The Government has directed the State Bank of Viet Nam to add non-performing loan settlement regulations under Resolution No.42/2017/QH14 into the revised Law on Credit Institutions.
The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has announced plans to put secured assets of Xuan Kien Auto JSC (Vinaxuki) up for auction to recover the VND1.26 trillion (US$55 million) non-performing loan.
The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio at Viet Nam’s credit institutions has ped from 3.61 per cent in 2013 to 2.18 per cent currently, according to the Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC).
Sacombank recovered more than VND3.6 trillion (over US$154.5 million) worth of bad debt in the first half of the year, bringing its non-performing loan ratio to 3.3 per cent compared to 4.28 per cent at the end of last year.
Viet Nam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) plans to increase its current charter capital from VND15.7 trillion (US$690 million) to VND27.8 trillion in 2018, the bank announced at its shareholders’ meeting held on Monday in Ha Noi.
Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) earned VND275.8 billion (US$12.1 million) in profit in the first two months of this year, a two-fold increase year-on-year.
Credit institutions have been forced to sell their non-performing loans
(NPLs) to national debt dealer Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC)
to meet regulated deadlines.
After two high credit growth episodes in 2007 and 2009, which led to
high non-performing loan ratios and damaged consumer confidence, Viet
Nam is now reeling from sluggish demand, according to a recent HSBC
report.
Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) signed a contract on information
security with Cushman & Wakefield and Alvarez and Marsal before
allowing them to study non-performing loans.
Banks with non-performing loan (NPL) ratios of 3 per cent or more will
have to sell the loans to the Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC), a
new group due to officially begin operations on July 9 this year,
according to a newly-issued...