According to the SBV, Decision No. 2410/QĐ-NHNN and Decision No. 2410/QĐ-NHNN aim to ensure consistency on a legal basis with other issued circulars on deposit interest rates.
Vietcombank Securities Company (VCBS) forecasts that deposit interest rates in the third quarter of 2024 will continue to increase by about 0.3-0.5 percentage points.
Despite the remarkable surge in gold prices and the gradual increase in deposit interest rates, the stock market continues to stand out as an appealing investment channel.
Industry experts have predicted a potential increase in deposit interest rates by 0.5 to 1 percentage point in the second half of the year, placing the rate at over 6 per cent per year.
Deposit interest rates are expected to remain low until the middle of 2024, with a slight increase anticipated thereafter due to higher credit demand, analysts said.
Some private banks have recently started to inch up interest rates mainly for short terms of less than five months to 2.5-3.8 per cent per year to attract more depositors after the Lunar New Year.
VCBS expects the lending interest rate will decrease by another 1-1.5 percentage points in 2024. In particular, banks will consider lowering interest rate for some groups of firms which have good business prospects, with an aim to restructure debts and...
The SBV early this week also directed commercial banks to continually reduce lending interest rates by 1.5-2 percentage points per year at a minimum for both outstanding loans and new loans.
Deposit interest rates have continued falling to below 8 per cent per year at all banks in Việt Nam as the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) aims to maintain a stable macroeconomic landscape and promote lending.
Surveys in banks such as VietinBank, Vietcombank, TPBank, Sacombank and MSB show preferential loan packages currently have interest rates from 0.5 to 2 per cent lower per year depending on customer groups.
All major banks have slashed their deposit interest rates across all terms following the rate cut by the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) earlier this week.
Though deposit interest rates listed at commercial banks have decreased rapidly after the State Bank of Viet Nam''s (SBV) policy rate cut, savings of individual customers have kept rising.