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STATE BANK OF
VIETNAM
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THE SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No:
29/2025/TT-NHNN
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Hanoi, September
30, 2025
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CIRCULAR
PROVIDING
GUIDANCE FOR CREDIT INSTITUTIONS AND FOREIGN BANK BRANCHES ON GRANTING LOANS
FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Pursuant to Law on State Bank of Vietnam No.
46/2010/QH12;
Pursuant to Law on Credit Institutions No.
32/2024/QH15, which is amended by Law No. 96/2025/QH15;
Pursuant to Decree No. 26/2025/ND-CP of the
Government on the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the
State Bank of Vietnam;
Pursuant to Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP of the
Government on credit policies for agricultural and rural development, which is
amended by Decree No. 116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP;
At the request of Director General of Department
of Credit for Economic Sectors;
The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam hereby
issues a Circular providing guidance for credit institutions and foreign bank
branches on granting loans for agriculture and rural development.
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1. This Circular guides credit institutions and
foreign bank branches on granting loans for agricultural and rural sectors in
accordance with Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP of the Government on credit policies
for agricultural and rural development, which is amended by Decree No.
116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP.
2. For contents not specified in this Circular,
credit institutions and foreign bank branches shall comply with the regulations
of other relevant legislative documents.
Article 2. Regulated entities
1. Credit institutions and foreign bank branches (FBBs)
that grant loans for agricultural and rural development in accordance with
clause 1 of Article 2 of Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP, which is amended by Decree
No. 116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP, except for the Bank for
Social Policies and the Vietnam Development Bank (hereinafter referred to as
credit institutions).
2. Borrowers in accordance with Clause 2 and Clause
3 of Article 2 of Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP which is amended by Decree No.
116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP (hereinafter referred to as
borrowers).
3. Other relevant state regulatory authority,
organizations and individuals in the process of implementing this Circular.
Article 3. Debt rescheduling
for borrowers facing difficulties due to objective and force majeure reasons
1. In cases where customers face difficulties due
to objective and force majeure reasons as defined in Clause 12 of Article 3 and
Clause 1 of Article 12 of Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP, which is amended by Decree
No. 116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP, and specifically determined
on each occasion by the credit institution and the borrower(hereinafter
referred to as specific objective and force majeure reasons), the credit
institution shall consider rescheduling outstanding principal and/or interest
and maintaining debt group classification of rescheduled debts (principal
and/or interest) under the applicable regulations at the most recent time
before debt rescheduling under this Circular, based on the borrower's proposal,
the financial capacity of the credit institution, and compliance with the
following conditions:
a) There exists an outstanding principal incurred
before or during the occurrence of the specific objective and force majeure
reasons;
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c) The credit institution determines that the
borrower is facing difficulties and unable to repay the principal and/or interest
on time as agreed due to specific objective and force majeure reasons, and is
capable of fully repaying the principal and/or interest after the debt is
rescheduled;
d) A debt may be rescheduled an unlimited number of
times; however, the duration granted for each rescheduling for the same
specific objective and force majeure reason must not exceed:
i) 12 months from the due date of each outstanding
principal and interest of the rescheduled short-term debts;
ii) 36 months from the due date of each outstanding
principal and interest of the rescheduled medium-term and long-term debts;
The due date of each outstanding debt rescheduled
under this point shall be based on the repayment term and periods most recently
agreed upon before it is rescheduled for the first time under this Circular for
the same specific objective and force majeure reason.
2. Debts that have been rescheduled under other
laws and satisfy the regulations herein may be considered by the credit
institution for debt rescheduling in accordance herewith.
Article 4. Grant of grace
period
For loans for growing, care and regrowing of
perennials, credit institutions and their borrowers shall reach an agreement on
grace period appropriate to the development phase of the perennials. A
grace period is a period of time starting from the time of disbursement by the
credit institutions to the time the borrower starts to pay principal and
interest as per their credit agreements.
Article 5. Maximum deduction
rate for collateral
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Article 6. Responsibilities of
credit institutions
1. Credit institutions shall clearly determine and
state the loan’s purpose of agricultural and rural development in the loan agreement
and credit contract.
2. Credit institutions shall issue internal
regulations to ensure uniform implementation across the entire system,
including specific regulations on:
a) Debt rescheduling in accordance herewith. To be
specific:
i) Criteria for determining borrowers and
outstanding debts eligible for rescheduling under this Circular;
ii) Procedures, assignment of responsibilities,
delegation of power, and tasks of individuals and departments involved in debt
rescheduling under this Circular, ensuring that the decision-makers for debt
rescheduling are not the same individuals or departments approving credit,
except in cases where credit approval is conducted by the Board of Directors,
Board of Members, General Director or Director, or the parent bank (for FBBs).
In cases where credit approval and debt rescheduling approval are decided
by councils, the President of the r debt rescheduling council shall not be the
President of the credit approval council, and at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
members of the debt rescheduling council shall not be members of the credit
approval council;
iii) Frequency of reviewing and assessing
borrowers’ repayment capacity after debt rescheduling; monitoring, inspecting,
controlling, and supervising the debt rescheduling as prescribed hereby;
b) Association loans for agricultural production in
compliance with Clause 4 of Article 14 of the Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP (amended
by Clause 7 of Article 1 of the Decree No. 116/2018/ND-CP);
c) Documentation and procedures for debt deferral
in line with Clause 3 of Article 12 of Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP, which is
amended by Decree No. 116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP.
