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STATE
BANK OF VIETNAM
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No.
22/VBHN-NHNN
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Hanoi,
July 16, 2024
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CIRCULAR
on corporate bond
trading of credit institutions and branches of foreign banks
Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated
November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate
bond trading of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into
force from January 15, 2022, is amended by:
Circular No. 11/2024/TT-NHNN dated
June 28, 2024 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on amendments to
Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the
State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading of credit institutions and
foreign bank branches, which comes into force from August 12, 2024.
Pursuant to the Law on State
Bank of Vietnam dated June 16, 2010;
Pursuant to the Law on Credit
Institutions dated June 16, 2010 and the Law on amendments to the Law on Credit
Institutions dated November 20, 2017;
Pursuant to the Law on
Securities dated November 26, 2019;
Pursuant to the Law on
Enterprises dated June 17, 2020;
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Pursuant to Decree No.
155/2020/ND-CP dated December 31, 2020 of the Government elaborating on certain
Articles of the Law on Securities;
Pursuant to Decree No.
16/2017/ND-CP dated February 17, 2017 of the Government on functions, tasks,
powers and organizational structure of the State Bank of Vietnam;
At the request of the Director
of the Financial Policy Department;
The Governor of the State Bank
of Vietnam hereby promulgates a Circular on corporate bond trading of credit
institutions and foreign bank branches, promulgated by the Governor of State
Bank of Vietnam [1].
Article 1.
Scope
1. This Circular provides for the
corporate bond trading of credit institutions and foreign bank branches within
the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
2. This Circular does not prescribe
trading of corporate bond issued by credit institutions; trading of corporate
bond issued by Single-member Limited liability Vietnam Asset Management
Company; purchase of corporate bond in form of discount; trading of corporate
bond between credit institutions, branches of foreign banks under forward
contracts; trading of corporate bond issued in international market; trading of
corporate bond in form of rediscount.
3. Corporate bond trading of credit
institutions placed under special control shall conform to decision of State
Bank of Vietnam for each credit institution placed under special control.
4. [2] Corporate bond trading
between credit institutions under special control and assisting credit
institutions or acquiring banks in a mandatory transfer shall conform to
solutions for restructuring credit institutions under special control approved
by competent authority.
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1. Credit institutions and foreign
bank branches (hereinafter collectively referred to as “credit institutions”)
which are established and operating according Law on Credit Institutions [3].
2. Bond issuing enterprises which
are joint-stock companies and limited liability companies which are established
and operating according to regulations and law of Vietnam.
3. Other individuals and
organizations related to the trading of corporate bond under this Circular.
Article 3.
Interpretation of terms
For the purposes of this Circular,
the terms below shall be construed as follows:
1. “corporate bond” is a type of
debt security with a term to maturity of at least 01 year, issued by an
enterprise to confirm the bondholder's legitimate rights and interests over a
part of its debts.
2. “convertible bond” means a type
of bonds which are issued by a joint-stock company and can be converted into a
number of common shares of the issuer under terms and provisions predetermined
in the bond issuance plan.
3. “secured bond” means a type of
bonds whose principal and interest payments, when they become due, are entirely
or partially secured by a specific asset of the issuer or a third party in
accordance with law regulations on secured transactions, or guaranteed in
accordance with regulations of law.
4. “warrant-linked bonds” means a
type of bonds which are issued by a joint-stock company with warrants that
entitle bondholders to buy a specific number of common shares of the issuer
under terms and provisions predetermined in the bond issuance plan.
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Article 4.
Corporate bond trading principles
1. Credit institutions may trade
corporate bond in accordance with corporate bond trading provisions under the
Permit issued by the State Bank of Vietnam.
2. Corporate bond trading of credit
institutions must conform to the Law on Credit Institutions [4], Law on
Securities, Law on Enterprises, this Circular, and relevant law provisions.
3. Credit institutions that trade
corporate bond must have available internal credit rating system and must
promulgate internal regulations on corporate bond trading in accordance with
this Circular and relevant law provisions.
