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Embedding international standards into Vietnam’s financial and banking workforce
Agribank employees have attended three training courses on international financial reporting standards (IFRS), sustainable finance, and digital finance this year.
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Prime Minister requests urgent removal of credit growth cap regulation
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Thursday requested the SBV to promptly remove the regulation on assigning a credit cap to each commercial bank.
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VNBA Consumer Finance Club (2nd term 2025-2028) held the 1st talk
On the morning of July 4, 2025 in Hanoi, the Executive Board of the Consumer Finance Club of the Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA CFC) for the second term (2025-2028) held its first meeting. The meeting agreed on the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the Club Conference held on June 6, 2025, with many specific goals and solutions for the development of the industry. Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung, Vice President and General Secretary of VNBA attended and directed the meeting.
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Interest rates on downward trajectory
Persistently low volumes in collateralised open market operations lending, and the central bank’s steady net withdrawals, have underscored a surplus of VND liquidity in the banking system, bolstering market confidence and driving interbank rates to fresh lows.
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New preferential interest rates for young people under 35 years old to buy social housing and customers investing in projects
The State Bank has just announced preferential interest rates applicable from July 1 to December 31, 2025, for young people under 35 years old borrowing to buy social housing and customers investing and buying houses in social housing projects and worker housing.
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TCB, Mobifone and One Mount Group establish digital payment company
Mobifone, Techcombank and One Mount Group recently contributed capital to establish a digital payment company with a capital of 300 billion VND.
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SBV Circular No. 12 on licensing procedures for financial institutions
State Bank of Vietnam issues Circular No.12/2025/TT-NHNN streamlining licensing procedures for financial institutions
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Building sustainable data infrastructure for Vietnamese banks
The high-level seminar: "Strategy for building a flexible and sustainable data infrastructure for Vietnamese banks" organized by the Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) in coordination with IEC Group will take place on July 9, 2025 in Hanoi. We respectfully invite members to send representatives to attend the seminar.
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Regulatory sandbox in banking sector is a bold policy innovation
With more than 95 per cent of registered enterprises being SMEs, the private sector plays a decisive role in driving economic growth, innovation, and digital transformation.
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VNBA held a discussion on the Draft Circular on the operations of AMCs
Hanoi, July 2, 2025 – The Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) held a seminar on the Draft Circular regulating the operations of subsidiaries and affiliates of credit institutions (CIs) in the field of debt management and asset exploitation (AMC). The meeting was chaired by Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung, Vice Chairman and General Secretary of VNBA, with the participation of representatives of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and CIs and AMCs.
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Banks end magnetic cards, require biometrics for firms from July 1
From July 1, banks across Việt Nam stopped using magnetic stripe cards and now require biometrics for company accounts to prevent fraud and improve security.
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Vietnam’s credit growth exceeds 7% in H1
Total outstanding credit across Vietnam’s banking system had reached VND16,730 trillion ($656 billion) in the year to June 18, up 7.14% from end-2024, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
