HANOI, June 16 (Reuters) - Vietnam's unlisted lenderTechcombank, 19.41 percent owned by HSBC Holdings Plc,plans to issue bonds to raise 6.5 trillion dong ($298.51million) in 2015, the country's central bank said on Tuesday.
While the central bank did not provide any details on theissue, Hanoi-based Techcombank should follow the plan submittedto the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), SBV said in a statement onits website. (sbv.gov.vn)
Bond buyers could be individuals or organisations inside andoutside Vietnam but Techcombank shall not offer the bonds firstto foreign bank branches, credit institutions and theirsubsidiaries, the central bank said.
Techcombank officials were not immediately available forcomment on the issue. ($1=21,775 dong) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Editing by Ho Binh Minh and SunilNair)