SBV to simplify 27 admin procedures
Banking & Finance

SBV to simplify 27 admin procedures

Twenty-seven administrative procedures in six business lines under the management of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) are to be simplified. Six procedures are related to business activities and the provision of foreign exchange services by organizations that are not credit institutions.
Banking & Finance

Credit still to develop

Though interest rates are at their lowest level for many years, credit has not yet developed to the extent possible. In Hanoi, which accounts for 25 per cent of the country’s lending, credit in October increased only 0.95 per cent compared to September; the lowest month-on-month increase in the past six months.
Banking & Finance

Financial companies seeking foreign investment

Financial companies are looking for ways to restructure and strengthen their capacity and aim to sell part of their capital to major foreign financial groups. Foreign investors, meanwhile, are taking strategic steps to anticipate a consumer credit boom in Vietnam.