Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ngân hàng Thương mại Cổ phần Đầu tư và Phát triển Việt Nam), commonly known as BIDV, is a Vietnamese state-owned bank in Vietnam. It is the country's number one bank in net income ($70 million USD) and the second biggest bank by assets ($18.8 billion USD) as of 2012, behind Agribank.[2] According to the United Nations Development Programme report on the 100 largest enterprises in Vietnam, BIDV came in at the 4th position after Agribank, VNPT, and EVN.[4]

Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam
State-owned
IndustryBanking, Finance, Security
Founded26 April 1957
HeadquartersHoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Key people
Lê Ngọc Lâm, CEO
Phan Đức Tú Chairman
ProductsTransaction accounts
Insurance
stock brokerage
Investment bank
Asset-based lending
Consumer finance
Trade
International payments
Foreign exchange
$70 million USD[1]
Total assets $18.8 billion USD[2]
Number of employees
23,200 full time equivalent[3]
Websitewww.bidv.com.vn

BIDV received Asia Risk Magazine's House of the Year Award for being at the forefront of the country's economic development by modernising its risk management and developing new financial products such as energy derivatives hedges.[5]

History

BIDV was established on 26 April 1957 as the Bank for Construction of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Kiến thiết Việt Nam), under which name it operated until 24 June 1981, at which point it changed its name to the Bank for Investment and Construction of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Đầu tư và Xây dựng Việt Nam). It adopted its present name on 14 November 1990.[3][6]

In January 2007, the Vietnamese government announced that it would sell a minority stake in the BIDV and three other banks.[7] In March of that same year, they sought the government's permission to invest in highway projects.[8] In September, they announced that they would form Vietnam's first aircraft finance group in Hanoi in a joint venture with Vietnam Airlines, PetroVietnam, and Vietnam Post and Telecommunication.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Ngân hàng BIDV được Finance Asia đưa vào top 100 ngân hàng của Châu Á (BIDV named by Finance Asia as one of Asia's top 100 banks)". Báo Lao Động (in Vietnamese). Vietnam General Confederation of Labour. 7 November 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
  2. "Overview". BIDV. BIDV. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. "INTRODUCTION OF BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM". Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  4. "Viet Nam's Top 200 businesses list announced". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
  5. "House of the Year, Vietnam – BIDV". Asia Risk. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  6. "GIỚI THIỆU VỀ NGÂN HÀNG ĐẦU TƯ VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN VIỆT NAM" (in Vietnamese). Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  7. Folkmanis, Jason (7 January 2007). "Vietnam to sell stakes in 4 banks". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  8. "BIDV wants to invest in highway projects". Vietnamnet Bridge. Vietnam News Agency. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  9. Nguyen, Pham (14 September 2007). "Vietnam's state-owned BIDV to form country's first aircraft leasing firm". MarketWatch. Dow Jones. Retrieved 17 January 2008.


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