15 Vietnam banks listed in Brand Finance Banking 500 2024 ranking

Fifteen Vietnamese banks are named among the world’s top 500 most valuable banking brands this year according to the Brand Finance Banking 500 2024 ranking. In the recently released ranking, Vietcombank is the Vietnamese bank with the highest brand value in 2024. Globally, Vietcombank ranks 133rd, up 4 positions compared to 2023.
15 Vietnam banks listed in Brand Finance Banking 500 2024 ranking ảnh 1Customers make transactions at a Vietcombank office. Vietcombank is the Vietnamese bank with the highest brand value in 2024 based on the world's brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance. (Photo: VCB)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Fifteen Vietnamese banks are namedamong the world’s top 500 most valuable banking brands this year according tothe Brand Finance Banking 500 2024 ranking.

In the recently released ranking, Vietcombank is the Vietnamesebank with the highest brand value in 2024. Globally, Vietcombank ranks 133rd,up 4 positions compared to 2023.

BIDV is the next Vietnamese bank listed in the ranking with 151st position, up10 positions compared to 2023.

VietinBank and Techcombank follow at 157th and 160th, up 14 and 3 positions,respectively, compared to last year.

Two other banks also ranked in the list are Agribank (162nd) and VPBank(175th). However, the rankings of these two banks decreased slightly comparedto 2023.

Among the 15 banks in the top 500 most valuable banking brands in 2024 TPBank,LPBank and MSB are new faces compared to the Brand Finance Banking 500 Ranking2023, ranked at 326th, 424th and 458th.

Meanwhile, VIB is the bank with the highest ranking increase. From 491st in2023, this bank rises to 425th this year.

Three other banks, ACB, Sacombank and HDBank, also have impressive improvementin rankings in 2024, with an increase of more than 30 positions.

In general, most Vietnamese banks, excluding Agribank, VPBank andSHB, recorded an increase in brand value rankings against last year.

According to Brand Finance, the combined value of the world’s top500 most valuable banking brands has reached a record level of 1.44 trillionUSD, almost double what it was a decade ago.
Brand Finance’s research indicates that local and regional banksare performing as well as – and, in many cases, outperforming – global banks interms of positioning their brands in the hearts and minds of customers.

According to David Haigh, Chairman & CEO of Brand Finance,local banks increasingly outshine their larger counterparts in brand strength.Dominant brands thrive in singular markets with limited competition, whilebanks expanding into multiple markets may successfully augment their brandvalue but risk diluting brand strength./.
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