This marked an increase of 21.2% from the previous month. 

The yield rates for government bonds were lower than those in February. The three-year-bond rate fell 0.2 percent per year, the five-year-bond rate dropped 0.22%, and other bond rates remained nearly flat. On the secondary government bond market, total trading volume of government bonds sold outright reached more than 713 million bonds, worth more than VND74.1 trillion, a monthly increase of 43.6%. Total trading volume through repurchase agreements was more than 582 million bonds worth VND56 trillion, up 121% from the previous month.