As SBV regulations cap this ratio at 30 per cent, the group of joint stock commercial banks has been under great pressure to restructure their capital sources and outstanding loans to meet the SBV’s prescribed ratio.
As stipulated in Circular 08/2020/TT-NHNN, both Vietnamese banks and foreign bank branches in Việt Nam are required to reduce the maximum ratio of short-term capital for medium and long-term loans to 30 per cent as of October 1, 2023.
The central bank said that the development of the COVID-19 pandemic remained complicated worldwide and Viet Nam still faced a high risk of infection from external sources.
The central bank’s new policy aims to reduce risk, tighten control and to channel capital into priority sectors and small-to-medium-sized enterprises, according to the SBV.
The HCM Real Estate Association has suggested the State Bank of Viet Nam extend the application of regulations on banks’ maximum ratio of short-term funds used for medium- and long-term loans until the end of 2020.
A report from the Ho Chi Minh Securities Company shows that bank interest rates have risen by 0.46 percentage points for short-term loans since the end of last year to 7-9 per cent and to 9-12.5 per cent for medium-...
The Viet Nam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) has reduced interest rates for short, medium and long term loans to five sectors deemed as priorities by the Government.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) is adjusting for the second time the roadmap to apply the maximum ratio of short-term funds used for medium- and long-term loans.
Credit growth next year is targeted to reach 13–15 per cent, State Bank
of Viet Nam''s Credit Department Director Nguyen Tien Dong told Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh (Business Times).
July''s outstanding loans from Ha Noi-based commercial banks reached
roughly VND669.717 trillion (US$31.5 billion), up 1.9 per cent
month-on-month, and 2.6 per cent against December of last year,
according to the municipal Statistics Department.