Weekly Bulletin on Banking Operations (July 15-19, 2019)
1. Forex market and exchange rates:
The buying and selling exchange rates quoted on the commercial banks’ websites were stable at VND 23,140/23,260 against the USD during the first three days of the week; then slightly went up to VND 23,190/23,310 against the USD in the last two days of the week (up by 50 VND per USD for both buying and selling exchange rates as compared to the last day of the previous week).
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) continued to conduct synchronous measures and manage the monetary policy to stabilize the forex market and the exchange rates within the set band.
2. Mobilization and lending interest rates:
2.1. Mobilization interest rates:
- The mobilization interest rates in VND: The common rates were between 0.5% p.a – 1% p.a for demand and below 1-month term deposits, 4.5% p.a – 5.5% p.a for 1-month to below 6-month terms, 5.5% p.a – 6.8% p.a for 6-month to below 12-month terms; and 6.6% – 7.3% p.a for 12-month plus terms.
- The mobilization interest rates in USD: The common mobilization interest rate in USD was 0% p.a for both individuals’ and institutions’ deposits.
2.2. Lending rates:
- The lending interest rates in VND: The common average rates were between 6.0 – 9.0% p.a for short-term loans; 9.0% p.a – 11.0% p.a for medium and long-term loans.
- The lending interest rates in USD: The common rates were between 2.8% – 6.0% p.a. The rates were 2.8% p.a – 4.7% p.a for short-term loans and 4.5 – 6.0% p.a for medium and long-term loans.
3. Inter-bank transaction operations:
3.1. Transactions:
According to the reports submitted by the credit institutions and the foreign bank branches, the total amount of transactions in the inter-bank market within the week reached approximately VND 267,243 billion, an average of VND 53,449 billion/day, a decrease of VND 4,213 billion/day as compared to the week of July 8-12, 2019; meanwhile the transaction amount in USD was equivalent to VND 116,180 billion, an average of VND 23,236 billion/day, a decrease of VND 1,522 billion/day as compared to the previous week.
Most VND transactions were for overnight and 1-week terms, accounting for 65% and 22% of the total amount of VND transactions respectively. The transactions in USD were mostly for overnight and 1-week terms, accounting for 64% and 24% of the total amount of USD transactions respectively.
3.2. The average inter-bank interest rates:
- For transactions in VND: As compared to the previous week, the average inter-bank interest rates were on a downward trend for most of the short terms, except for the 1-month term. Specifically, the inter-bank interest rates for overnight, 1-week terms were down by 0.19 percentage points p.a and 0.22 percentage points p.a to 2.98% p.a and 3.09% p.a respectively. The inter-bank interest rate for 1-month term increased by 0.12 percentage points p.a to 3.68% p.a
- For transactions in USD: The average inter-bank interest rates slightly increased for most terms as compared to the previous week. Specifically, the inter-bank interest rates for overnight and 1-month terms were up by 0.01 percentage point p.a and 0.10 percentage points p.a to 2.42% p.a and 2.66% p.a respectively.
The specific average inter-bank interest rates were as follows:
Term |
Overnight |
1-week |
2-week |
1-month |
3-month |
6-month |
9-month |
VND |
2.98 |
3.09 |
3.21 |
3.68 |
4.07 |
5.39 |
4.90 |
USD |
2.42 |
2.51 |
2.55 |
2.66 |
2.65 |
3.11 |
2.98 |
Translated by Le Hang