Vietcombank plans to increase its charter capital for the 2020-2021 period by paying dividends in shares and issuing additional shares, according to documents of the upcoming annual shareholders’ meeting scheduled for June 26.

Ever started registering a company after you’ve had one too many? One guy in Hanoi did and drunkenly registered a firm with a capital of VND144 trillion (US$6.3 billion), a slight overstatement to say the least!

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) plans to issue shares to increase its charter capital by VND5.3 trillion (US$229.1 million).

The total assets of commercial banks under state ownership accounted for 43.4% of the total of the banking sector, followed by joint stock commercial banks with 41.4%.

The Government has announced new regulations regarding the charter capital required by credit institutions.

The proposal was presented by the NA Economic Committee Chairman Vu Hong Thanh on Monday as a part of the socio-economic development plan for 2020.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision approving a list of 93 State-owned enterprises which will be equitised from now to the end of 2020.

The Vietnam Bank Association (VBA) has repeated its call for the Government to approve charter capital hikes at four major State-owned commercial banks, noting that the delay could adversely affect money supply for the economy.

The People’s Court of Ha Noi on Monday decided to suspend a trial for the case of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” that occurred at the PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP).