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Consumer finance sector posts sharp profit growth
After a period of restructuring, many consumer finance companies are staging a strong comeback after restructuring, posting robust profit growth amid improving credit demand, expanding balance sheets, and supportive regulatory policies.
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Agribank – A key capital provider driving production, business activities and economic growth
Amid continued global and domestic economic volatility in 2025, marked by prolonged geopolitical tensions, uneven recovery of supply chains, rising production costs, and increasing capital demand, ensuring a stable, timely, and well-directed flow of credit has been identified as a critical task to support sustainable economic growth.
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Banks are accelerating capital increase at year end
Banks are accelerating capital increases via share issues to meet stricter Basel III standards, boost capital adequacy and ease funding pressures amid rising credit demand.
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ADB, BIDV support Việt Nam’s sustainable agriculture with $250 million financing package
The package will provide sub-loans to agribusinesses engaged in sustainable agricultural production, climate adaptation, and resource efficiency.
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Early warning: A crucial defence against identity theft, credit fraud
ID365 aims to help users monitor and control any changes related to their personal identification information. It serves as an "early warning" system, empowering individuals to proactively safeguard their identities and assets, while also strengthening the defences of the entire financial and banking system against increasingly sophisticated fraud risks.
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VNPAY services receive the highest-level PCI DSS international security certificates for six consecutive years
VNPAY has secured the highest-level Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification, reinforcing its commitment to global payment security standards.
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Agribank frames bank credit as catalyst for green growth
Agribank is turning bank credit into a long-term driver of Vietnam’s green growth, aligning finance with sustainable development goals.
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NAPAS, Mastercard, and Payoo donate over 4 billion Vietnamese dong, provide 2,010 free cancer screening packages, and organize “Zero-Dong Stalls” for vulnerable women.
Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 December 2025 – The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS), Mastercard and Viet Union Online Services Corporation (Payoo) organized a ceremony in Hanoi to present free screening packages for three common cancers in women – breast, cervical, and ovarian – along with HPV testing packages for vulnerable women, as part of the social welfare program “Tap to Share, Give Hope.”
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Banks withdraw preferential housing loans aimed at young buyers
The preferential loan programme for home purchase of young customers implemented by State-owned banks from the first quarter of 2025, with an interest rate of 5.5 per cent fixed in the first three years. It has been considered the most attractive loan programme in many years.
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Shinhan Bank Vietnam is honored with two excellent awards for debit card growth
Ho Chi Minh City, on 08th December 2025 – Shinhan Bank Vietnam Limited (“Shinhan Bank”) honored to receive two consecutive awards from Mastercard, including: “Debit Growth Trailblazer” award and “Champion of Debit Card Issuance Growth”.
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Banks boost provisions as bad debt eases towards year-end
The banking system is reinforcing risk buffers as bad debt trends downwards and credit accelerates, signalling a more stable phase marked by stronger asset quality and improving profitability.
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Nam A Bank and GCPF partner on climate adaptation finance
Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Nam A Bank, HOSE: NAB) and the Global Climate Partnership Fund (GCPF) have teamed up to explore climate adaptation finance in Vietnam.
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JBIC and BIDV join forces to back Vietnam’s green transition
Japan and Vietnam are stepping up cooperation on decarbonisation, aiming to boost renewable energy and sustainable growth.
