Accordingly, VABA proposes the SBV amend Circular No.03/2021/TT-NHNNon rescheduling debt repayment, exemption and reduction of interest rates andfees, and maintaining debt groups in order to support customers affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The association asked for expanding the loans eligible for restructuring, rescheduling debt payment and exempting or reducing interest payment for debts that are due or borrowed during the time the pandemic is going on (for loans disbursed both before and after June 10, 2020).
The VABA said that after the pandemic is over, businessesstill need 3-6 months to restore their activities again, while the pandemic, which hasaffected the economic since the beginning of 2020, is forecast to last at leastuntil the end of 2021.
According to the association, since the fourth wave of thepandemic broke out in Vietnam in late April, airlines have been in jeopardywith their revenue down 80-90 percent./.