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a) Decisions on debt rescheduling under this
Circular, conducting internal inspection and controls to ensure strict
supervision, safety, and prevention of abuse of debt rescheduling for
profiteering;
b) The completeness, legality, and validity of
documents, data, and borrowers applying for debt deferral.
4. Based on the regulations in this Circular and
related laws, within 10 (ten) working days from the date of issuance, amendment
to internal regulations as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article:
a) Credit institutions shall send their internal
regulations to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) (Credit Institution Management
and Supervision Department), except as provided in point b of this Clause;
b) Credit institutions subject to micro-prudential
inspection and supervision by the SBV's Regional Branch shall send their
internal regulations to the respective SBV's Regional Branch.
5. Credit institutions shall submit reports to the
SBV on outstanding credit in the agricultural and rural sector according to the
statistical reporting regime applied to credit institutions and FBBs; quarterly
reports (before the 15th of the month following the reporting quarter) on the
debt rescheduling according to the Appendix attached hereto.
Article 7. Responsibilities of
affiliates of the SBV
1. Responsibilities of Department of Credit for
Economic Sectors
a) Monitor, urge, and verify reporting forms of
credit institutions (excluding people’s credit funds) in accordance herewith;
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c) Take charge and cooperate with relevant units in
giving advice to the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on addressing
arising issues during the implementation of this Circular.
2. Responsibilities of the SBV Inspectorate and the
Credit Institution Management and Supervision Department
Conduct inspection and supervision of credit
institutions’ compliance with the provisions of this Circular within their
jurisdiction.
3. Responsibilities of SBV’s regional branches
a) Monitor, urge, and verify reporting forms of
people’s credit funds and credit institution branches within their area in
accordance with this Circular;
b) Cooperate with the Department of Credit of
Economic Sectors in carrying out the procedures for applying for tax deferral
under Articles 12, 14, 15, and 15a of Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP, which is
amended by Decree No. 116/2018/ND-CP and Decree No. 156/2025/ND-CP;
c) Conduct inspection and supervision of compliance
with this Circular of people’s credit funds and credit institution branches
under their supervision.
Article 8. Effect
1. This Circular comes into force from November 15,
2025.
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a) Circular No. 10/2015/TT-NHNN of the Governor of
the State Bank of Vietnam providing guidance on implementation of Decree No.
55/2015/ND-CP dated June 9, 2015, of the Government on credit policies for
agricultural and rural development;
b) Circular No. 25/2018/TT-NHNN of the Governor of
the State Bank of Vietnam amending Circular No. 10/2015/TT-NHNN.
3. Heads of units of the SBV, credit institutions,
and FBBs shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of this
Circular./.
PP. GOVERNOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Nguyen Ngoc Canh
Appendix
NAME OF THE
CREDIT INSTITUTION
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REPORT ON DEBT RESCHEDULING
(Quarter ... Year
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(Attached to Circular
No. .../2025/TT-NHNN dated ..................... of the Governor of the State
Bank of Vietnam)
Unit: Million VND,
client
No.
Indicator
Rescheduled
outstanding debt at the end of the reporting period
Number of
borrowers with rescheduled outstanding debt at the end of the reporting
period (principal and/or interest)
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Principal
Interest
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
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Individuals, households, and household businesses
2
Farm owners
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3
Enterprises
4
cooperatives and cooperative unions
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REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Regulated entities: Credit institutions (except
Bank for Social Policies and Vietnam Development Bank), foreign bank branches
(collectively referred to as credit institutions).
2. Reporting deadline: before the 15th of
the month following the reporting quarter.
3. Reporting data requirements:
- The head office of the credit institution shall
send reports through the Centralized Statistical Reporting System of the State
Bank of Vietnam, including:
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+ Data of each credit institution branch in the
system (if any).
- Data type: integer format, up to 12 digits.
4. Receiving unit: Department of Credit for
Economic Sectors, State Bank of Vietnam’s regional branches
5. Specific instructions:
- Credit institutions shall report data up to the
last day of the quarter immediately preceding the quarterly reporting date.
- Column (3): The outstanding principal (not the
entire outstanding debt) that is rescheduled according to this Circular at the
end of the reporting period.
- Column (4): The interest amount that is
rescheduled according to this Circular at the end of the reporting period.
- Column (5): The number of borrowers with
rescheduled outstanding debt according to this Circular at the end of the
reporting period (corresponding to the data in columns 3 and 4).
- Column (6): The total outstanding debts
(principal and interest) of borrowers with rescheduled outstanding debt
according to this Circular at the end of the reporting period (corresponding to
the clients listed in column 5).
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- Formula for checking on-balance sheet (Allowable
error up to VND 1 billion):
+ Line “Total” = Line “1” + Line “2” + Line “3” +
Line”4” + Line “5”