1. LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE ISSUED IN 06/2020

Decision No. 1121/QD-NHNN on the amendment of the Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN dated December 31, 2018 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam prescribing credit rating of credit institutions and foreign bank branches

  • Name of legal document: Decision No. 1121/QD-NHNN issued on 22/06/2020 by the State Bank of Viet Nam on the amendment of the Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN dated December 31, 2018 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam prescribing credit rating of credit institutions and foreign bank branches (referred to as the “Decision No. 1121/QD-NHNN”).

  • Effective date: 22/06/2020.

Some contents should be noted:

  • Firstly, correcting the phrase “The higher the value of a quantitative indicator, the higher the risk level”.

Specifically, Clause 2 Article 1 of Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN stipulates: “Article 1. Correction of a number of technical errors prescribed in the Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN dated December 31, 2018 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam regulating the classification of credit institutions and bank branches are as follows:

2. Article 14:

At ordinal number 2.5 The Table of Scoring benchmarks for specific quantitative indicators, correcting the phrase “The higher the value of a quantitative indicator, the higher the risk level” to “The higher the value of a quantitative indicator, the lower the risk level”.”

  • Secondly, correcting technical errors in Article 16 of Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN.

Specifically, Clause 2 Article 1 of Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN stipulates: “Article 1. Correction of a number of technical errors prescribed in the Circular No. 52/2018/TT-NHNN dated December 31, 2018 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam regulating the classification of credit institutions and bank branches are as follows:

3. In Article 16 of Circular 52 printed:

“3. In case where credit institutions or foreign bank branches have yet to be or are not subject to…”

Now revised to: “4. In case where credit institutions or foreign bank branches have yet to be or are not subject to…””