THE MINISTRY OF
FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No.189/1998/TT-BTC
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Hanoi, December 30,
1998
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CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF STOCK CREDIT INSTITUTION
In furtherance of the Corporate Law
promulgated together with
Order No.47-LCT/HDNN8 of January 2, 1991 of the Chairman of the State Council
of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (now the State President), the Law
amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Corporate Law which was
passed by the IXth National Assembly, 5th session on June 22, 1994;
In furtherance of the Law on Credit Institutions promulgated together with
Order No.01-L/CTN of December 26, 1997 of the State President of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to Decree No.178/CP of October 28, 1994 of the Government on the
tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to Notice No.188/TB-VPCP-m of October 31, 1998 of the Government
Office on the conclusions made by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
concerning the handling of overdue debts of the stock commercial banks;
Proceeding from the Prime Minister's directions in Official
Dispatch No.5224/VPCP-KTTH of December 19, 1998 of the Government Office on the
financial management of stock credit institutions;
The Ministry of Finance hereby provides the following guidance for the
financial management of stock credit institutions;
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Stock credit institutions include stock
commercial banks, stock financial companies, stock financial leasing companies
and other stock non-bank credit institutions, which are categorized as stock
companies and doing business in monetary and credit and banking services. These
enterprises take limited liability for their capital and property as well as
their business result and have to preserve the stockholders' capital
contributions.
2. Operations of stock credit institutions are
regulated by the Corporate Law; the Law on Credit Institutions; the financial management
regime prescribed in this Circular and other related legal documents.
3. Stock credit institutions are subject to
financial management by the State agencies that have the function of financial
management of enterprises. The accounting of accountancy and the drafting of
financial final settlement reports shall comply with the Ordinance on
Accounting and Statistics and the current regulations.
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Chapter II
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
I. CAPITAL SOURCES OF STOCK
CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
1. Statutory capital:
It is the capital stated in the statue of a
stock credit institution, which is determined by the institution's founders and
stipulated by the agency that has decided the establishment of such credit
institution, including:
1.1. Stockholders' capital contributions under
State's ownership, including:
- State owned capital used by State enterprises
to buy shares from the stock credit institution (in form of money, value of the
land use right or land rent, or value of other kinds of property...)
- Stock interests earned from State - owned
capital, which are retained to increase the stocks and supplement the statutory
capital of the stock credit institution (if any).
- Capital accumulated by the stock credit
institution with deductions for the establishment of the reserve fund to
supplement the statutory capital, which shall correspond to the percentage of
State enterprises' capital contributions at the stock credit institution.
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1.2. Stockholders' capital contributions not
under State's ownership, including:
- Capital contributed by stockholders.
- Capital accumulated by the stock credit
institution through the establishment of the reserve fund to supplement the
statutory capital, that corresponds to the percentage of capital contributions
of stockholders other than State enterprises.
2. Capital mobilized from people of different
strata and deposits of economic organizations.
3. Capital borrowed from credit institutions
inside and outside the country.
4. Other capital sources (capital generated in
the payment process, investment authorized capital, aid capital and capital
contributions of organizations and individuals inside and outside the country...).
5. Funds and interests generated in the profit
distribution process.
Financial companies, financial leasing companies
and other non-bank credit institution do not have sources of capital which are
demand deposits and capital generated in the payment process.
II. MANAGEMENT OF STATE
CAPITAL AND PROPERTY AT STOCK CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
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- The chairman of the Managing Board of a State enterprise
or the general director (director) of the enterprise (for enterprises without
Managing Boards) shall be the legal representative of such enterprise's capital
contribution to the stock credit institution, who is answerable to the State
for the efficiency of the use, preservation and development of the State
capital contributed to the stock credit institution.
- The legal representative of the State
enterprise which buys stocks from the stock credit institution may authorize
another person to represent the State capital contribution at the institution
for the management thereof.
- The person from the State enterprise who is
authorized to directly work at the stock credit institution is answerable to
the State enterprise for the efficiency of the use, preservation and
development of the State capital contributed to that institution. He/she shall
have the same rights and tasks as a stockholder's representative as prescribed
by law within the capital contribution of the enterprise.
2. Increase and decrease of stocks which are
State capital at stock credit institutions:
- Increase of State capital at stock credit
institutions:
The State capital at a stock credit institution
shall increase through additional capital contribution, use of the stock
dividends to increase the statutory capital and expand business, or
depreciation of the reserve fund to supplement the statutory capital,
corresponding to the amount of State capital already contributed.
+ The State enterprise that makes additional
capital contribution must get the consent of the chairman of the Managing Board
of the enterprise (after the Managing Board reports thereon to the agency that
has decided the establishment of the enterprise as well as to the financial
management agency).
+ Where the State enterprise does not have a
Managing Board, the additional capital contribution shall be decided by the
enterprise's director (after reporting thereon to the financial management
agency and getting the approval of the agency that has decided the establishment
of the enterprise).
