GBS - Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has announced it will approve loans of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within 48 hours of submission of all documents.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the latest foreign bank in the Southeast country to scale down its presence in Vietnam

GBS - Bankers Ngo Chi Dung, Duong Cong Minh and Dang Khac Vy frequently appeared in local media in 2017.

GBS - New market developments in the Vietnam real estate industry have seen VinaCapital exit the Hanoi-based mixed-use project, called Times Square, selling to Elite Capital Resources Limited. Meanwhile, banking institution LienVietPostBank has decided to purchase bonds of Sacomreal for VND500 billion. 

GBS - Vietnam’s surprise lowering of interest rates for the first time in three years may help to support economic growth, but raises credit risks in a nation still grappling with a hangover of bad debt.

GBS - VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co., which controls almost half of Vietnam’s domestic airline market, is in talks to become the first company in the Southeast Asian nation to list its shares in an overseas stock exchange.