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HCM City bank lending rises by 10 per cent, focus on production and business

HCM City bank lending rises by 10 per cent, focus on production and business

The trend underscores the sector’s efforts to implement Government credit priorities, supporting economic growth and maintaining financial stability in the country’s southern economic hub.
VN banks launch handbook to combat online fraud

VN banks launch handbook to combat online fraud

Early intervention to block suspicious transfers is considered the most effective measure.
Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance returns for 2025 edition

Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance returns for 2025 edition

Notable topics include cross-border knowledge sharing, international supply chains, and the innovation ecosystem ESG controversies and the seven sins of banking and a policy roundtable on the rise of shadow banking and financial stability.
Inspection finds major banks misused trillions of đồng from bond issues

Inspection finds major banks misused trillions of đồng from bond issues

Inspectors concluded that three of the five banks used bond proceeds for the wrong purpose.
Bank deposits hit record highs as interest rates stay low

Bank deposits hit record highs as interest rates stay low

Deposits from individual customers continued to hit a new peak of nearly VNĐ7.75 quadrillion, up 9.68 per cent compared to the end of 2024.
Credit promotion to meet ambitious GDP growth targets

Credit promotion to meet ambitious GDP growth targets

If credit institutions maintain healthy mobilisation and growth, and direct capital to priority sectors, credit growth is expected to reach 19–20 per cent by the end of 2025. This represents one of the highest credit growth rates in the past...
Bank profits rebound on strong credit growth

Bank profits rebound on strong credit growth

Profits in Việt Nam’s banking sector showed a brighter picture in the third quarter of 2025 than in the first half of the year, supported by continued positive credit growth and a stable net interest margin (NIM).
Four transferred banks show strong recovery after restructuring

Four transferred banks show strong recovery after restructuring

Four banks — CBBank, Oceanbank, GPBank and DongABank — have transformed their operations, financial standing and technology over the past year, helping to stabilise and strengthen Việt Nam’s banking system.
High-quality human resource development promoted in AI age

High-quality human resource development promoted in AI age

As digital transformation is having a profound impact on all industries, the comprehensive high-quality human resource development has become an urgent requirement for the Vietnamese banking industry and needs to be implemented synchronously among educational institutions and credit institutions to...
Fiscal policy, capital markets need to share burden for monetary policy

Fiscal policy, capital markets need to share burden for monetary policy

Credit has risen by about 11 per cent so far this year, making it impossible to rely solely on banking capital to drive economic growth while controlling bad debt risks. The focus must shift to fiscal policy and long-term capital...
Central bank cleans 154 million accounts, blocks US56.9 million in suspicious transactions

Central bank cleans 154 million accounts, blocks US$56.9 million in suspicious transactions

As of September 2025, the central bank proposed cutting and simplifying 124 out of 298 administrative procedures, representing 41.6 per cent of the total. This initiative has reduced processing time by hundreds of days and saved more than VNĐ7.6 billion...
Việt Nam bank credit growth keeps rising in 2025

Việt Nam bank credit growth keeps rising in 2025

Director of the SBV’s Credit Department Hà Thu Giang reported that the credit structure across sectors matched the broader economic structure.
SBV eyes new measures to curb systemic risks in financial sector

SBV eyes new measures to curb systemic risks in financial sector

In a draft Circular now under consultation, the central bank outlines measures to identify, assess and contain systemic risks in the monetary, banking and financial sectors.
Banks offer incentives to lure savings for year-end capital demands

Banks offer incentives to lure savings for year-end capital demands

Analysts forecast that the interest rate scenario until the end of 2025 is likely to remain stable, thanks to the SBV’s flexible management orientation.