ABBank gets approval for $232 million capital increase, launches online FX service

Friday, Jun 19, 2026

ABBank has received central bank approval to raise its charter capital by more than VNĐ6.1 trillion (US$232.1 million), paving the way for an increase to over VNĐ20 trillion ($761.2 million).

Central bank revises regulations on foreign currency transactions

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2024

The State Bank of Vietnam wants to amend the current policy to increase flexibility and initiative in managing monetary and exchange rate policies in response to changes in domestic and international market conditions.

Dollar price surge on unofficial channel doesn’t affect VN foreign currency market

Thursday, Mar 07, 2024

The dollar price has remained above the VNĐ25,000 mark since mid-February this year and has shown no signs of cooling down.

Fitch upgrades Vietnam to 'BB+', outlook 'Stable'

Saturday, Dec 09, 2023

The upgrade reflects Việt Nam''s favourable medium-term growth outlook, underpinned by robust foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, which Fitch Ratings expects will continue to drive sustained improvements in its structural credit metrics. 

Fitch affirms Viet Nam at 'BB'; outlook positive

Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Viet Nam''s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ''BB'' with a positive outlook.

Authorities inject trillions of VND to support economy

Tuesday, Jan 04, 2022

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) and the State Treasury of Viet Nam have injected hundreds of trillions of Vietnamese đồng into the market through foreign currency purchases from commercial banks.

Govt plans to issue bonds in foreign currency

Monday, Nov 29, 2021

The Government plans to issue US dollar-denominated bonds in the domestic market to fund additional stimulus packages to foster the recovery of the economy.

Bank deposit interest rates not to rise too much: analysts​​​​​​​

Monday, Jul 19, 2021

Banking sector insiders expect deposit interest rates to only see slight changes this year.

EVNNPC given stable outlook by Fitch Ratings

Monday, Jan 18, 2021

The Vietnam Electricity Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC) was recently assigned a Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘BB’ with a stable outlook by Fitch Ratings.

Moody's upgrades Agribank’s long-term foreign-currency deposit rating

Friday, Dec 25, 2020

Credit rating agency Moody''s recently announced its rating upgrade for Agribank''s long-term foreign-currency deposit rating from B1 to Ba3.

Moody’s raises BIDV’s foreign-currency deposit rating

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020

The Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV)''s foreign-currency deposit rating has been raised from B1 to Ba3 by Moody’s.

Moody’s maintains ratings for BIDV

Monday, Jul 06, 2020

Moody’s has announced to maintain the ratings of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV).

Fitch revises outlook on Viet Nam to Stable; affirms at 'BB'

Thursday, Apr 09, 2020

Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on Viet Nam''s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) to stable, from positive, and has affirmed the rating at ''BB''.

Fitch assigns ANZ Vietnam first-time 'BB' rating; positive outlook

Monday, Dec 30, 2019

Fitch Ratings has assigned a first-time long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) of ''BB'' and long-term local-currency IDR of ''BBB'' to ANZ Bank Vietnam Limited (ANZV).

Viet Nam enters home stretch in fight against dollarisation

Monday, Sep 30, 2019

From October 1 lenders including banks will not be allowed to provide medium- and long-term foreign currency loans to businesses to pay for imports. Many market observers said this is the State Bank of Viet Nam’s final step in its...