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Nam A Bank forms position as strategic member at VIFC through three key partnerships
After becoming a strategic investor in Vietnam's International Financial Centre, Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank has implemented a series of strategic partnership agreements to deploy practical solutions as part of its commitment to building a green, modern, and integrated financial centre.
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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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Vietnam’s restructured banks return to profit after years of losses
After several consecutive years of losses, all four Vietnamese banks under mandatory transfer - GPBank, Vikki Bank, VCBNeo, and MBV - have now reported profits for the year 2025, as confirmed by their respective parent institutions.
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Vietnam's state banks race to raise capital in bid to enter Asia’s top 100
Vietnam’s state-controlled banks are accelerating capital increases as they seek to expand balance sheets and meet a government target of placing at least three lenders among Asia’s 100 largest banks by total assets by 2030.
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SACOMBANK, VNPAY launch digital payment, tax-filing solutions for businesses
Designed to be simple and user-friendly, they help optimise payments, sales management, electronic invoicing, and banking connectivity, facilitating the digitalisation of business activities.
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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.
