The Vietnam Commercial Bank for
Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) seeks to establish a joint venture bank
with Qatar and open its branch in that country.
Vietinbank Chairman Pham Huy Hung expressed the wish while receiving
Qatar ’s Acting Minister of Business and Trade Khalid Bin Mohamed
Al-Attiyah in Hanoi on March 15.
This is a step forward to implement agreements signed between
Vietinbank and several Qatari banks during Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung’s visit in March 2009, said Hung.
The Qatari minister said he hoped such a joint venture between Vietinbank and Qatar will be established soon.
According to Minister Al-Attiyah, the two sides should step up
cooperation in money e-transfer in order to serve not only more than
10,000 Vietnamese guest workers in Qatar but also those working in
other Middle East countries.
During PM Dung’s 2009 visit, Vietinbank signed an agreement on money
e-transfer with Qatar’s Doha Bank, which was the first step for the
establishment of a comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two
banks with the aim of seizing cooperative opportunities in commercial
aid and global banking services./.