+ The increase of State capital at the stock
credit institution in case of retaining stock dividends and deducting the
reserve fund to supplement the statutory capital shall be decided according to
the resolution of the stockholders' congress.
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State capital at a stock credit institution
shall decrease in cases where the Managing Board of the stock credit
institution decides to decrease the statutory capital or narrow the institution's
operations with the approval of the agency that has decided the establishment
of the credit institution: or where the stock credit institution is dissolved
or bankrupt...The decreased capital amount shall be returned to its owners or
dealt with according to the law on Bankruptcy (in case of bankruptcy).
III. PRESERVATION OF CAPITAL
AND RISK PROVISION RESERVES AT STOCK CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
Stock credit institutions shall have to preserve
capital and ensure safety for capital contributors, ensure their liquidation
capability in the operation process and increase the efficiency of the use of
capital. Stock credit institutions shall be entitled to preserve capital and
set up risk-provision reserve funds with various sources such as:
1. The compulsory reserve fund which is set up
with annual deductions.
2. The reserves which are created from
deductions made according to the expenditure plan, including:
- The reserve for risks in credit - granting
activities
- The reserve for risks in payment services
provision activities.
3. Compensations paid by insurance companies to
the stock credit institutions that have purchased insurance for their property
or deposits in accordance with the current regulations.
The deduction for establishment and use of the
above reserves for the preservation of capital as well as reserves for risks
shall comply with the regulations set specifically for credit institutions.
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1. Revenues to stock credit institutions
shall include:
a. Revenues from business activities:
- Revenue from loan interests;
- Revenue from deposit interests;
- Revenue from service charges, including
payment charges, money transfer charges, guaranty charges, charges of
consultancy service and other services;
- Revenue from foreign exchange, gold and silver
trading.
b. Revenues from other activities:
- Revenue as profit from financial activities:
Sale and/or purchase of trust bills, bonds, shares, valuable papers, joint
venture activities, stock purchase...
- Revenue from leasing property;
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Stock credit institutions shall have to conduct
full, accurate and prompt accounting of all generated revenues in strict
compliance with the State regulations.
2. Expenditures of stock credit institutions:
a. Business expenses:
- Expenses on the payment of deposit interests.
- Expenses on the payment of loan interests.
- Expenses on the payment of interests of term
bonds and bills.
- Expenses on the depreciation of fixed assets;
- Expenses on the payment of wages and other
expenses of wage character under the following regulations:
+ In case the stock credit institution sets the
wage price unit on the basis of labor norms, which has been ratified by the
competent State agency, the wage expenses shall be accounted into the planned
expenses but shall not exceed the wage price unit and the volume of the
completed workload.
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+ If the stock credit institution has not set a
wage price unit, the expenses on wages and other expenses of wage character
shall be accounted into the total expenditures and determined on the basis of
the average income of the State-owned credit institutions in the same locality.
The tax departments and financial management
agencies shall coordinate with the Departments of Labor, War Invalids and
Social Affairs and base themselves on the wage regime applicable to the
State-owned credit institutions and the local market prices to determine the
average wage and expenses of wage character or the wage price unit (in case of
wage payment according to the wage price unit), then submit them to the
provincial/municipal People's Committees for decision and application in stock
credit institutions.
+ In case the stock credit institution suffers
business losses, the total wage fund it is entitled to establish and spend
shall not exceed the basic wage fund, calculated on the basis of the actual
number of workers involved in business and the minimum wage level set for State
officials and employees.
- Expenses on shift meals for workers as
determined by the stock credit institution according to the business results,
provided that the expenses for each person must not exceed the minimum wage
level set by the State for State officials and employees.
- Expenses on renting property for business
activities.
- Expenses on the payments of commissions for
consignment service and other services of the credit institution.
- Expenses on other business activities.
b/ Expenses on financial activities:
- Expenses on the sale and purchase of trust
bills, bonds and shares.
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c/ Expenses on the payment of taxes, charges and
fees as prescribed by law, including the excise, the tax on the transfer of the
land-use right, the business registration tax...
d/ Expenses on business-related services:
- The post charge, charge for maintenance and
repair of fixed assets, expense of procurement of working tools, working travel
allowance, expenses on transportation, warehouse and cash transactions,
inspection and auditing.
- Expenses on advertisement, marketing, sale
promotion, receptions, ceremonies, transactions, external relations,
conferences and other expenses shall comply with the following stipulations:
during the first two years after the institution's establishment, the expense
level must not exceed 7% of its total expenditures and afterward shall not
exceed 5% of its total expenditures.
e/ Other reasonable and lawful expenses :
- Expenses on reserves, including risk-provision
reserves in credit-granting activities and in the provision of payment
services.
The deduction for establishment and use of the
above-said reserves shall be decided by the Governor of the State Bank after
consulting the Minister of Finance.
- Expenses on the retrieval of written-off
loans.
