A corner of HCM City (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) - Outstanding loans of commercial banks in HCMCity in the first nine months of 2017 rose 13.5 percent against December lastyear to more than 1.67 quadrillion VND (73.57 billion USD), the city People’sCommittee report stated.
Of the total, loans in Vietnamese dong accounted for 90.4 percent, equalto more than 1.5 quadrillion VND, up 13.2 percent against December last year.Loans in foreign currencies made up 160 billion VND, up 15.4 percent.
Non-performing loans accounted for 4 per cent of the city’s total outstandingloans, down 0.04 percentage points against December last year.
HCM City-based commercial banks during the period lent 152.77 trillion VND to37,920 customers in the Government’s five prioritised industries ofagricultural production, export business, production of small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs), supporting industry and high-tech production, of whichloans to SMEs made up the highest proportion of 64.4 percent, or 98.44 trillionVND.
The committee also reported that the banks mobilised 1.94 quadrillion VND inthe first nine months, up 9.2 percent against December last year.
Of the total capital, deposits in dong reached over 1.7 quadrillion VND,accounting for 87.9 percent and rising 9.6 percent against December last year.-VNA
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