Banks offered RON1.57 billion, central bank data showed.
At the previous similar tender May 9, the ministry sold RON800 million in five-year paper at an annual average yield of 4.45%.
The ministry plans to sell state treasuries worth RON3.78 billion in May, above the RON2.5 billion raised a month earlier.
So far in 2013, the Romania sold RON23.5 billion in leu-denominated notes and EUR1.08 billion at two euro-denominated auctions on the local market. Additionally, the ministry tapped international markets for $1.5 billion at a US dollar-bond auction in February. (EUR1=RON4.3375)