
VNBA News
VNBA News
World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) officially took place over two days—April 15 and 16—at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi.
According to Eximbank, the foreign ownership limit aims to stabilise the shareholder structure while creating room for future strategic investors.
Several small lenders are planning to move their stock to major exchanges to bolster stock liquidity and replenish their capital sources.
Specifically, with 84.6 points, four points higher than the previous year, Techcombank surpassed Vietcombank to secure the top spot. Vietcombank fell to the second place with a score of 84.3, while MB climbed to the third place with a score of 81.6, up one place from the previous period.
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank will provide loans and grants worth $400 million for three socio-economic development projects in Vietnam.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is mulling a $60-million loan to Maritime Commercial Joint-Stock Bank (MSB).
On the afternoon of April 17, 2025, the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) organized the "Business Forum 2025: Supporting businesses to overcome challenges and improve competitiveness". Sharing at the forum, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung, Vice Chairman cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) emphasized the need to synchronize solutions to help businesses overcome challenges and improve competitiveness.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) acts as the Chinese focal payment bank in the Cross-Border QR Code Connection Project, coordinating with NAPAS and Vietcombank to deploy a modern digital payment infrastructure, aiming to integrate the payment ecosystems of the two countries.
100% of the intra-government administrative procedures between the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and other State administrative agencies, as well as the internal procedures within the SBV, will be reviewed and simplified.
On March 28, 2025, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (stock code SH: 601398; HK: 1398) announced its annual results for 2024. In 2024, ICBC made solid headway in the “five transformations” of intelligent risk control, modern layout, digital driver, diversified structure and ecological foundation. ICBC actively played the role of a leading bank, and delivered a stable, higher-quality performance with sound momentum while supporting the high-quality economic recovery.