Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Most recently, the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (Agribank), one of the largest banks in Vietnam, announcedthat as of January 31, the interest rates for real estate business is likely to be reduced by up to 3% per year from the interest rates that are being applied. Theadjusted interest rates will be applied from January 31, 2023 to December 31,2014.
The deposit interest rates show signs of dropping since late January 2023, raising the hope of a fall in lending rates. (Photo: VNA)Previously, the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) also launched incentive credit packagesto support business and production firms.
The wave of reducing lending interest rates has been alsorecorded in many other commercial banks such the Viet Capital Commercial JointStock Bank (Viet Capital Bank), Orient Commercial JointStock Bank (OCB), Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank), and Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank).
According to Nguyen Huu Trung, Acting General Director of the Vietnam Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VietBank), the capital demand of businesses still remains high,so banks need to have appropriate policies to support their customers.
Banks continued to lower deposit interest rates early this month, thuscutting lending rates in general, and those for the real estate sector in particular.
According toa report of Bao Viet Securities (BVSC), the deposit interest rates have showed signs of dropping since late January 2023, raising the hope of a fall inlending rates./.
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