On 26 January 2011, the Vietnamese Government issued Decree No. 10/2011/ND-CP amending and supplementing some articles of Decree No. 141/2006/ND-CP dated 22 January 2006 issuing the list of legal capital levels of credit institutions (Decree 10).
Under this decree, credit institutions who are licensed for establishment and banking operations must take measures to ensure the contribution of capital or the minimum capital level equivalent to the legal capital as stipulated in the attached list of the new decree, no later than December 31, 2011.
During the time any credit institution has yet to satisfy the legal capital as stipulated, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will not consider an extension of the operational network of such credit institution (branches, representative offices, professional units and other forms of presence stipulated by law) and any extension of its operational contents.
After 31 December 2011, the SBV will consider and issue a decision in accordance with the provisions of law dealing with any credit institution which fails to meet the legal capital level set out in Decree 10. /.-ITD
List of Legal Capital Levels of Credit Institutions
|
No. |
Form of Credit Institution |
Legal Capital Level Applicable to Year 2011 |
|
I |
Banks |
|
1. |
Commercial banks |
|
|
a. |
State commercial banks |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
b. |
Joint stock commercial banks |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
c. |
Joint venture banks |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
d. |
Banks with 100% foreign-owned capital |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
e. |
Foreign bank branches |
USD 15 million |
|
2. |
Policy banks |
VND 5,000 billion |
|
3. |
Investment banks |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
4. |
Development banks |
VND 5,000 billion |
|
5. |
Co-operative banks |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
6. |
People's Credit Funds |
|
|
a. |
Central People's Credit Funds |
VND 3,000 billion |
|
b. |
Grass-roots People's Credit Funds |
VND 100 million |
|
II |
Non-banking credit institutions |
|
1. |
Finance companies |
VND 500 billion |
|
2. |
Finance leasing companies |
VND 150 billion |