Some 18 commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City have disbursed around VND342 trillion ($13 billion) to enterprises, cooperatives, and household businesses in the southern city in the first six months of this year, according to the Region 2 Branch of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

The figure is equivalent to 66.1% of the registered capital package for the whole year.

Over 76,600 customers benefited from the package so far this year to promote production and trade.

Banks have committed to providing preferential credit totaling over VND517 trillion ($19.6 billion) this year to enterprises, cooperatives, and household businesses in the city.