The total assets held by Vietnam's credit institutions reached more than 447.8 billion USD) by the end of May. (Photo: Vietcombank)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The total assets held by Vietnam’s creditinstitutions reached more than 10.3 quadrillion VND (447.8 billion USD) by theend of May, an increase of 3.27 percent over the beginning of this year, thelatest report from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) showed.
The assets of seven State-owned banks inched up 1.84 per cent to more thanVNĐ4.6 quadrillion, accounting for 45 per cent of the total.
State-owned banks where the State holds the majority stake include Agribank,Vietcombank, Vietinbank, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV),Vietnam Construction Bank, GPBank and Ocean Bank.
Assets of joint-stock commercial banks stood at more than 4.2 quadrillion VND,up 4.17 percent.
Notably, assets of joint venture and foreign banks rose by 5.73 percent tosurpass 1 quadrillion VND for the first time.
Charter capital of joint venture and foreign banks is forecast to continuerising as some of them have recently received the SBV’s approval for anincrease. The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited – HCM City branch, for example,on May 17 was given the green light to increase its charter capital from 80million USD to 100 million USD, and the Hanoi branch of NongHyup Bank will be raisingfrom 35 million USD to 80 million USD.
The SBV report also showed while equity capital of joint stock commercial bankshad risen to 315.34 trillion VND, the indicator at State-owned banks fell to 232.47trillion VND.
Ending May, the average capital adequacy ratio (CAR), which is expressed as apercentage of the bank’s capital to its risk-weighted assets and is one of themain metrics used to promote the stability and efficiency of financial systems,remained unchanged at 9.39 percent at State-owned banks, while the figure forjoint-stock commercial banks improved to 11.34 percent.
Despite a slight drop compared with the end of last year, joint-venture andforeign banks had the highest CAR of 27.36 percent.-VNS/VNA
The assets of seven State-owned banks inched up 1.84 per cent to more thanVNĐ4.6 quadrillion, accounting for 45 per cent of the total.
State-owned banks where the State holds the majority stake include Agribank,Vietcombank, Vietinbank, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV),Vietnam Construction Bank, GPBank and Ocean Bank.
Assets of joint-stock commercial banks stood at more than 4.2 quadrillion VND,up 4.17 percent.
Notably, assets of joint venture and foreign banks rose by 5.73 percent tosurpass 1 quadrillion VND for the first time.
Charter capital of joint venture and foreign banks is forecast to continuerising as some of them have recently received the SBV’s approval for anincrease. The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited – HCM City branch, for example,on May 17 was given the green light to increase its charter capital from 80million USD to 100 million USD, and the Hanoi branch of NongHyup Bank will be raisingfrom 35 million USD to 80 million USD.
The SBV report also showed while equity capital of joint stock commercial bankshad risen to 315.34 trillion VND, the indicator at State-owned banks fell to 232.47trillion VND.
Ending May, the average capital adequacy ratio (CAR), which is expressed as apercentage of the bank’s capital to its risk-weighted assets and is one of themain metrics used to promote the stability and efficiency of financial systems,remained unchanged at 9.39 percent at State-owned banks, while the figure forjoint-stock commercial banks improved to 11.34 percent.
Despite a slight drop compared with the end of last year, joint-venture andforeign banks had the highest CAR of 27.36 percent.-VNS/VNA
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