06-11-2012 11:11
The domestic market bullion price has far outpaced the world market in recent months on the back of an undersupply, especially when banks have tremendous demands for the yellow metal to balance their gold position.
02-11-2012 08:20
The demand for gold on the local market tumbles as banks are no longer in a rush to buy the precious metal to spur their liquidity, said the key trader of the benchmark gold SJC.
01-11-2012 10:39
Continuing economic difficulties and bad debts have bitten into bank profits.
01-11-2012 10:30
Banking restructuring is again under the spotlight.
01-11-2012 08:23
The State Bank of Vietnam has no plan to import gold any time soon since the metal is neither an essential item nor benefits the economy, Deputy Governor Le Minh Hung has said.
31-10-2012 10:20
Eximbank made a big splash in Vietnam’s financial industry earlier this year by wrapping up its takeover of Sacombank, one of the country’s leading commercial joint stock banks. Eximbank chairman Le Hung Dung shines further light on this landmark acquisition.
31-10-2012 10:15
Banks are working to address the problem of non-performing loans, while also awaiting measures from the government and State Bank to resolve the crisis.
29-10-2012 19:40
Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) has been the only bank in the country to be honoured with the award "Best GTFP Issuing Bank" presented by IFC in recognition of Techcombank’s contribution to trade and supply chainsin Asia.
25-10-2012 08:05
Banking system credit growth for 2013 is under the spotlight.
23-10-2012 09:02
The banking system’s accumulation of bad debt and the transparency of inspection results of credit institutions have become a hot topic of discussion. Truong Ngoc Anh, chief of the Secretariat of the Banking Supervisory Agency, shares his views with VIR’s Nguyen Trang.
23-10-2012 08:47
Many Vietnamese banks have started watering down their profit targets amid slowing credit growth and bad debts.
23-10-2012 08:37
In discussions with some foreign partners, I see they are very interested in Vietnam as it has hidden attractiveness.
20-10-2012 12:53
Scores of banks will face severe punishments for banking and monetary violations from 2013.
20-10-2012 09:23
European leaders agreed Friday to police thousands of eurozone banks beginning next year as they sought to boost growth in their austerity-battered economies and create much-needed jobs.
18-10-2012 16:20
Industry experts are chewing over ways to make the local banking system healthier.