Foreign reserves disclosure eyed
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will work with Government members to
discuss the possibility of disclosing national foreign exchange
reserves, SBV Governor Nguyen Van Giau told the Asian Development Bank's
44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Hanoi this week.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will work with Government members to
discuss the possibility of disclosing national foreign exchange
reserves, SBV Governor Nguyen Van Giau told the Asian Development Bank's
44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Hanoi this week.
Although Giau admitted that publishing information regarding a bank's activities was a normal practice in many other countries, disclosing such information in Vietnam would be a different story.
Such procedures not only involved the State Bank of Vietnam , but also the Ministry of Industry and Trade as well as the Prime Minister, Giau said.
According to the March 2011 ADB Development Outlook , Vietnam held low foreign exchange reserves, estimated at around 12.4 billion USD (about 1.9 months of the country's import cover) at the end of last year. Other foreign financial institutions estimated that Vietnam held 24 billion USD in foreign reserves during 2008.
Responding to concerns regarding the independence of the central bank, Giau affirmed that the SBV was part of the Government, which makes it very different to banks in other countries. According to a State Bank Law from 2010, the SBV still has certain independent powers regarding its monetary management.
Governor Giau said that the central bank would strictly control credit growth during 2011, keeping figures below 20 percent to help tackle soaring inflation.
Credit growth rose in the first quarter of this year to above 5 percent from the end of 2010. Current outstanding loans equal 1.2 times the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
GDP in Q1 of this year grew by 5.43 percent (worth 441.707 trillion VND or 21.03 billion USD) from 7.34 percent in the last quarter of 2010, according to the General Statistics Office.
During 2010, credit growth reached 27.65 percent, overshooting the target of 25 percent and pushing outstanding loans to 140 percent of the GDP.
Vietnam 's GDP reached 104.6 billion USD during 2010. /.
Although Giau admitted that publishing information regarding a bank's activities was a normal practice in many other countries, disclosing such information in Vietnam would be a different story.
Such procedures not only involved the State Bank of Vietnam , but also the Ministry of Industry and Trade as well as the Prime Minister, Giau said.
According to the March 2011 ADB Development Outlook , Vietnam held low foreign exchange reserves, estimated at around 12.4 billion USD (about 1.9 months of the country's import cover) at the end of last year. Other foreign financial institutions estimated that Vietnam held 24 billion USD in foreign reserves during 2008.
Responding to concerns regarding the independence of the central bank, Giau affirmed that the SBV was part of the Government, which makes it very different to banks in other countries. According to a State Bank Law from 2010, the SBV still has certain independent powers regarding its monetary management.
Governor Giau said that the central bank would strictly control credit growth during 2011, keeping figures below 20 percent to help tackle soaring inflation.
Credit growth rose in the first quarter of this year to above 5 percent from the end of 2010. Current outstanding loans equal 1.2 times the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
GDP in Q1 of this year grew by 5.43 percent (worth 441.707 trillion VND or 21.03 billion USD) from 7.34 percent in the last quarter of 2010, according to the General Statistics Office.
During 2010, credit growth reached 27.65 percent, overshooting the target of 25 percent and pushing outstanding loans to 140 percent of the GDP.
Vietnam 's GDP reached 104.6 billion USD during 2010. /.
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