A transaction office of Vietcombank

The bank announced on October 7 that its before-taxprofit reached 17.25 trillion VND, a year-on-year increase of 51.9 percent.

In the nine-month period, Vietcombank’s total capital mobilisation wasestimated at 998.24 trillion VND while outstanding debt stood at 709.12trillion VND, up 11.6 percent as compared to the same time in 2018.

The return on average assets (ROA) and the return on average equity (ROAE) were1.65 percent and 25.75 percent, respectively, much higher than the previousyear.

In addition, more than 2.86 trillion VND in the bank’s off-balance sheet debtwas recovered during January-September, or 82 percent of the set plan.

This year, the bank targets to increase its total assets by 12 percent to morethan 1.2 quadrillion VND, outstanding credit rising by 15 percent to over 735trillion VND, and capital mobilisation growing by 11-13 percent.

It also projects a before-tax profit of 19.5 trillion VND and a consolidated before-taxprofit of 20 trillion VND. Besides, the bank will work to keep its bad debtunder 1 percent, ensure dividend payout rate at 8 percent, and recover over 3trillion VND in off-balance sheet debt.

Last year, Vietcombank achieved a record profit of 18.2 trillion VND, or 61percent higher than the amount seen in 2017./.VNA