Credit growth of credit institutions was quite positive at 5.04% at the end of the first quarter of this year, much higher than the 2.16% rise in the same period last year, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu said at the Government’s regular press conference.

A circular stipulating independent audits of credit institutions and foreign bank branches issued by the State Bank of Vietnam will take effect from April 15.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued Document No 1509, asking commercial banks to raise credit limits for a number of fuel firms, particularly those who import extra fuel at the request of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam will soon disburse at least 50% of the VND350 trillion (US$15.42 billion) economic recovery package, the largest in its history, aiming to reboot the country’s economy after a long period of social and mobility restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Loans of pandemic-hit enterprises will enjoy an interest rate cut of 2% under a government support package to remove difficulties for the businesses.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has to continually inject money to support the liquidity of the banking system as the capital demand and interest rates on the interbank market have remained high though the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday ended.

VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the remittance flow to the country throughout 2021 reached more than US$12 billion, an increase of 10% compared to 2020, according to data published by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Japan will promote comprehensive cooperation from policy, technology to financial issues with Vietnam to help it realise a zero-carbon society, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio has affirmed in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

VOV.VN - HSBC Vietnam has launched its first credit card made from recycled Polyvinyl chloride (rPVC) in Vietnam.

More than 2 million poor households won access to loans worth over VND80 trillion (US$3.52 billion) from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) last year.