4. Credit institutions that
purchase convertible bond or warrant-linked bonds must comply with the Law on
Credit Institutions [5], guidelines of State Bank of Vietnam on capital
contribution and share purchase, and relevant law provisions.
5. A credit institution is only
allowed to purchase corporate bond when their non-performing loan ratio is less
than 3% in the latest classification according to regulations of the State Bank
of Vietnam on classification of existing assets, amount of risk provisions,
methods of setting up risk provisions, and the use of risk provisions in
operations of credit institutions prior to the day of corporate bond purchase.
6. A credit institution is only
allowed to purchase corporate bond when:
a) Corporate bond satisfies Article
5 hereof;
b) Use purpose of revenues
generated from corporate bond issue is legitimate and compliant with bond
issuance plans and/or plans for utilizing capital, revenues generated from bond
offering and issuance approved as per the law (hereinafter collectively
referred to as “plans”);
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d) The plans are feasible and the
issuer is financially capable in order to settle both principal and interest of
the bond adequately;
dd) The issuer has no
non-performing loan in credit institutions in the last 12 months prior to the
date on which credit institutions purchase corporate bond.
7. In addition to satisfying other
regulations under this Article, credit institutions are only allowed to
purchase corporate bond whose issuer has repurposed revenues generated by bond
issuance as per the law prior to the date on which credit institutions purchase
corporate bond if the issuer is at the highest rating according to the latest
internal credit rating system of the credit institutions.
8. A credit institution is not
allowed to purchase corporate bond when:
a) One of the purposes of issued
corporate bond is to restructure debts of the issuer;
b) One of the purposes of issued
corporate bond is to contribute capital and/or purchase share in other
enterprises;
c) One of the purposes of issued
corporate bond is to increase working capital.
9. A credit institution is not
allowed to sell corporate bonds to their subsidiaries, except for cases where
the credit institution which acts as the acquiring bank in a mandatory transfer
is required to sell corporate bonds to the acquired bank.
10. Branches of foreign banks are
not allowed to purchase convertible bonds or warrant-linked bonds.
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12. [7] (annulled)
13. The currency used in corporate
bond trading is VND.
14. [8] An issuer must send a
credit institution information about related persons according to the
provisions of the Law on Credit Institutions before the credit institution
purchases corporate bonds. Related persons of the issuer are organizations or
individuals that have a relationship with the issuer according to the
provisions of Clause 24, Article 4 of the Law on Credit Institutions.
Information about a related
individual, including: Full name; personal identification number (PIN);
nationality, passport number, date of issue, place of issue (if the individual
is a foreigner); relationship with the issuer;
Information about a related
organization, including: name, business code, head office address of the organization,
number of Business Registration Certificate or equivalent legal documents;
legal representative, relationship with the issuer.
15. [9] Credit institutions must
use non-cash payment services when making payments in corporate bond trading in
accordance with non-cash payment laws.
Article 5.
Corporate bond eligible for trading
A corporate bond is eligible for
trading when all requirements below are satisfied:
1. The corporate bond is issued in
accordance with regulations and law.
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3. The corporate bond is under
legal ownership of the seller, has not reached maturity which requires payment
of both principal and interest, is not subject to any dispute, is allowed to be
traded as per the law, is not under forward contract or discount contract or
rediscount contract as guaranteed by the seller (except for cases where a
credit institution purchases corporate bond to sell for the first time).
Article 6.
Internal regulations
1. Pursuant to the Law on Credit
Institutions [10], this Circular, and relevant law provisions, credit
institutions shall promulgate and, on an annual basis, review internal
regulations on corporate bond trading depending on management model, operating
activities, and prudence of credit institution operation (hereinafter referred
to as “internal regulations”).
2. Internal regulations must
clarify responsibilities and obligations of each entity and individual involved
in corporate bond trading.
3. Internal regulations must
contain operational procedures and risk management regulations for corporate
bond trading.
