14-03-2017 10:58
With housing demand remaining strong, banks are optimistic 2017 will be a big year for mortgages.
13-03-2017 09:58
Banks’ finance reports in 2016 show good news and bad news. Most of them had profits higher than the year before, but the number of non-performing loans increased.
12-03-2017 16:17
HCM City needs better co-operation among the State, developers, builders, material suppliers and banks to improve the local property market, the HCM City Real Estate Association has said.
09-03-2017 17:09
As Vietnam becomes more integrated into the world economy, banks looking to improve competitiveness and governance, especially in risk management, should apply Basel II standards.
06-03-2017 15:27
Compared to 2016, banks are looking at brighter prospects in 2017 as many indexes look like they are on a trend of improvement.
06-03-2017 09:21
Japanese enterprises in banking and finance are now the biggest foreign shareholders in Vietnamese banks, financial and financial leasing companies, and their Vietnamese partners highly regard their expertise and support.
01-03-2017 07:00
Banks’ favour for lending to real estate is the reason for high lending interest rates.
27-02-2017 22:00
Many banks complain that the cost of capital increases and they cannot increase lending rates, so interest margins are quickly narrowing, which affects profit.
27-02-2017 21:00
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) currently encourages mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for weak credit institutions based on voluntary spirit and the assurance of relevant rights for both parties. However, this will turn into a compulsory activity if these institutions do not volunteer.
24-02-2017 16:11
Citi has been named Best Foreign Investment Bank in Vietnam and Best Bank in Asia Pacific for 2016 by leading FinanceAsia Magazine, based on the performance of banks across institutional and retail banking for the past 12 months.
11-02-2017 11:00
Updated financial reports coming from nine out of 10 banks, consisting of Vietcombank, Vietinbank, BIDV, VIB, ACB, Techcombank, VPBank, MB, and Sacombank (leaving Maritime Bank out of the list as its latest reports were dated 2015) that are to implement Basel II requirements by 2018, showed that the percentage of income generated by banks arose chiefly from credit activities.
10-02-2017 17:14
Hi-tech agriculture is riding a new wave of investment in 2017, with the participation of numerous enterprises, banks, and the resolute determination from the government.
07-02-2017 09:19
Viet A Bank, Dong A Bank, and four other banks each have millions of dollars stuck in loss-making furniture firm Truong Thanh Furniture Corporation (TTF).
06-02-2017 11:17
One of Vietnam’s biggest banks in terms of assets blamed the automatic rounding of numbers in its system for VND9.7 billion ($428,500) of wrongly calculated, unpaid interest.
04-02-2017 19:07
NEW YORK: Wall Street bankers expressed quiet satisfaction Friday (Feb 3) with signals that President Donald Trump intends to roll back some of the tough financial regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis.