May 2026: The banking sector emerged as the leading issuer

In May, total value of bond issuance declined 41.8% yoy and -7.67% mom to VND43,163bn (Fig. 1). The Banking issued VND25,450bn, 26% mom, and accounted for 59%. Major issuer was Techcombank (VND8,000bn, Table 1) and Military Bank (VND7,250bn). The Real Estates issued 14,180VNDbn with +9% yoy, -5% mom and accounting for 32.9% of total issuance (Fig. 2). VHM was the main issuer with VND8,000bn. The average coupon rate still remained 5.3% in May 2026 (Fig. 3). The Real Estate coupon rate increased to 12.5%, while the banking coupon rate maintained at 8.5%. Bond tenors were focus on ≤ 3 Years (82.95%). Notably, bond tenor of 7-10 years re-arranged after being absent in April (11.24%) (Fig 4).