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Vietcombank or formally the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ngân hàng TMCP Ngoại thương Việt Nam) is a major commercial bank in Vietnam.
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Overview
Vietcombank's headquarters are located in Hanoi, Vietnam. As of 31 December 2020[update][1] the bank had 116 branches and 474 transaction offices in Vietnam, 3 local subsidiaries, 3 overseas subsidiaries, 3 joint ventures, and an overseas representative office in Singapore. As of 30 June 2025, Vietcombank's market capitalization was VND 467.9 trillion (USD 18.0 billion).[2]
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Vietcombank was formerly the Foreign Exchange Management Department (FEMD) of the National Bank of Vietnam (NBV), established on January 20, 1955.[3][4] In 1961, the FEMD was renamed the Foreign Exchange Bureau (FEB) under the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).[5]
Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam was founded on 1 April 1963 as Bank for Foreign trade of Vietnam. It was span off from the Foreign Exchange Bureau of the State Bank of Vietnam[6] to be an exclusive bank for foreign trade.[7]
In 1990, Vietcombank diversified its services from being exclusively focused on foreign trade to a become a mass market commercial bank.[7] In 1996 the bank's official name was changed to Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam.[7]
In 2008, Vietcombank was selected by the government to be the pilot for privatization of state-owned companies. The bank was then after listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on 30 June 2009 after a successful IPO[6] that raised US$652 million making it the biggest Vietnamese firm to conduct an initial public offering.[8]
In 2011, Vietcombank signed a strategic shareholder agreement with Mizuho Corporate Bank, a member of Mizuho Financial Group, Japan.[9][10][11] In 2013, Vietcombank launched a new brand identity system with the slogan "Shared trust - Strong future".[12] In 2016, Vietcombank regained the top position in terms of profit in the Vietnamese banking market.[13][14][15]
In 2018, Vietcombank became the first bank to be officially granted the decision to apply Basel II under Circular 41 by the State Bank of Vietnam.[16][17][18] In 2019, Vietcombank became the first Vietnamese bank to have profit reaching the milestone of 1 billion USD.[19][20][21][22] In 2020, Vietcombank successfully went live with the core banking system.[23][24]
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Member companies
Other than providing banking services, Vietcombank has invested in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates. These investments include but are not limited to the following:[1]
Ownership
The shares of the stock of Vietcombank are traded on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, under the symbol: VCB. As of March 2021[update], The shareholding in the bank's stock was a follows:[1]
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Governance
Vietcombank is governed by a seven-person board of directors with Pham Quang Dung serving as chairman and CEO.[25]
Vietcombank Tower
Vietcombank Tower, also known as Vietcombank Tower Saigon to distinct with the same name building in Hanoi, is a 35-storey building in Ho Chi Minh City, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, a architects company of César Pelli.[26] The tower is a venture between Vietcombank and FELS Property Holding of Singapore.[1]
The tower is located at No.5 Mê Linh Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. As of 2025, with the height of 206 meters, it is the fourth tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City and the ninth tallest building in Vietnam.
The construction began in 2011 and completed in 2014. Despite being said to be similar with Empire State Building, yet the differences of them is find from the modern architecture with gray colored-glass compared to the concept of Art Deco-style and the spire is put in the front façade not the center of the roof like the rest one. In addition to Vietcombank, corporate tenants with offices in the building include Lotte, Heineken Vietnam, Johnson & Johnson, SSI, Idemitsu, Sun Life Financial, and Pernod Ricard Vietnam.[27]
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