04-12-2014 11:40
Banks are rolling out attractive credit packages to woo customers as capital demands are rocketing toward the holiday season.
15-09-2014 09:51
Deputy director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch Nguyen Hoang Minh sheds some light on the city’s banking performance so far this year and what measures the authority has applied to help firms more easily access credit.
12-08-2014 19:24
Getting unsecured loans from banks has proven a headache for firms, despite the State Bank of Vietnam’s recent order that banks develop a corporate credit rating system to make it easier for them to access bank capital.
11-08-2014 18:08
State Bank of Vietnam Deputy Governor Nguyen Phuoc Thanh recently stressed the need for local credit institutions to develop a corporate credit rating system to boost credit growth, but banks need to do better at mitigating their risk to control bad debts.
04-08-2014 18:48
Vietnam’s small and big banks alike have been trying to raise their registered capital to increase their financial capacity and/or avoid being merged and acquired, but many have failed.
26-05-2014 10:16
Though banking sector credit grew slowly in the early months of this year, executives at many banks have said that production-business activities related to import and export have gradually rebounded.
06-05-2014 14:48
Shareholders in many banks have not received their dividends in recent years though banks have set low rates, but not cut them completely.
26-04-2014 14:00
Most small and medium-sized banks have set modest profit targets in anticipation of continuing difficulties this year.
10-03-2014 16:10
A tense agenda is expected at the annual general shareholder meeting of Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank scheduled to take place later this month, said a source familiar with the bank.
05-03-2014 14:42
The banking sector will increase agriculture sector and rural lending in 2014.
15-01-2014 14:40
Bank executives are mulling ways to achieve credit growth this year amid a continuing tough business climate.
17-12-2013 17:08
After offloading part of their bad debts to the state-owned Vietnam Asset Management Company, banks are scaling up efforts to keep bad debts at manageable levels.
10-12-2013 17:00
While most banks are scaling up efforts to attract foreign strategic partners to bolster their strength, the market has also seen several foreign entities break up with their local partners.
15-11-2013 15:53
Banks are finding it difficult to achieve credit growth targets this year despite strenuous efforts to meet their goals.
11-11-2013 16:25
Remittances to Vietnam are continuing to gain momentum.