VPBank named in Top 500 valuable bank brands for first time

The Vietnam Prosperity Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VPBank) has been the only Vietnamese private bank to be named in the 2019 list of the world’s top 500 valuable bank brands recently announced by the Brand Finance.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Prosperity CommercialJoint Stock Bank (VPBank) has been the only Vietnamese private bank to be namedin the 2019 list of the world’s top 500 valuable bank brands recently announcedby the Brand Finance.

Accordingly, VPBank ranked 361st in the list.

Also in the list, VietinBank was in the 242th place, up from the 310st in 2018,and BIDV in the 307st, up 44 places, while Vietcombank moved up 43 places torank 325st.

Topping the list, which is announced by the Brand Financeeach year, is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with a congregatevalue of 79.8 billion USD, up 35 percent annually.

In 2017, VPBankwas named Best Issuing Bank Partner for Women-Owned Businesses in East AsianPacific by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).-VNA
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