May 28, 2025 | 14:56
Phan Duy Hung, director and senior analyst of Ratings & Research at VIS Rating, talked to VIR’s Hong Dung about the current debt and non-performing loan situation of Vietnamese banks based on recently released financial reports.
January 08, 2025 | 12:00
2024 marked a successful year for the banking system, with achievements in monetary policy and credit institution performance, setting the stage for ongoing efforts on bad debts, green credit, and sandboxes.
August 31, 2024 | 21:47
Legal obstacles and inconsistencies prolonging the debt resolution process, and other factors, are affecting the recovery of non-performing loans.
August 15, 2024 | 09:51
The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio reached nearly 5 per cent at the end of May. Le Hoai An, a banking consultant and trainer at Integrated Financial Solutions, talked with VIR’s Hong Dung the assessment of NPLs in the first half of 2024.
August 13, 2024 | 16:38
Thailand’s major financial institutions are preparing for a difficult second half of 2024, as a struggling economy and high household debt force banks to take a more conservative approach to lending.
May 17, 2024 | 07:50
Le Hoai An, a banking consultant and trainer at Integrated Financial Solutions, elaborates on the credit landscape in the first quarter of this year.
May 13, 2024 | 16:30
Banks remain worried about bad debt despite an extension of the debt rescheduling period until the end of the year.
December 26, 2023 | 11:53
Though the asset quality of banks in Vietnam will be temporarily under control until the end of 2023, experts said more attention should be paid to the issue in 2024 as bad debts are rising.
October 11, 2023 | 16:26
The Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) has rated Thailand’s long-term debt sustainability as stable, despite earlier concerns that it might face a downgrade in its credit rating if there were efforts to stimulate the economy through the 10,000 THB (271 USD) digital wallet scheme.
August 07, 2023 | 11:16
Tran Thi Khanh Hien, head of Research at MB Securities, delves into the factors impacting bank performances this year.
May 30, 2023 | 18:38
Last week the State Bank of Vietnam continued reducing diverse regulatory interest rates in a bid to help remove impediments for borrowers, as well as support credit institution efforts to drive down input costs, and from there be able to reduce lending r
May 26, 2023 | 16:09
Interest rates are likely to soften in the coming months, citing several factors in both the domestic and international markets.
May 06, 2023 | 12:10
Several banks have posted low profit growth for Q1, with some even seeing negative growth, mostly due to a spike in bad debts.
December 28, 2022 | 17:04
With Vietnam’s borrowing plan revealed and budget landscape finalised for next year, Vietnam is expected to see its public debt stay within the permissible limit, ensuring financial security for the nation.
October 20, 2022 | 16:00
Despite bullish business results in the first nine months of the year, many commercial banks in Vietnam are facing a risk of rising bad debts.