State Bank of Vietnam

State Bank of Vietnam
*Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam*
State Bank of Vietnam building in Hanoi
Headquarters	Hanoi, Vietnam
Established	6 May 1951 (1951-05-06)
Governor	Nguyễn Văn Bình
Central bank of	Vietnam
Currency	Vietnamese đồng VND (ISO 4217)
Website	www.sbv.gov.vn

The State Bank of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam) is the central bank of Vietnam. It currently holds an about 65% stake of VietinBank - the country's largest listed bank by capital.

History

State Bank of Vietnam building in Ho Chi Minh City.

When Indochina was under French rule, the colonial government governed the Indochinese monetary system through Indochinese Bank, which also acted as a commercial bank in French Indochina. After the August Revolution in 1945, the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam gradually attempted to exercise a monetary system independent from France. On 6 May 1951, president Hồ Chí Minh signed decree 15/SL on establishment of National Bank of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Quốc gia Việt Nam). On 21 January 1960, the governor of the bank signed an ordinance on behalf of the prime minister to rename the bank State Bank of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam).

After the fall of Saigon, the two Vietnams were united but not until July 1976 did the two countries’ administrations and institutions unite. In July 1976, the National Bank of Vietnam (the central bank of Republic of Vietnam) was merged into the State Bank of Vietnam.

In the Doi moi liberalisation era, the banking system of Vietnam was reformed. New banks were created, starting with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Vietnam (VietinBank - now the largest listed bank) and the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture in 1988, and the role of the State Bank was gradually narrowed to that of a central bank.^[1] In 1990, an ordinance reorganised the state bank and redefined its function as: "on behalf of the State, of managing money, credit, and banking operations throughout the country in order to stabilize a value of money, and is the only agency with power to circulate the currency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam"^[2] While the State Bank continued to lend to state-owned enterprises in the following years, it has now been largely superseded in the respect by other state-owned banks and by private banks.

Controversies

The incumbent prime minister, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, was a governor while he held the post of senior deputy prime minister, but later bestowed the governor’s post upon Le Duc Thuy. There has been criticism of the printing quality of the new polymer đồng banknotes. Controversy also surrounded the purchase of the state house by governor Le Duc Thuy when he bought a house belonging to the bank one tenth of the market value. However, the government stopped the deal when the media reported the purchase.^[3]

Functions and roles

The State Bank of Vietnam is a ministry-level body under the administration of the government; the bank governor is a member of the cabinet (equivalent to a minister in the cabinet). The governor is nominated by the prime minister subject to the approval of the National Assembly (Parliament). Vice governors are appointed by the prime minister on the recommendation of the governor. Both governor and vice governors serve a 5-year term. The State Bank of Vietnam defines its principal roles as :

Promote monetary stability and formulate monetary policies.
Promote institutions’ stability and supervise financial institutions.
Provide banking facilities and recommend economic policies to the government.
Provide banking facilities for the financial institutions.
Manage the country’s international reserves.
Print and issue banknotes.
Supervise all commercial banks’ activities in Vietnam. Lend the state money to the commercial banks.
Issue government bonds, organise bond auctions.
Be in charge of other roles in monetary management and foreign exchange rates

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam^[4]

Governor	from	until
Nguyễn Lương Bằng	1951	1952
Lê Viết Lượng	1952	1964
Tạ Hoàng Cơ	1964	1974
Đặng Việt Châu	1974	1976
Hoàng Anh	1976	1977
Trần Dương	1977	1981
Nguyễn Duy Gia	1981	1986
Lữ Minh Châu	1986	1989
Cao Sỹ Kiêm	1989	1997
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng	1998	1999
Lê Đức Thúy	1999	2007
Nguyễn Văn Giàu	2007	2011
Nguyễn Văn Bình (politician)	2011	In office

References

↑ World Bank (1 March 1995). Viet Nam Financial Sector Review. (PDF). pp. III–V.
↑ ordinance on the State Bank of Vietnam, 23 May 1990 (translation on the website of the Embassy of Vietnam in the United States)
↑ "Spotlight: Nguyen Van Giau, Vietnam's central bank governor". International Herald Tribune. 11 December 2007.
↑ http://www.sbv.gov.vn/portal/faces/vi/pages/trangchu/gioithieunhnn/bldnhhqctk?_afrLoop=21688503274171835&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=7g5zse5ds_1#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3D7g5zse5ds_1%26_afrLoop%3D21688503274171835%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D7g5zse5ds_125

External links

(Vietnamese) (English) State Bank of Vietnam official website

Government of Vietnam

Ministries	Agriculture and Rural Development Construction Culture, Sports and Tourism Defence Education and Training Finance Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs Industry and Trade Information and Communications Justice Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Natural Resources and Environment Planning and Investment Public Security Science and Technology Transport

Ministry-level agencies	Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Government Inspectorate Government Office State Bank

Government agencies	Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Vietnam Social Security Vietnam News Agency Vietnam Television Voice of Vietnam

Central banks

Global

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Policies and implementation

Policies	Capital requirement Contractionary monetary policy Expansionary monetary policy Basel II Basel III Basel 4

Implementation	Capital control Discount rate Interest rates Money creation Open market operation Sovereign wealth fund

Bretton Woods system

International Monetary Fund World Bank Group International Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes International Development Association International Finance Corporation Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

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