Transparent bond market vital to investor confidence, says expert

Worrying time: A security guard patrols a residential neighbourhood in Hanoi. With the real estate market quiet amid a slow recovery, there are growing concerns of businesses, especially in the real estate sector, defaulting on bonds. — AFP

HANOI: An efficient, transparent corporate bond market is a sustainable medium and long-term capital channel.

There will be a significant volume of corporate bonds that will mature in the 2023 to 2025 period, totalling more than 700 trillion Vietnamese dong (RM131bil), excluding interest, said economist Can Van Luc at the seminar “Healthy Financial Market and Real Estate Market for Fast and Sustainable Economic Development”, held under the auspices of the Vietnam Economic Forum 2022.