From October 1 lenders including banks will not be allowed to provide medium- and long-term foreign currency loans to businesses to pay for imports. Many market observers said this is the State Bank of Viet Nam’s final step in its...
Commercial banks will no longer allow the provision of mid- and long-term foreign currency loans for offshore payments of imported goods and services from September 30 this year.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) announced on November 18 that it would allow credit institutions and foreign bank branches to continue issuing short-term foreign currency loans to some borrowers.
Domestic firms have taken the first measures in an effort to adapt to
the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)''s new regulation on tightening foreign
currency credit.
Despite solid results last year, VPBank announced a modest profit target
for this year at its recent annual general meeting — 3.2 trillion
(US$143.5 million) or a year-on-year increase of just VND200 billion.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued Circular No. 24/2015/TT-NHNN
on providing foreign currency loans by credit institutions and foreign
bank branches to residents.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will extend short-term foreign
currency lending to exporters and petrol importers by one year, in a
move to support these businesses, said SBV Governor Nguyen Thi Hong.
The foreign exchange rate between Vietnamese dong and the US dollar
rose to its highest level since June 30 yesterday, hitting VND21,380 to
the dollar amid soaring demand from enterprises near the end of the
year.
Foreign currency lending is likely to end sooner than the Government''s
original schedule because the central bank''s efforts to limit its use in
the economy have proven effective, the Viet Nam Investment Review has
reported, citing an unnamed source.