Bank stocks will deliver a strong performance again this year, partly because sector-wide bank earnings growth is expected to accelerate from 14% in 2024 to 17% in 2025 driven by a shift in GDP growth drivers from external factors to domestic driven growth.

Credit growth reached about 13% this year as of December 27, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu told a press conference in Hanoi on tasks for the banking sector next year.

The capitalisation of Vietnam’s banking sector is expected to increase by nearly US$2.8 billion this year.