(HBO) – The Hoa Binh branch of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) is one of the key banks in the province. With a widespread network of transaction points covering important localities like Hoa Binh city, and Luong Son and Cao Phong districts, BIDV Hoa Binh has contributed greatly to local socio-economic development.
Staff members of the BIDV Hoa Binh branch have stepped up credit
disbursement to support production and business activities of local
enterprises.
The branch has mobilized over 3 trillion VND
(132.1 million USD) of capital since the beginning of 2018, equivalent to 86
percent of this year’s target. Its credit provision has also grown as planned.
By the end of the first quarter, outstanding loans of BIDV Hoa Binh exceeded
3.26 trillion VND (143.6 million USD), up 0.07 percent from the end of 2017,
equal to 222.26 billion VND. Specifically, outstanding loans for businesses
exceeded 2 trillion VND (88.1 million USD) and for individual clients came to nearly
1.24 trillion VND (54.6 million USD). Meanwhile, medium- and long-term credit
was about 1.55 trillion VND (68.3 million USD), accounting for 46.1 percent of
total outstanding loans.
Aside from boosting credit growth, BIDV Hoa Binh
has also paid special attention to credit quality. Its bad debt, estimated at
32.14 billion VND (1.4 million USD), now accounts for only 0.95 percent of
total outstanding loans.
The branch’s services are assessed as relatively
good, bringing in net revenues of 3.79 billion VND (167,000 USD) in the first
quarter, including 1.21 billion VND (53,300 USD) from the guarantee service and
1.58 billion VND (69,600 USD) from payment service.
Meanwhile, activities pertaining to payment,
cash circulation, treasury and network development have also received due
attention from the branch.
BIDV Hoa Binh currently has five transaction
offices and 10 ATMs, including six machines in Hoa Binh city, three in Luong
Son district, and one in Cao Phong district.
The number of points of sale (POS) accepting
BIDV cards has been maintained at shopping centres. There are 20 such machines
in the province at present./.
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Recognising the role and importance of developing the collective economy, the northern province of Hoa Binh has promptly issued support policies to propel the development of the economy, making important contributions to local socio-economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
