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Bank Industry Overview: Vietnam Nov 04
Standard & Poors, Nov 2004
Abstract
Vietnam's banking sector is weak by global standards, and its industry risk is high. Key risks include the country's nascent capital markets, the banking industry's weak capitalization, underdeveloped credit risk management systems, and information risk. The gradual adoption of internationally accepted accounting principles will be crucial to improve transparency in the banking system. Four major state-owned banks dominate about 80% of banking system assets, providing a considerable degree of stability. Nevertheless, the market share of joint-stock commercial banks (JSBs) is increasing, following the consolidation among JSBs, which resulted in recent stronger performances at some JSBs. The government's capital infusion of Vietnamese dong 10.4 trillion (US$728 million) to the four state-owned banks is almost complete. The State Bank of Vietnam (the...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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