The State Bank of Vietnam held a conference in Ho Chi Minh City to review 2025 banking-sector activities in Region 2 and to set out priorities for 2026, with Deputy Governor Pham Tien Dung crediting the regional SBV unit and local banking system with supporting local economic growth while keeping operations stable and safe. In 2025, SBV Region 2 processed more than 5,500 administrative dossiers and launched 32 full-process online public services, while bank-business connection programmes disbursed over VND 881,286 billion, reaching 170% of plan. Credit growth in the area reached 13.5%, and the update linked banking activity with GRDP growth of 8.03% in Ho Chi Minh City and 9.63% in Dong Nai; local officials also pointed to outstanding loans of about VND 5.08 million billion in Ho Chi Minh City and highlighted support for priority areas including agriculture, exports, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Digital initiatives cited included payment deployment on Metro line No. 1, alongside a social-security programme to remove temporary and dilapidated housing funded with over VND 25 billion. For 2026, SBV asked Region 2 to accelerate end-to-end online public services as part of broader digital transformation while maintaining system security, strengthen market monitoring and credit policy advice with a focus on regional drivers such as logistics, processing and exports, implement Resolution 57 on scientific and technological breakthroughs and innovation and Resolution 68 on private economic development, and coordinate with relevant agencies on developing an International Financial Center in Ho Chi Minh City.

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