02/02/20241min
State-owned lender Vietcombank reported record pre-tax profits of VND41.2 trillion (US$1.68 billion) for 2023.
Its previous highest was VND37.4 trillion a year earlier.
It made the bank the most profitable in the industry by a margin of tens of trillions of dong.
Profits before credit risk provisioning were worth VND45.8 trillion, a 2.2% decline.
But halving the provisioning to VND4.5 trillion meant the lender maintained profit growth.
Vietcombank’s bad debts ratio (groups three to five) increased from 0.68% at the beginning of the year to 1% by the end, while loans that require attention (group two debts) surged by 40% to over VND5.55 trillion.