Vietcombank
Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, commonly referred to as Vietcombank, is a commercial bank in Vietnam.
Overview
Vietcombank's headquarters are located in Hanoi, Vietnam. the bank had 89 branches in Vietnam, 3 local subsidiaries, 2 overseas subsidiaries, 3 joint ventures, one associate, an overseas representative office in Singapore and was the largest listed company by market capitalization on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange with a valuation of VND 85,014 billion.History
Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam was founded on April 1, 1963 as Bank for Foreign trade of Vietnam. It was span off from the Foreign Exchange Bureau of the State Bank of Vietnam to be an exclusive bank for foreign trade.In 1990, Vietcombank diversified its services from being exclusively focused on foreign trade to a become a mass market commercial bank. In 1996 the bank's official name was changed to Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam.
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 June 30, 2009 after a successful IPO that raised US$652 million making it the biggest Vietnamese firm to conduct an initial public offering.
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:| Name | Shareholding | Industry | |
| 1 | Vietcombank Financial Leasing Company Limited | 100% | Financial leasing |
| 2 | Vietcombank Securities Company Limited | 100% | Investment banking |
| 3 | Vietcombank Tower 198 Company Limited | 70% | Real estate |
| 4 | Vietnam Finance Company Limited | 100% | Financial services |
| 5 | Vietcombank Money Incorporated | 75% | Money transfer |
| 6 | Vietcombank - Bonday - Ben Thanh Company Limited | 52% | Real estate |
| 7 | Vietcombank Fund Management Company | 51% | Investment fund management |
| 8 | Vietcombank - Cardif Life Insurance Company Limited | 45% | Life insurance |
| 9 | Vietcombank Bonday Limited | 16% | Real estate |
Ownership
The shares of the stock of Vietcombank are traded on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, under the symbol: VCB., The shareholding in the bank's stock was a follows:| Rank | Name of Owner | Percentage Ownership |
| 1 | State Bank of Vietnam | 77.11 |
| 2 | Mizuho Bank | 15.00 |
| 3 | Others | 7.89 |
| Total | 100.00 |
Governance
Vietcombank is governed by a seven-person Board of Directors with Nghiem Xuan Thanh serving as the Chairman and Pham Quang Dung as the CEO.Vietcombank Tower
Vietcombank Tower is 35 storey building in Ho Chi Minh City. The tower is a venture between Vietcombank and FELS Property Holding of Singapore.The tower is located at District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. With the height of 206 meters, it is the third tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City and the seventh tallest building in Vietnam.
The construction began in 2011 and completed in 2014. This tower's shape is different than the Empire State Building because it has modern architecture with gray colored-glass. It is used as office spaces, bank trading area.