07-04-2018 13:46
In order to comply with the new amendment on holding dual posts in commercial banks and enterprises, leaders of various banks, including LienVietPostBank and Nam A Bank took leave, signalling huge changes in the banks' board of directors (BOD).
30-03-2018 10:49
Over the past three years, the manipulation of voting rights or shareholder activism among leaders in the board of directors in Vietnam-based commercial banks was among the most debatable issues brought up at the banks' annual general meetings (AGM).
28-03-2018 11:14
Over the past three years, divestment activities stoked up the cross-ownership "wipe-out" among Vietnam-based financial institutions in order to strengthen ownership transparency.
23-03-2018 22:51
The recent divestments of foreign investors from bank tickers might not mean that the financial sector is losing its charm to foreign shareholders.
15-03-2018 22:53
As the banks’ AGM season is approaching, bank leaders’ incomes are coming into focus, with figures touching millions of dollars, even at banks that will not pay dividends to shareholders this year.
07-02-2018 14:28
Over the course of January, the total overseas remittances wired from compatriots to families and relatives living in Vietnam saw a notable increase, especially with Tet Holiday just around the corner, offering domestic banks opportunities to foster overseas remittance wiring services, expand revenue, enhance the stability of the VND, and relieve the pressure on the USD/VND exchange rate.
15-01-2018 16:30
Over the past three years, numerous foreign investors made noteworthy divestments at Vietnam-based commercial banks due to the inconsiderable ownership.
28-12-2017 14:35
A recent survey conducted by Vietnam Report revealed that finance and banking stocks would be the ones to watch out for in 2018 as a number of reputable financial institutions (FIs) schedule to hold their initial public offering (IPO) next year.
27-12-2017 14:44
Over the past several years, the foreign remittance inflows sent by over fours million Vietnamese workers living from 187 countries and territories have been steady, despite the Fed’ raising interest rates three times in 2017.
22-12-2017 15:18
The Vietnamese stock market has recently been showing signs of a revival in the market of bank stocks, with rising stock weight, growing trading volumes, and soaring degree of relative liquidity (DRL), whilst foreign investors and active shareholders flock to purchase huge amounts of bank stocks before the end of 2017.
19-12-2017 15:26
In late November, Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) successfully applied Basel II standards after two years of implementation, enabling the commercial bank to progress towards being one of the top ten best-performing financial institutions in Vietnam.
04-12-2017 17:21
Numerous financial institutions such as Eximbank, Vietbank, CB Bank, Oceanbank, and GP Bank have failed in scraping away their million-dollar accumulated losses despite their ever-growing profitability over the past first three quarters of 2017, causing major concerns to shareholders.
15-11-2017 17:57
Aiming to reach the target to complete the selection the strategic investors before listing shares on the stock exchange, domestic banks are accelerating negotiations with foreign investors as well as propose the authorities to increase the foreign ownership limit (FOL) to lure in foreign investors.
27-09-2017 17:52
US President Donald Trump’s announcement of tightening control over money outflows from the US, gave rise to concerns over possible impacts on inward remittance flows to Vietnam. Financial expert Huynh Trung Minh scrutinises the issue.
19-09-2017 09:27
Although the amount of remittance flows into Ho Chi Minh City in the first eight months of 2017 slightly increased compared to the same period last year, it is forecasted that the city’s overseas remittances might still decrease by the end of the year, mainly due to pressure from the Federal Reserve System's (Fed) policy.