THE
STATE BANK OF VIETNAM
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No.
212/QD-NH1
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Hanoi,
September 22, 1994
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DECISION
ON THE PROMULGATION OF REGULATION ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE
BONDS OF COMMERCIAL BANK, INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BANK
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE BANK
Pursuant to the Ordinance on
the State Bank of Vietnam and the Ordinance on Banks, Credit Cooperatives and
Financial Corporations issued in accordance with Order No. 37 LCT-HDNN8 and Order
No. 38/LCT-HDNN8 dated may 24, 1990 of the President of State Council.
Pursuant to the Decree No. 15/CP dated March 2nd, 1993 of the Government on the
tasks, powers and responsibilities for state management of the Ministries and
Ministerial-ranking bodies.
Aiming to meet the demand on mid-term and long-term capital for the economy.
On the proposal of the Director of the Department for Economic Research.
DECIDES
Article 1
To
promulgate in connection with this Decision the "Regulation on the
issuance of the bonds of Commercial Bank, Investment and Development Bank".
Article 2
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Article 3
The chief
of Governor's Office, the Director of the Department for Economic Research, the
Bank General Inspector, Heads of the units belonging to the Central State Bank,
Directors of provincial and city branches of the State Bank, General Directors,
Directors of Commercial Banks, Investment and Development Banks, joint-venture
banks, branches of foreign banks in Vietnam, the financial corporations having
permission to issue bonds are responsible for the implementation of this
Decision.
FOR
THE STATE BANK OF VIETNAM
THE GOVERNOR
Cao Sy Kiem
REGULATION
ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS OF COMMERCIAL BANK, INVESTMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT BANK
(Promulgated
in Connection with Decision No. 212/QD-NH1 dated September 22nd,
1994 of the Governor of the State Bank)
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Bond of
Commercial Bank, Investment and Development Bank - hereinafter referred to as
Bank Bonds is a long-term borrowing instrument on the capital market in form of
loan receipts issued by credit organizations so as to mobilize capital with a
commitment to pay both principal and interests for bond buyer (or bond owner)
after a certain period of time. For the buyer, bank bond is a certificate on
capital investment and the buyer's right to earn interest on the bond.
Article 2
The
ownership of bank bonds can be transferred in the forms of buying, selling,
giving, awarding and inheriting. Bond-owner can use bonds as collateral for
loans if the lender accepts and inherits them in accordance with the Law on
Inheritance.
Article 3
Bank
bonds can be issued in either of two forms : bond with a name and bond without
a name :
3.1. For the bond with a name on
its : The credit organization issuing the bank bond has to open a book to
register its ownership and where there is a request for transferring its
ownership to conduct again the registration. The procedure for transferring the
ownership of bank bond is conducted in accordance with Article 26 of this
Regulation.
3.2. Bank bon without a name on
its belongs to the person who processes it and can be freely transferred.
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The
following credit organization if having all the conditions as prescribed in
Article 19 of this Regulation are eligible for issuing bank bonds :
- State commercial banks,
investment and development banks.
- Commercial stock banks,
joint-venture banks, branches of foreign banks in Vietnam and financial
corporations.
Article 5
On the
basis of the characteristics of their operations, the issuance of bank bonds by
credit organizations shall be conducted in either of two following forms :
1. Regular issuance of bank bonds
: This form of issuance is carried out by credit organizations which operate
mainly in the field of offering long-term investment loans, not mobilizing
short-term deposits or very little, if any, from inhabitants.
2. Irregular issuance of bank
bonds : This form of issuance is carried out by other credit organizations on
the basis of occasion by occasion according to the demand of investment capital
for long-term projects.
The permission granted to credit
organizations for regular or irregular issuance of bank bonds shall be decided
by the Governor of the State Bank and is prescribed in operation license or in
document of supplementary permission.
Article 6
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Article 7
Bank bonds
are issued in Vietnamese dong (VND) and on nation-wide scale.
In the case that, bank bonds are
issued for mobilizing capital from abroad, there will be a separate regulation
for them in accordance with the Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam.
Article 8
Each bank
bond has a term of at least one year.
Article 9
The
capital source mobilized by issuing bank bonds is long-term one of credit
organizations for mainly investment according to plan for the projects.
Credit organizations are not
compulsory to make reserve on the fund mobilized from issuing bank bonds.
Article 10
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Chapter II
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
Article 11
3A bank
bond has a term of at least one year. Specific terms for bank bonds are
determined by credit organizations depending on the plan for using fund
mobilized from issuing bank bonds.
Bank bonds issued on one
occasion have the same terms and are liquidated at the same time.
Article 12
The
interest rate of bank bond is determined by credit organizations on the basis
of relationship between the demand for and supply of funds on financial market,
so that it can encourage clients to deposit long-term capital, the borrowers
can accept and credit organizations assure their business efficiency.
Article 13
Ways of
paying interests :
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1. Paying interests in advance :
This means that bank bonds shall be sold at prices lower than their
denominations, when the bank bonds reach their maturity, bank bond buyers shall
get back the amount of money as defined by the denominations and an interest as
much as the gap between the denominations and their selling prices.
2. Paying interests later : Bank
bonds are sold at prices of their denominations, when bank bonds reach their
maturity the bond buyers shall be paid both principals (denominations) and the
interests as announced when issuing bank bonds.
3. Paying interests periodically
on the basis of every six months or a year depending on the interest rates
defined on the interests - withdrawal sheets accompanying bank bonds.
13.2. Credit organizations can
pay bank bond interests on the basis of periodically adjusted interests rates
according to a base rate approved by the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam.
Article 14
Bank bond
denomination is the amount of money defined on the bond when it is issued and
it has a minimum value of VND 500,000. Higher denominations are identified by
the multiple of minimum denominations.