4. Pursuant to this Circular and
relevant law provisions, within 10 working days from the date on which credit
institutions promulgate and amend internal regulations on corporate bond
trading:
a) Credit institutions shall send
their internal regulations to the State Bank of Vietnam (via Bank Supervision
and Inspection Agency), except for cases under Point b of this Clause;
b) Credit institutions that are
subject to microprudential supervision and inspection of branches of State Bank
of Vietnam of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall send their internal
regulations to the respective branches of State Bank of Vietnam.
Article 7.
Responsibilities of credit institutions in purchasing corporate bonds
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2. [11] Monitor and supervise the
use of revenues generated by corporate bond issuance of the issuers; in case
the issuers are found to be using revenues generated by corporate bond issuance
incorrectly according to the plans and commitment with credit institutions,
credit institutions shall request the issuers to repurchase corporate bonds
under forward contracts. In case the issuers do not repurchase corporate bonds
under forward contracts according to the commitments and requests of the credit
institutions, the credit institutions shall handle and recover the bond
principal and interest in accordance with the provisions of law.
3. Request the issuers to settle
both principal and interest of corporate bonds when the bonds reach maturity.
In case the issuers are incapable of settling principal or interest of
corporate bonds that reach maturity or when the issuers fail to repurchase
corporate bonds under forward contracts according to commitment under Point c
Clause 6 Article 4 hereof, credit institutions shall collect principal and
interest of corporate bonds.
4. During the period in which
credit institutions are holding corporate bonds, the credit institutions must
assess business operations of the issuers, financial situations, and the
ability to settle corporate bond principal and interest of the issuers at least
once every 6 months.
5. Deal with issues that arise
during the process of trading corporate bonds in accordance with relevant law
provisions in order to guarantee the ability to recover principal and interest
of corporate bonds.
Article 8.
Corporate bond purchase limit
1. [12] The total corporate bond
purchase balance (including bonds issued by an enterprise and its related
persons) shall be included in total amount of credit extended of a customer or
a customer and a related person according to the Law on Credit Institutions and
regulations of the State Bank of Vietnam on prudential limits and ratios in operations
of credit institutions.
2. Credit institutions shall
elaborate on corporate bond purchase limits: Corporate bonds of an issuer;
corporate bonds of an issuer and a related person; secured bonds; non-secured
bond; readily marketable bonds; bonds held until maturity; corporate bonds
being traded.
Article 9.
Classification, setting up for risk provisions, and risk control, management of
corporate bond purchase balance
1. For corporate bonds that have
been listed on securities market or have been registered for trading on the
Upcom trading system, credit institutions shall set up and utilize risk
provisions in accordance with regulations and law on setting up and utilizing
provision against devaluation of inventory, losses of investment, bad debts, and
warranties of products, commodities, services, and constructions at
enterprises.
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Article 10.
Record, accounting, statistics, and storage of documents on corporate bond
trading
1. Credit institutions shall record
any corporate bond trading in accordance with regulations and law on
accounting.
2. Credit institutions shall
product statistical reports on corporate bond trading, including corporate
green bond in accordance with regulations of State Bank of Vietnam on
statistical reporting regime of credit institutions.
3. Credit institutions shall store
documents on corporate bond trading in accordance with regulations and law on
storing credit documents.
Article 11.
Transition clauses
For corporate bond trading
contracts signed before the effective date hereof, credit institutions and
customers continue to comply with signed corporate bond trading contracts in
accordance with regulations and law applicable at the time of signing. Any
detail of the contracts revised after the effective date hereof must conform to
this Circular.
Article 12.
Implementation clauses [13]
1. This Circular comes into force
from January 15, 2022.
2. The following documents expire
from the effective date hereof:
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b) Circular No. 15/2018/TT-NHNN
dated June 18, 2018 on amendment to Circular No. 22/2016/TT-NHNN.
Article 13.
Implementation
Chief of Office, Director of
Financial Policy Department, heads of entities affiliated to State Bank of
Vietnam, directors of branches of State Bank of Vietnam in provinces and
central-affiliated cities, credit institutions, and foreign banks are
responsible for organizing implementation of this Circular./.
CERTIFIED
BY
PP.
