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THE
STATE BANK OF VIETNAM
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence Freedom Happiness
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No.
23/2007/QD-NHNN
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Hanoi,
June 05, 2007
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DECISION
ON
THE ISSUANCE OF THE REGULATION ON THE SYSTEM OF BANKING CODES USED IN BANKING
ACTIVITY AND OPERATIONS
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
BANK
- Pursuant to the Law on the
State Bank of Vietnam issued in 1997 and the Law on the amendment, supplement
of several articles of the Law on the State Bank of Vietnam issued in 2003;
- Pursuant to the Law on Credit Institutions issued in 1997 and the Law on the
amendment, supplement of several articles of the Law on Credit Institutions
issued in 2004;
- Pursuant to the Decree No.52/2003/ND-CP dated 19/5/2003 of the Government
providing for the function, assignment, authority and organizational structure
of the State Bank of Vietnam;
Upon the proposal of the Director of the Banking Informatics Technology
Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To issue in
conjunction with this Decision the Regulation on the system of banking codes
used in banking activity and operations.
Article 2. This Decision
shall be effective from 01/01/2008 and replace the Decision No.02/2006/QD-NHNN
dated 18/01/2006 of the Governor of the State Bank on the issuance of the
Regulation on the system of banking codes used in payment transactions through
the State Bank and the regulation on the issuance of codes of reporting units
provided for in Paragraph 4 Article 16 of the statistic reporting Regime
applicable to units of the State Bank and Credit Institutions issued in
conjunction with the Decision No.477/2004/QD-NHNN dated 28/4/2004 of the
Governor of the State Bank shall be repealed.
Decisions on the amendment, supplement,
repeal of the banking codes issued in conjunction with the Decision No.
02/2006/QD-NHNN dated 18/01/2006 of the Governor of the State Bank providing
for the banking codes used in payment transactions through the State Bank shall
cease their effectiveness from 01/01/2008.
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THE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE BANK OF VIETNAM
Le Duc Thuy
REGULATION
ON
THE SYSTEM OF BANKING CODES USED IN BANKING ACTIVITY AND OPERATIONS
(Issued in conjunction with the Decision No. 23/2007/QD-NHNN dated
05/06/2006 of the Governor of the State Bank)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope and subjects of application
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2. Banking codes which are
consistently used in activities, operations of the State Bank include:
a. Internal activities of the
State Bank;
b. Activities, operations
performed through the State Bank of credit institutions, State Treasury and
other organizations engaging in banking activities.
3. Credit Institutions shall
spontaneously select and use the banking codes in their internal operational
activities or inter-bank operations among credit institutions.
Article 2. Interpretation
In this Regulation, following
terms shall be construed as follows:
1. Banking code is a chain of
characters which is stipulated under a unified principle and determined to be
unique for each subject to be granted the banking code.
2. Banking information is some
basic information about the subject to be granted with a code, which is closely
related to the banking code and supplies some more attributes which are not
clearly shown by the banking code.
3. Internal activities of the
State Bank shall be the activities within the scope of a unit or among units of
the State Bank.
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a. Payment activity through the
account: deposit, clearing payment, inter-bank payment;
b. Operation of bills, bonds
auction and open market operation;
c. Statistic reporting activity;
d. Credit information activity;
dd. Information about the
prevention from, combating against money laundering;
e. Other activities, operations
in accordance with provisions of the State Bank.
Article 3. Principles of
granting banking code
1. Banking code shall be
uniquely granted to each unit which is the subject to be granted with a banking
code as provided for in Article 4 of this Regulation.
2. Banking code shall not be
changed and kept stable during the real existence of the granted unit.
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Article 4. Subjects to be granted with Banking
code
1. Units of the State Bank,
including: Departments of the State Bank; units, enterprises under the direct
management and State Bank branches in provinces, cities under the Central
Governments management.
2. Head Office, transaction
department, branch, representative office and other subsidiary units of Credit
Institutions, State Treasury and other organizations engaging in the banking
activity in accordance with the Law on Credit Institutions, which participate
in activities, operations through the State Bank.
Chapter II
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
Article 5. Composition of
a Banking code
A Banking code consists of 8
characters and is divided into 3 groups as follows:
1. Group 1 includes 2 first
characters on the left, which stand for the code of province, city under the
central Government's management.
2. Group 2 includes 3 characters
succeeding group 1, which stand for the code of bank system.
