The preferential interest rate is aimed to implement Resolution No 105/NQ-CP dated July 15, 2023, of the Government on tasks and solutions to remove difficulties for the production and business of firms.
The group of the four biggest State-owned banks (Big4) have launched preferential loan packages with interest rate reductions of up to 3 per cent per year to lower short-term lending rates to only 7 per cent per year.
Loans of pandemic-hit enterprises will enjoy an interest rate cut of 2 per cent under a Government support package to remove difficulties for the businesses.
The Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) recently announced that it will launch a VND2.5 trillion (US$109.9 million) credit package with preferential interest rate from 6.5 per cent per year for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).