- Expenses on the collection of fines as
prescribed;
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- Expenses on professional training;
- Expenses on office uniform dresses (to be
applied as in State-owned credit institutions) and on labor protection.
- Expenses on liquidation and sale of property;
- Expenses on insurance for deposits, property
and on payment of yearly fees to associations to which the concerned stock
credit institution is a party.
- Other expenses.
3. Stock credit institutions are not allowed
to account into their expenditures the following expenses:
- On damages which have been covered by the
Government or compensated by the party that has caused the damage or by the
insurance company.
- On the payment of fines due to breaches of
traffic regulations or breaches of economic contracts (provided that the
institution's collected fine amount less than its payable fine amount), fines
on overdue debts and fines on violations of financial regulations ...
- On travels abroad, that exceed the level
prescribed by the State.
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- Regular and irregular allowances for people
meeting with difficulty, expenses for charity purposes.
- Expenses in support of mass organizations,
social organizations and other agencies, except for expenses in support of
education outside the institution, such as: contributions to the
learning-promotion fund, support for schools of disabled children.
- Expenses on capital construction and
procurement of fixed assets.
- Other expenses, which must be covered by other
sources.
Stock credit institutions shall have to account
for their expenses in strict compliance with the regulations and take
responsibility before law for the legitimacy of such expenses and comply with
the regulations on accountancy vouchers.
- Stock financial companies, stock financial
leasing companies and other non-bank stock credit institutions shall not have
revenues and expenditures related to the demand deposits and payment services.
- For the difference of exchange rates incurred
from the re-evaluation of the year-end foreign exchange balance at the time of
making the financial report, the concerned credit institution shall not make an
account of revenues or expenditures related thereto but shall retain the
balance on the financial report in order to make a reverse entry at the
beginning of the subsequent year so as to write off such balance.
V. PROFIT DISTRIBUTION AND
DEDUCTIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNDS
Profit of stock credit institutions is the
difference between the total revenues and (-) the total expenses (including
taxes prescribed by law). The generated profit shall also include the previous
year's profit found out in the present year, which has been subtracted with
losses according to the current regulations, provided that such losses have
been determined in the yearly final settlement report.
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1. To pay enterprise income tax as prescribed by
law.
2. To pay fines on tax-related administrative
violations, violations of the regulations on business registration , overdue
debts, violations of the regulations on accounting and statistics and breaches
of economic contracts (provided that after clearing, the collected fine amount
less than the payable fine amount), and to cover other lawful expenses that are
entitled thereto when the enterprise income tax to be paid is determined.
3. To cover losses which have not been
subtracted from the pre-tax income profit of the enterprise.
After covering the expenses mentioned in Points
1, 2 and 3 above, the remaining profit (given it is 100%) shall be distributed
as follows :
- For deduction for the reserve fund to supplement
the statutory capital: 5%, the maximum level under the current regulations;
- For deduction for the compulsory reserve fund:
5%. This fund shall be set up with profit deductions till such deduction's
value is equal to 10% of the statutory capital of the stock credit institution.
- For the distribution of stock dividends
according to the levels of capital contributions of stockholders.
The levels of deduction for the distribution of stock
dividends and for the establishment of other funds shall be decided by the
Managing Board after approval by the annual stockholders' congress.
VI. FUNDS' USE PURPOSES
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2. The compulsory reserve fund shall be used to
ensure safety for the stock credit institution so that it can get ready to deal
with force majeure cases.
3. Other funds shall be used as directed by the
Managing Board in accordance with the annual Resolution of the stockholders'
congress.
Stock credit institutions are not allowed to use
the above-said funds for the payment of stock interests.
VII. ACCOUNTING- STATISTICAL-
AUDITING WORK
1. Stock credit institutions shall have to make
accountancy accounting and financial reports in strict compliance with the
Ordinance on Accounting and Statistics as well as with the current accounting
and statistical regime set by the State for credit institutions.
2. Stock credit institutions shall have to draw
up and submit financial reports to the Ministry of Finance, the tax authorities
and the State Bank on the monthly, quarterly and yearly basis, including :
- The accounting balance;
- The report on business results;
- The report on capital sources and the use of
capital;
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The monthly reports shall be sent to the
concerned agencies on the 10th day of the subsequent month. The quarterly
report shall be sent after 20 days of the subsequent quarter at the latest. The
yearly report shall be sent 90 days after the year-end at the latest.
3. Within 120 days after a fiscal year, stock
credit institutions shall have to publicize their financial situation. The
annual financial reports must be certified by independent auditing units. The
Ministry of Finance may examine the yearly financial final settlement report of
a stock credit institution if it deems necessary.
Chapter III
IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
The financial management regime applicable to
stock credit institutions shall take affect 15 days after the signing of this
Circular. In the course of implementation, if any problem arises, it should be
reported to the Ministry of Finance.
FOR THE MINISTER OF
FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Tran Van Ta