Banks have increased their interest rates on certificates of deposit (CDs), bringing them in excess of 10 percent per year with the aim of mobilising long-term capital.
Banks have to mobilise long-term capital at high costs by issuing certificates of deposit (CD) in Vietnamese dong with high interest rates to lure depositors, causing concerns about a domino effect on lending rates.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to restructure the stock market until 2020 with a vision to 2025, with an aim to make it an important channel for middle- and long-term capital regulation.
Struggling to attract domestic funds, banks are rushing to seek foreign capital ahead of the central bank’s tightened policy on medium- and long-term lending early next year.
The shortage of long-term capital coupled with low competitiveness should be blamed for the rising number of firms going bankrupt and temporarily halting operations in the first quarter of 2016.