January 11, 2012
An upswing in mergers and acquisitions in the banking system will occur this year, bringing the number of banks in Vietnam to below 30, the Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper has reported, citing experts. Economist Nguyen Tri Hieu said there will be a strong M&A wave in the sector as many lenders are looking for [...]
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December 5, 2011
Slowing inflation and talk of financial reforms have not boosted market sentiment as expected, and analysts are predicting the worst will not be over any time soon. Phan Dung Khanh, research manager at Kim Eng Vietnam Securities Co., said the stock market may move sideways or only recover slightly next year. Macroeconomic measures taken [...]
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November 28, 2011
The central bank has completed a plan to restructure the banking system. Vietnam’s central bank said it will consider lowering the dong deposit rate cap in December, admitting that the cap has created an advantage for large banks over smaller lenders. The 14 percent cap was introduced at the end of 2010, but until last [...]
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November 26, 2011
An employee at Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, counts dong bank notes in Hanoi. Vietnam’s central bank unveiled plans to create a three-tiered financial industry dominated by 15 lenders as part of efforts to allay concerns over the nation’s banking system. The country aims to have 15 “big” banks by [...]
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November 9, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers backed a plan that aims for annual economic growth of as much as 7 percent through 2015 and seeks to quell Asia’s highest inflation. The National Assembly approved an objective of 6.5 percent to 7 percent annual economic expansion from 2011 to 2015 and a goal of reducing inflation to 5 percent [...]
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October 21, 2011
The State Bank of Vietnam said it supports banking mergers to enhance the competitiveness of local lenders and secure the national banking system. As the government pursues economic stability and stable growth, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday it would continue to tighten monetary policy. “Beginning now, credit institutions need to [...]
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October 19, 2011
Bad debts at Vietnam’s banks have risen to 3.21 percent of outstanding loans at the end of August, from 3.04 percent a month earlier, a central bank report on Tuesday said. “Bad debt has been rising gradually every month so far this year,” the report said. Loans at the banks totaled VND2,389 trillion ($114.1 [...]
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October 1, 2011
Vietnam’s central bank said it will cap interest rates on dong deposits that are non-term and those less than a month at 6 percent to address “liquidity risks,” amid concerns about the health of the nation’s banking system. The State Bank of Vietnam will maintain the existing 14 percent rate cap on deposits of [...]
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August 15, 2011
A photo from news website VnExpress showing a stock investor reacting to a decline in stock prices It’s wrong for the stock market to depend on short-term funds from banks and measures will be taken to help it attract capital on its own, State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh said. The banking sector [...]
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January 25, 2010
A panel advertising interest rates of 10.49 percent on dong deposits outside a SeABank office in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1. The ongoing liquidity crunch is forcing commercial banks to break the law on interest rates in order to raise enough funds for lending, experts say. They are offering bonus percentage points on deposits [...]
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