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Vietnam to raise dollar reserve ratios, cap deposit rates 

April 11, 2011
Vietnam to raise dollar reserve ratios, cap deposit rates 

  Vietnam’s central bank raised the amount of dollar deposits lenders must set aside as cash to curb the use of foreign currency in the nation and stabilize the dong. The reserve ratio on deposits held in the US currency will increase by 2 percentage points to a range from 3 percent to 6 percent [...]

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Banks raise rates on dollar deposits

September 5, 2009
Banks raise rates on dollar deposits

Vietnamese banks have raised interest rates on dollar deposits to lure more funds amid rising demand for loans in the US currency. Southeast Asia Commercial Joint-Stock Bank, or SeAbank, lifted interest rates for dollar deposits by 0.1-0.6 percentage points to up to 3.5 percent early this month. The bank has also given gold as gifts [...]

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Dollars plentiful, banks slash lending rates

August 31, 2009
Dollars plentiful, banks slash lending rates

Banks in Vietnam cut their dollar lending rates on the interbank market in the past week due to a growing surplus after firms switched to borrowing in Vietnamese dong under a government stimulus package, bankers said. The State Bank of Vietnam said on Monday banks cut their dollar lending rates for nearly all terms in [...]

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Expectation of US dollar appreciation deters borrowers

June 19, 2009
Expectation of US dollar appreciation deters borrowers

Fears the US dollar will strengthen further against the dong have kept businesses from borrowing in dollars despite low interest rates, bankers say.   Interest rates on dollar loans at local banks were lowered by 0.3-0.6 percent per year to 3-6 percent in the week ending June 10, the central bank said Friday in its weekly [...]

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Expectation of US dollar appreciation deters borrowers

June 19, 2009
Expectation of US dollar appreciation deters borrowers

Fears the US dollar will strengthen further against the dong have kept businesses from borrowing in dollars despite low interest rates, bankers say.   Interest rates on dollar loans at local banks were lowered by 0.3-0.6 percent per year to 3-6 percent in the week ending June 10, the central bank said Friday in its weekly [...]

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Dollar-hike worries scare public from cheap greenback loans

June 18, 2009
Dollar-hike worries scare public from cheap greenback loans

Fears the US dollar will strengthen further against the dong have kept businesses from borrowing in dollars despite low interest rates, bankers say.   Interest rates on dollar loans at local banks were lowered by 0.3-0.6 percent per year to 3-6 percent in the week ending June 10, the central bank said Friday in its weekly [...]

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Dollar-hike worries scare public from cheap greenback loans

June 18, 2009
Dollar-hike worries scare public from cheap greenback loans

A customer counts US dollars at a branch of SeABank in Ho Chi Minh City Fears the US dollar will strengthen further against the dong have kept businesses from borrowing in dollars despite low interest rates, bankers say. Interest rates on dollar loans at local banks were lowered by 0.3-0.6 percent per year to 3-6 [...]

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Major banks to cut dollar deposit rates to inhibit hoarding

May 31, 2009
Major banks to cut dollar deposit rates to inhibit hoarding

Vietnam’s largest banks will lower their interest rates on dollar deposits to 1.5 percent in June from around 2 percent now in a move to help avoid dollar hoarding in domestic markets, the central bank said. All state-run banks plus Vietcombank, Vietnam’s largest partly private lender, have also agreed to set the ceiling for dollar [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...