Nearly VND227.6 trillion (US$9.6 billion) worth of corporate bonds is going to expire this year, of which about VND19 trillion matured or was repurchased before maturity in the first two months of the year, according to data compiled by the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

Thereby, corporate bonds worth VND208.6 billion are set to mature in the last ten months of the year.

If there is no significant bond redemption, September will suffer the worst maturity pressure with the largest value of over VND33.2 trillion, followed by December with VND28.3 trillion worth of bonds expiring.

In March, the total value of matured bonds is VND19.2 trillion.

Two batches of Masan Group’s bonds are going to be due this month, one with issue value of VND3 trillion will expire on March 9 while the other with an issue value of VND2 trillion will mature on March 30.

According to the separate financial statement of Masan Group, it has VND14.9 trillion worth of bonds expiring this year.

Others having large bonds expiring this month are Novaland, CII, and Trung Nam.

Novaland Group has three lots of bonds, worth more than VND2 trillion, while CII has one lot worth VND2 trillion. Trung Nam JSC and Trung Nam Construction Investment JSC totally have VND1.3 trillion worth of bonds maturing in March. — VNS