The commercial banks’ preferential interest rates will be remain unchanged at 5 per cent for social housing this year, according to a decision of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV).
Banks have launched credit packages with preferential interest rates, aiming to assist capital sources for businesses and further boost domestic production.
Small and medium-sized enterprises can now get loans at
preferential interest rates from a fund operated by the Ministry of
Planning and Investment, a meeting heard in HCM City on September 29.
Fifteen companies situated in HCM City''s processing zones
and industrial parks have got total bank loans of nearly VND1.2 trillion
(US$54 million) at preferential interest rates under a programme
initiated by the central bank and the Government.