State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van
Binh is planning a more flexible monetary policy in the second half of this
year to enable the country to achieve credit growth of 12 to 14 per cent by the
end of the year.
At a
conference held by the central bank yesterday, Binh said total credit in the
first half of the year grew by only 3.52 per cent.
The low
credit growth, which has stirred concerns in recent weeks, was blamed on weak
capital absorption capacity of the economy, unsolved budget debts and the
tedious process of handling collaterals along with the loan underwriting
mechanism for enterprises.
In the
second half, Hanoi will focus on managing bad debts, raising total demand and
facilitating market recovery.
Policy
makers said credit demand in the second half was always twice than that of the
first half. They expressed optimistic provisionary views over the entire year's
target of 12 to 14 per cent credit growth.
Earlier,
a report by the Monetary Policy Department showed that roughly 87 to 90 per
cent of capital resources of banks went to government bonds and state treasury
bills.
The
central bank yesterday said bond and bill purchases would help credit
institutions raise theirliquidity position. However, they warned that the
banks' holdings might cause some difficulty if banks would not be able to
balance the tenures.
In
terms of credit structures in the first half, credit increased by 10 per cent
for exports, 5.8 per cent for auxiliary industries and 13 per cent for hi-tech
applied production firms. Meanwhile, small and medium sized enterprises posted
a 2-per cent increase in credit.
As of
May, 2014, loans allocated for agriculture and rural areas were up by 2.56 per cent against the end of 2013.
Dong
liquidity was secured. Loan-to-deposit ratio (LTD) in the dong came down to
87.4 per cent from 92.5 per cent in December last. (The LTD ratio indicates a
bank's liquidity. If the ratio is too high, it means that banks might not have
enough liquidity to cover any unforeseen fund requirements and if the ratio is
too low, banks may not be earning as much as they could be.)
By the
end of June, the foreign exchange reserves were US$35 billion.
The
ratio of dollar deposit-to-total money supply was 11.4 per cent, slightly down
from 12.4 per cent by the end of last year.
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