The increase in provision costs of banks in recent quarters was forecast previously as the sharp increase in bad debt of firms, especially in the real estate and export sectors.
Five banks in Việt Nam recorded a pre-tax profit of more than VNĐ10 trillion (US$422 million) in the first six months of this year, financial statements of the banks showed.
Profits of the banking industry in the third quarter of 2021 would decrease by 19 per cent compared to the previous quarter due to slowing credit growth and increasing provision expenses.
In the first nine months of the year, the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank)’s pre-tax profit exceeded the full-year 2017 figure and closed in on the year’s target.
Military Bank earned $25.24 million in after-tax profits in the third quarter of this year, a decline of 18.3 per cent over the same period last year, according to the bank''s latest financial report.
The domestic banking sector''s total profits topped US$952.4 million during the first half of this year, higher than the same period last year, Dau tu Chung khoan news reported, citing a State Bank source.
Many banks are expecting only modest profits this year as bad debt ratios continue to increase while lending sees only slight rises, according to Dau tu Chung khoan (Securities Investment) online.
In light of hard-up companies waiting with baited breath for lending interest rates to fall further, pressurised banks expressed concern they wouldn''t meet profit targets due to the increasingly narrow margins between deposit and lending rates
Techcombank''s pre-tax profits fell by 158 per cent year-on-year to about VND397 billion (US$18.9 million) in the first quarter after the bank spent up to VND317 billion ($15 million) to establish a risk provisional fund.
Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) earned VNĐ1.23 trillion (US$58.6 million) in net revenues in the first quarter of this year, about 76.4 per cent of the amount earned in the same period last year, according to the bank''s financial reports.