GOVERNOR
DEPUTY GOVERNOR
Doan Thai Son
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“The Law on State Bank of
Vietnam dated June 16, 2010;
The Law on Credit Institutions
dated January 18, 2024;
Decree No. 102/2022/ND-CP dated
February 12, 2022 of the Government on function, tasks, powers and
organizational structures of the State Bank of Vietnam;
At the request of the Director
of the Financial Policy Department;
The Governor of the State Bank
of Vietnam hereby promulgates a Circular on amendments to Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches.”
[2]
This Clause is amended as prescribed in clause 1 Article 1 of Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into force from
August 12, 2024.
[3]
The phrase “Luật Các tổ chức tín dụng (đã được sửa đổi, bổ sung)” ("amended
Law on Credit Institutions") is replaced with the phrase "Luật Các tổ
chức tín dụng” (“Law on Credit Institutions”) according to the provisions in
clause 1 Article 2 of Circular No. 11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular
No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank
of Vietnam on corporate bond trading of credit institutions and foreign bank
branches, which comes into force from August 12, 2024.
[4]
The phrase “Luật Các tổ chức tín dụng (đã được sửa đổi, bổ sung)” ("amended
Law on Credit Institutions") is replaced with the phrase "Luật Các tổ
chức tín dụng” (“Law on Credit Institutions”) according to the provisions in
clause 1 Article 2 of Circular No. 11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular
No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank
of Vietnam on corporate bond trading of credit institutions and foreign bank
branches, which comes into force from August 12, 2024.
[5]
The phrase “Luật Các tổ chức tín dụng (đã được sửa đổi, bổ sung)” ("amended
Law on Credit Institutions") is replaced with the phrase "Luật Các tổ
chức tín dụng” (“Law on Credit Institutions”) according to the provisions in
clause 1 Article 2 of Circular No. 11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular
No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank
of Vietnam on corporate bond trading of credit institutions and foreign bank
branches, which comes into force from August 12, 2024.
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[7]
This Clause is annulled as prescribed in clause 2 Article 2 of Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into force from
August 12, 2024.
[8]
This Clause is supplemented as prescribed in clause 2 Article 1 of Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into force from
August 12, 2024.
[9]
This Clause is supplemented as prescribed in clause 3 Article 1 of Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into force from
August 12, 2024.
[10]
The phrase “Luật Các tổ chức tín dụng (đã được sửa đổi, bổ sung)” ("amended
Law on Credit Institutions") is replaced with the phrase "Luật Các tổ
chức tín dụng” (“Law on Credit Institutions”) according to the provisions in
clause 1 Article 2 of Circular No. 11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular
No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank
of Vietnam on corporate bond trading of credit institutions and foreign bank
branches, which comes into force from August 12, 2024.
[11]
This Clause is amended as prescribed clause 4 Article 1 of Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into force from
August 12, 2024.
[12]
This Clause is amended as prescribed in clause 5 Article 1 of Circular No.
11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November
10, 2021 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading
of credit institutions and foreign bank branches, which comes into force from
August 12, 2024.
[13]
Article 3 and Article 4 of Circular No. 11/2024/TT-NHNN on amendments to
Circular No. 16/2021/TT-NHNN dated November 10, 2021 of the Governor of the
State Bank of Vietnam on corporate bond trading of credit institutions and
foreign bank branches, which comes into force from August 12, 2024, provide
for:
“Article 3.
Responsibilities for implementation
Chief of Office, Director of
Financial Policy Department, heads of entities affiliated to State Bank of
Vietnam, directors of branches of State Bank of Vietnam in provinces and
central-affiliated cities, credit institutions, and foreign banks are
responsible for organizing implementation of this Circular.
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1. This Circular comes into
force from August 12, 2024.
2. For corporate bond trading
contracts signed before the effective date hereof, credit institutions and
customers continue to comply with signed corporate bond trading contracts in
accordance with regulations and law applicable at the time of signing. Any
detail of the contracts revised after the effective date hereof must conform to
this Circular./.