Vietnam bonds little changed

Vietnam's five-year government bonds were little changed Wednesday, while the dong exchange rate was constant.

The yield on the benchmark note was at 15.961 percent, from 15.964 percent on Tuesday, according to a daily fixing price from 10 banks compiled by Bloomberg.

The Vietnamese dong was unchanged at VND16,610 a dollar at 3 p.m. in Hanoi, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg.

The State Bank of Vietnam fixed Wednesday's reference rate for the currency at VND16,515 per dollar, compared with VND16,517 on Tuesday, according to the bank's website. The currency is allowed to trade by as much as 2 percent on either side of the official rate.

Thanhnien

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