04-05-2021 18:51
The number of US-based companies seeing Vietnam as a top sourcing market has doubled over the past four years as a result of the global investment relocation trend from China.
22-02-2024 16:40
VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) arm of Vietnam's Vingroup, is actively courting family offices and the alternative assets sector in an effort to diversify its investment base, according to DealStreetAsia.
19-02-2018 15:44
SYDNEY: Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China's multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, in an attempt to counter Beijing's spreading influence, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday (Feb 19), citing a senior US official.
13-11-2012 10:18
Enterprises still want lower lending rates, but banks have little room to manoeuvre because of the need to control inflation.
21-06-2012 09:23
Stoking up personal lending is one way for banks to boost credit growth.
12-04-2012 10:50
HSBC has significantly reduced borrowing costs for secured lending.
28-09-2011 13:44
Bad debts are hurting banks’ ambitions. State Bank statistics show that local banking sector’s bad debts made up 3.04 per cent in total outstanding loans by the end of July 2011 against 2.16 per cent in late 2010.
04-08-2011 14:50
Soaring dollar lending in the first half of 2011 is hurting the economy, Banking Institute’s financial expert Dr. Pham Tien Dat tells VIR.
26-07-2011 14:17
Dollar lending has sharply risen in recent months in the face of high dong lending rates and a stable exchange rate.
15-12-2020 13:35
Non-deposit-taking lenders are becoming an optimal solution for smaller enterprises that cannot access bank loans, as well as a crucial factor to improve the supply chain in Vietnam.
08-07-2020 08:00
The young and increasingly affluent population of Vietnam has been spurring great demand for quality wealth advisory services and financial solutions, with a number of banks aiming to support their customers to thrive during both planned and unanticipated moments in life.
26-01-2019 10:59
The lending rates should be agreed between lenders and customers (investors) but shall not exceed 70pc of the customers' offshore investment capital.
28-11-2018 10:00
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) is drafting a new circular on foreign currency lending, allowing credit institutions and foreign bank branches to extend loans to some borrowers in 2019 instead of cutting them off at the end of this year as planned.
03-05-2011 05:50
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular requesting an end to gold deposits and lending beginning May 1.
05-05-2018 11:13
Many commercial banks in the country have increased loan interest rates by 1-2 per cent to investors in real estate as property prices continue to rise.