND 100,000

-          Total listed volume: 5,000,000 bonds

-          Total listed value: VND 500 billion

-          Bond code: VEC10801

-          Bond term: 15 year

-          Bond coupon rate: 16%/year

-          Issue date: 01/9/2008

-          Maturity date: 01/9/2023

-          Principal and coupon payment method: Bond principal is paid once at the par value on the maturity date. Coupon is paid on the issue date of each year (first coupon payment is on 01/9/2009). At maturity, if the bondholder has not come to get principal and coupon payments, the principal and coupon payments will be reserved without interest after the maturity date.

-         First trading date: Friday, 17/10/2008.

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