April 09 2020 FiinGroup
After reaching the record growth of 16.4 percent last year, in 2019, clinker and cement y-o-y sales growth shrank to only 3.2% due to the slowdown in both domestic and export markets.
January 08 2020 FiinGroup
Hanoi, 8th January 2020: Mr. Le Xuan Dong, CFA - Head of Market Research at FiinGroup, presented at a working session between World Bank (WB) and Ministry of Transport (MOT) in Hanoi, Vietnam. He shared key findings of a research on maximizing finance for development of expressway sector in Vietnam.
December 23 2019 FiinGroup
The client: Global leader in premium branded coated and painted steel products of Australia. Department: Market Analysis
December 06 2019 FiinGroup
The CF market is turning to get a steady growth due to the concern about SBV’s proposed tightening policies on disbursement to new customers as well as limit of cash loans, which accounts for more than 30% of loan books in the majority of FinCos. In 1H2019. The CF market inched up 11.7% YTD growth.
December 04 2019 FiinGroup
Overall, Vietnamese banking system experienced a relatively stable year in 2018. The sector recorded moderate credit growth. Sectors that could threaten the stability of the system such as non-production loans including high-end real estate, consumer loans and black credit market are to be closely monitored.
October 17 2019 FiinGroup
Incheon, October 16th, 2019: Mr. Le Xuan Dong, Head of Market Research at FiinGroup, spoke at Global TransporTech (GTT) 2019 in Incheon, Korea. He shared in-depth insights on Vietnam auto part market potential, market trends and recommendations on how Korean auto part suppliers may cooperate with Vietnamese auto and auto part companies and enter the promising market efficiently.
October 02 2019 FiinGroup
The Investor: a large Korean conglomerate operating in a diversified business from telecom, ICT, energy, e-commerce, retailers to healthcare. Department: planning and strategic investment department and global business department
September 27 2019 FiinGroup
The Consumer Finance (CF) market has witnessed significant growth of 59% annually over the period of 2014-2018. The last year has been particularly eventful, with at least four new entrants to the market (VietCredit, EasyCredit, Lotte Finance, SHB Finance), putting pressure on the market shares of the Big Four (FE Credit, Home Credit, HD Saison and Prudential Finance). M&A market was also active, as companies with CF license became hot targets for acquisitions. Overall, given the market’s growth potential, interest from domestic and international were heightened significantly.
August 14 2019 FiinGroup
After a period of strong loan book growth during 2013-2017, Vietnam has witnessed a slowdown - the national loan book grew by 14% in 2018 compared to 18% in 2017. Concerns about aggressive lending practices, and the possible risk in the real estate and non-production sectors have resulted in a tightening of regulations by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). Additionally, the focus was on resolving the legacy bad debt with the resulting non-performing loans ratio (NPL) at only 1.89% by YE2018. Considering these events, the SBV also set a modest target of 14% YoY credit growth for 2019.