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Article 6. Banking
information
1. Banking information of the
subject to be granted with a banking code shall include:
a. Trading name;
b. Address, telephone number,
fax number for contact;
c. Establishment license (for
units which are required to have license);
d. Type of bank (for bank);
dd. Level (head office,
transaction department, branch or other subsidiary units);
e. List of activities,
operations performed through the State Bank;
g. Other information that the
State Bank is entitled to disclose in accordance with provisions of applicable
laws.
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Article 7. Managing, giving notice of the
banking information
1. The management responsibility
to the banking information of the subject to be granted with a banking code
(except for the information as provided for in point e, Paragraph 1 Article 6
of this Regulation) shall be as follows:
a. Director of the Personnel and
Organization Department of the State Bank shall be responsible for managing
units of the State Bank.
b. General Director (Director)
of the Credit Institutions, other organizations engaging in banking activity
shall be responsible for managing the head office, transaction department,
branches and other subsidiary units of those organizations.
c. General Manager of the State
Treasury shall be responsible for managing the head office and branches of the
State Treasury.
d. Managers of State Bank
branches in provinces, cities under the Central Governments management shall be
responsible for managing the local Peoples credit funds located in the area of
province, city where the State Bank branch is located.
2. Individual who is assigned to
manage the banking information shall be responsible for following up any change
of the granted subjects, such as: new establishment, merger, integration,
splitting, separation, acquisition, transformation of operation model,
dissolution, bankruptcy, termination of operation and other changes. All the
changes should be timely reported to the Banking Informatics Technology
Department within a provided time.
Article 8. Managing, informing the list of units
engaging in the activities, operations through the State Bank
Head of units or leader of the
organizations of the State Bank who is assigned to be a coordinator in the
organization, management to the operations through the State Bank shall be
responsible for timely informing the entire list of units of the State Bank,
credit institutions, State Treasury and other organizations engaging in
operations which they manage (the first time) and any change in that list to
the Banking Informatics Technology Department within the provided time.
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1. The new issuance or
cancellation of a banking code, banking information shall be performed when
subject to be granted a banking code has experienced such changes as: new
establishment, acquisition, integration, merger, splitting, separation,
transformation of operation model, dissolution, bankruptcy, termination of
operation and other changes, which require the new issuance or cancellation of
a Banking code and banking information accordingly.
2. Within a period of 10 working
days since the time when the granted subject is newly established or
experiences changes which require the cancellation of the banking code, the
person who is assigned to manage the banking information shall prepare a
written application for the new issuance or cancellation of the banking code
and send to the Banking Informatics Technology Department enclosed with a file
set of the subject to be granted the banking code, including:
a. A decision by the agency in
charge, on the establishment, integration, merger, spliting, separation,
transformation of operation model or dissolution, termination of operation;
b. A decision of the State Bank
on the new establishment; a written approval by the State Bank to the
integration, merger, spliting, separation, acquisition, transformation of
operation model or dissolution, termination of operation (to the organizations
subject to the management of the State Bank)
c. A decision on the declaration
of bankruptcy by the court in the event where the organization is declared
bankruptcy;
d. Banking information (except
for the information as provided for in point e, Paragraph 1, Article 6 of this
Regulation).
3. Within a period of 5 working
days from the sufficient receipt of valid file, the Director of the Banking
Informatics Technology Department shall be responsible for:
a. Performing the new issuance
or cancellation of the banking code, banking information in accordance with this
Decision;
b. Giving notice in accordance
with provisions in Article 11 of this Regulation.
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Article 10. Procedures
for the adjustment of banking information
1. Banking information shall be
adjusted where the granted subject has any change in banking information which
does not require the cancellation of the banking code.
2. Within a period of 05 working
days since the time where the granted subject experiences the changes in
banking information, the individual, who, or organization, which is assigned to
manage the banking information as provided for in Article 7 and Article 8 of
this Regulation, shall prepare a written application for the changes in banking
information and send to the Banking Informatics Technology Department.
3. Within a period of 05 working
days since the receipt of the valid written application for changes in banking
information, the Director of the Banking Informatics Technology Department
shall be responsible for changing the banking information on the website of the
State Bank and giving notice in accordance with provisions in Article 11 of
this Regulation.
Article 11. Informing the
banking code and banking information
1. Banking codes and banking
information shall be publicly announced on the website of the State Bank.
2. The State Bank shall inform
changes in banking code, banking information via the computer network to the
units of the State Bank and Head offices of the subjects to be granted with a
banking code.
Article 12. Director of the Banking Informatics
Technology Department shall be responsible for:
1. Managing the database of the
banking codes, banking information.
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3. Providing the guidance on the
sending, receipt of electronic documents which are subject to this Regulation
via the computer network.