Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Business Times: Anti-inflationary measures effective

The Business Times: Anti-inflationary measures effective

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Anti-inflationary measures effective

Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:59 AM PST

Vietnam is on track to bring inflation under control this year, rising just 6% over 2012 – a record low in the past 10 years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) leader. In an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency, GSO Director General Nguyen Bich Lam said the government has succeeded in reining in […]

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Vietnam learns China’s experience in dealing with bad debts

Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:52 AM PST

Chinese and Vietnamese economists gathered in Hanoi on December 17 to share experience in managing and dealing with bad debts. At the workshop, an expert from the Financial Research Institute under the Chinese Ministry of Finance said China's bad debts have risen from the Chinese State-owned commercial banks, accounting for one-third of their total bank […]

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PM: ’’Definitely continue gold import – export monopoly’’

Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:51 AM PST

Highly appreciating regulating results of the gold market, the Prime Minister asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) in 2014 to be more decisive and affirmative under pressure, local newswire VNExpress reported. Attending the banking conference on result summary and deployment of tasks  on December 18, 2013, the Prime Minister asked SBV, despite a lot […]

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Vietnamese financier faces life sentence

Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:49 AM PST

Nguyen Duc Kien, one of Vietnam’s most powerful financial figures, may face life sentence for violating state regulations on economic management. Kien has been charged with illegal business activities, extortion, asset appropriation, tax evasion and a breach of state regulations on international economic management. On December 15, the Supreme People”s Procuracy filed the charges on […]

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SHB aims for its own subsidiary in Laos

Posted: 18 Dec 2013 12:45 AM PST

SBH General Director Nguyen Van Le told at a meeting in Hanoi on December 17 with the Governor of the Lao Central Bank, Somphao Phaysith. SHB opened its branch in Laos in August 2012. After more than one year of operation, the branch has developed steadily with its total loans reaching VND585 billion (US$27.8 million), […]

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VDB sells vnd98 billion g-bonds on dec 17

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:33 PM PST

The Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) on December 17, 2013 sold VND98 billion worth of government-backed bonds out of VND98 trillion auctioned at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) at the yields of 9.45% pa, local newswire NDH reported. In the auction, the VDB planned to sell VND98 billion worth of 5-year government-backed bonds. There were 2 […]

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Dec 18: Vietnam central bank keeps dollar exchange at vnd21,036

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:28 PM PST

Vietnam’s Central bank set the U.S. dollar’s exchange rate at VND21,036 on Wednesday, unchanged for 5 months and a half. Commercial banks are allowed to apply effective exchange rate +-1% from the official exchange rate set by the central bank, accordingly, the ceiling price for a dollar today was VND21,246. Today, some commercial banks lowered, […]

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Vietnam c.bank’s injection equal to withdrawal on OMO on dec 17

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:27 PM PST

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) pumped VND100 billion through open market operation (OMO) while withdrew VND100 billionon December 17, 2013, local newswire NDH reported, citing data from SSI Research. As of December 17, the total outstanding loans on OMO were VND470 billion. On the day, SBV issued VND997 billion Treasury bills and there was […]

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Nam A Bank allowed to expand operation scale

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:26 PM PST

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam decided to add the operation license of Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Nam A Bank). Specifically, the SBV approved to add Item 8 of operation license No. 0026/NH-GP dated on August 22 1992 granted by the Governor of the SBV to Nam A Bank with operation contents […]

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Banks obtain profits thanks to pending forex rate

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:26 PM PST

"Pending" the forex rate too long is beneficial for banks in the current difficult business context. According to Nguyen Da Hung, a banking specialist, the forex rate has been being kept very stable during recent years. If in 2010, the forex rate raised up to 9.68 percent, in 2012, the forex rate saw a fall […]

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