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Equity Bottom-Up

Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam / Equity Bottom-Up

Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (VCB VN)

<ul><li>VCB was amongst the few banks that could maintain growth momentum until the last quarter of the year.</li><li>Both quarterly and yearly bottom line growth were driven by tailwinds in interest income (+25.6% YoY) and credit cost (-19.5% YoY).</li><li>On a quarterly basis, credit growth ticked up 1.5% alongside a 10bps expansion in NIM, resulting in a single- digit growth in NII (8% QoQ).</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

VCB was amongst the few banks that could maintain growth momentum until the last quarter of the year.Both quarterly and yearly bottom line growth were driven by tailwinds in interest income (+25.6% YoY) and credit cost (-19.5% YoY).On a quarterly basis, credit growth ticked up 1.5% alongside a 10bps expansion in NIM, resulting in a single- digit growth in NII (8% QoQ).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam

VCB ­- Resilient amidst uncertainties

VCB - Resilient amidst uncertainties