From Monobank to Commercial Banking: Financial Sector Reforms in Vietnam

by Jens Kovsted, John Rand, Finn Tarp

Overview

This study analyzes the difficulties and problems encountered in transforming the Vietnamese financial sector from one subordinate to government objectives and goals to an autonomous sector guided by market forces and competitive pressures. Here, the history of financial sector liberalization is traced and close attention paid to the activities and autonomy of the State Bank of Vietnam, the institution responsible for the supervision and regulation of the financial sector in Vietnam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788791114861
Publisher:	NIAS
Publication date:	04/30/2006
Series:	NIAS Reports , #48
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.42(w) x 8.24(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	viii
	Preface	xi
	Introduction	xvii
Chapter 1	Central planning and the first phase of reforms	1
Chapter 2	The East Asian Financial Crisis and its aftermath, 1997-2003	33
Chapter 3	A regional comparison of bank supervision and regulation	57
Chapter 4	The State Bank of Vietnam	79
Chapter 5	Financial services for the agricultural sector	121
Chapter 6	Conclusion	135
	Appendices
A	The state-owned commercial banks	139
B	Important events, 1988-2003	142
C	Bank supervision and regulation indicators	147
	References	155
	Index	161