09-01-2018 14:52
Vietnamese shares rose marginally on Tuesday morning as insurance-finance and energy firms remained positive against a strong profit-taking that pulled bank stocks down.
08-01-2018 20:04
Almost all of the $6.6 million and VND1.3 trillion ($59 million) that PetroVietnam paid to PVC as advance payment to implement the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the $1.7-billion Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant was used to pay for PVC’s loans in banks.
08-01-2018 14:33
Vietnamese shares advanced on Monday morning, thanks to the efforts of banks and energy firms.
04-01-2018 08:00
The Year of the Rooster has been a rollercoaster ride for foreign banks in Vietnam: one received a licence to expand, two trimmed down their business scopes, while others decided to divest their stake in domestic banks. Despite the shifts in mission among these lenders, their long-term commitments remain unchanged, continuing their strategy of growing with the local economy.
03-01-2018 09:10
Stocks ended the first trading day of 2018 in the green on the two national stock exchanges, reflecting investors’ optimism about the market outlook this year.
02-01-2018 21:24
Due to the recovery of the credit market throughout the year 2017, plenty of banks announced positive business performance with increased profits whilst fostering asset trading, risk management, and control over non-performing loans.
02-01-2018 08:53
Total outstanding loans by commercial banks in HCM City in 2017 rose 18.5 per cent from 2016 to more than VND1.74 quadrillion (US$76.73 billion), according to the State Bank of Viet Nam’s HCM City branch.
01-01-2018 12:59
In 2017, Vietnamese banks have regained their appeal to foreign investors, after a long period of restructuring. Major share sales such as HDBank and VPBank in the last months of 2017 have raised millions of USD for the banks and attracted a great number of buyers from overseas.
31-12-2017 17:33
Vietnamese shares ended on a positive note on Friday as large-cap stocks remained positive and banks continued to draw investors’ attention for full-year earnings prospects.
30-12-2017 13:04
State-owned commercial banks are growing concerned over the critically low capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of around 9 per cent, which also hit the minimum required CAR for the Vietnamese banking system.
29-12-2017 15:38
In the Brand Beat Score Vietnam Bank Report 2017, foreign banks were shown to be performing rather poorly in their brand awareness and communication activities, while Vietnamese banks are consistently better in understanding customer demand.
28-12-2017 15:50
Shares continued to rise on Thursday morning, driven by banks and brokerage companies.
27-12-2017 14:41
Vietnamese shares advanced further on Wednesday morning, lifted by banks and energy firms.
21-12-2017 14:00
Foreign funds are making their way back to Vietnamese banks, as the sector cleans up bad debts and improves corporate governance.
20-12-2017 15:14
Recently, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has approved of Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) raising its charter capital for the second time by around $43 million, from VND8.8 trillion ($388.7 million) to VND9.8 trillion ($431.9 million), joining the top 10 Vietnam-based banks having the largest charter capital.