VIETCOMBANK IN BRIEF
Established on April 1st, 1963, the Bank
for Foreign Trade of Vietnam has played a crucial role in the banking
system of Vietnam and is one of 23 special corporations ranked by
the government.
As the oldest commercial bank for foreign
business with its largest capital base in Vietnam, Vietcombank has
been well known for being the most prestigious bank in trade finance,
international settlement, foreign exchange, guarantee and other
international banking and financial services.
To date, the Bank's network consists
of 25 domestic branches and 29 sub-branches, 3 representative offices
overseas, 1 finance company, 1 security company, 1 leasing company
and 1 asset management company, equityinvestment in 5 enterprises
and 7 banks, participation in 3 joint-venture enterprises
Vietcombank is elected to the Board of Directors
of Asian Banker's Association (ABA) for the term of 2000-2002. This
is the fourth consecutive year that Vietcombank has been nominated
for and is the only bank of Vietnam to be elected into ABA honorable
directorship.
Our bank has now maintained correspondent
relationship with over 1,500 bank branches in 100 countries all
over the world and is the official agent of Moneygram, and member
for 5 world-dominant credit card organizations-Visa, MasterCard,
JCB, American Express and Dinners Club, and also issuer for Vietcombank-Visa,
Vietcombank-MasterCard and Vietcombank American Express.
In 1995, our bank became the first in Vietnam
receiving the title 'The Best Bank in Vietnam' awarded by Asia Money.
Recognized as an outstanding financial institution
in the field of SWIFT international payment handling, Vietcombank
had maintained the " Service Excellent Recognition Award"
granted by JP Morgan Chase for a 6 consecutive year period, from
1996 to 2001.
Furthermore, Vietcombank was proudly
awarded the title 'The Best Bank' by the British international group
Financial Times in the year 2000,2001, 2002 and 2003.
Being granted "Outstanding Payment
Formatting and Straight-Through Rate 2003" by The Bank of New
York, "Global Payments and Cash Management Golden Award"
by HSBC USA and "US Dollar STP Excellence Award" by Deutsche
Bank in 2004.
In recent years, with our utmost efforts
and strong support of valued customers, the widely accredited Bank
for Foreign Trade of Vietnam has been successful in sustaining the
highest growth rate in the banking industry in Vietnam.
Please click: http://www.vietcombank.com.vn
to more details
|
