Govt to offer B30bn of green bonds in AugustPatricia Mongkhonvanit, centre, the Public Debt Management Office director-general, briefs the media on the planned offer of green bonds, at the Finance Ministry on Friday. (Photo from @MoFNewsStationThailand Facebook account)Thailand will offer up to 30 billion baht of 15-year green bonds to investors next month to help finance coronavirus support measures, a Finance Ministry official said on Friday. They will be sold at Bangkok Bank, Bank of Ayudhya and Standard Chartered Bank Thai. The bonds were being offered in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), the MRTA and the National Housing Authority (NHA). The ministry said it also supports BAAC and NHA plans to issue green bonds by the end of the fiscal year.

Source: Bangkok Post July 24, 2020 09:56 UTC