Article 15
Bank
bonds are printed on special paper in the State Bank's Printing House in
accordance with the united regulations of the Governor of the State Bank and
are sold to credit organizations at the prices that cover the printing cost.
Article 16
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16.1. On the front side of a
bank bond :
- Name of the credit
organization which issues the bank bond.
- A group of words : "BANK
BOND"
- Term of the bank bond
- Denomination of the bank bond
- Interest rate of the bank bond
- Way of paying interests, time
and place of paying interests
- Date of selling bank bond
- Date of maturity, place of
cashing - in bond
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Apart from that the bank bond
has to include other legal factors on its front side such as : Issuing code and
series, signatures of the General Director or his trustee , the accountant, the
treasurer of the credit organization which issues the bond.
16.2. On the back side of a bank
bond : The back side is used for recording those factors arising in case of
transferring the ownership of bank bond with a name on it, due to the practices
of buying, selling, giving, awarding and inheriting of bank bonds. Those
factors should include : The name, address, ID number, signature of the person
who sells, buys, gives, awards, transfers his inheritance right and those of
the new owner of the bond; the contents necessary to be noted by the credit
organization when registering again its ownership.
Article 17
If it is
bank bond whose interests are periodically paid, there are interest -
withdrawal sheets accompanied it for withdrawing interests periodically until
the bank bond expires. On each interest -withdrawal sheet, there must be
details relating to the bank bond, the amount of money to be withdrawn and the
fixed time for interests withdrawal. By the date of paying interests and since
then, the bank bond owner has only to bring interest - withdrawal sheet and
bank bond to the credit organization which issued it or the place of cashing in
bond of the credit organization for withdrawing the interests.
Bank bond owner may authorize another
person or a credit organization to withdraw bond interests on his behalf.
If the date for withdrawing
interests coincides with a holiday as defined by the State, the withdrawal of
interests shall be conducted in the next working day.
Article 18
For bank
bonds with names on them, credit organizations which issue them, have to open
books to register their ownership and to register again their ownership in the
case there is a transferring of ownership due to the practices of selling,
buying, giving, awarding and inheriting.
Article 19
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1. Having operated stablely for
at least three years, with profit including business, healthy financial
situation, a good prospect for development, a good machine of management and
having complied strictly with the state laws and regulations of the State Bank.
2. Having legal stock capital or
prescribed capital of at least VND 50 billion.
3. Having been granted
permission in writing by the Governor of the State Bank.
4. Having completed all the
procedures for bank bond issuance prescribed by the Governor of State Bank in
this Regulation.
Article 20
The
procedures for obtaining permission to issue bank bonds : Credit organizations
having all conditions in Article 19 have to carry out procedures for obtaining
permission from the State Bank to issue bank bonds; The dossier includes :
20.1 - For the credit
organizations which don't issue bank bonds regularly : Each time they wish to
issue bank bonds, they have to send to the State Bank the following documents :
1. Reports on results of their
operations for the latest two years (reports on situations of their business
activities and the results of losses and profits), reports on financial
situations of the units. The financial reports must be ratified by an auditing
organization recognized by the State Bank or inspection office of the State
Bank.
2. Application for issuing bank
bonds. In the application, there should be an explanation for the purpose of
bank bond issuance, the total value of bank bonds to be issued, terms of
different denominations, interests rates, the areas for bank bond issuance,
ways and places of paying interests, principals.
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3. Content of the public
announcement on bank bond issuance. The announcement on bank bond issuance has
to include the contents mentioned in item 1.2 above.
4. Forms of bank bonds to be
issued
Within 20 working days, the
State Bank has to inform the bank which submit application for issuing bank
bonds, of the results of the consideration and approval, and to let it know if
its application for issuing bank bonds have met all conditions defined by the
State Bank.
20.2. For the credit
organizations which issue bank bonds regularly :
The procedures for approval prescribed
in item 20.1 above are only applied for the first time to issue bank bonds. For
the following occasions of the bank bond issuance, credit organizations should
send the above-mentioned documents to the State Bank for announcement 5 days
before the registered time for issuing bank bonds.
Article 21
The total
value of bank bonds to be issued plus the total capital mobilized by credit
organizations from other sources such as deposited funds of other economic
organizations and the public, time bonds, issued bank bonds having not reached
their maturity for making payment at the end of the present month can not
exceed 20 times the self-generated capital and reserve funds of the credit
organization.
Article 22
For a
credit organization operating well and with good reputation, the Governor of
the State Bank can consider and decide to exempt some of the provisions
permitting the bank bond issuance.
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To
organize the issuance of bank bonds :
23.1. After being approved in
writing by the Governor of the State Bank to issue bank bonds, the credit
organizations have to make public the announcements of bank bond issuance on
mass media in at least 5 consecutive days.
23.2. Credit organizations can
organize the bank bond issuance itself or do it through mediating organizations
being their issuing agents or trustees. With the bank bond being issued by the
issuing agents or trustees, the credit organizations have to pay commission
fees at a ratio agreed upon by two sides.
23.3. The credit organizations
which don't issue bank bonds regularly are only allowed to issue bank bonds
within a period of not more than 60 days for each occasion. After that period
of time, if they have not sold all bank bonds and want to sell of them, they
have to obtain permission from the State Bank.
Article 24
Obligations
of reporting : When the time for issuing bank bonds has come to an end the
credit organizations have to report the results of bank bond issuance to the
provincial and city branches of the State Bank where the credit organizations
locate their main offices for making synthesis and reports to the Central State
Bank in accordance with the existing regime of information reporting of the
Governor of the State Bank. The data of the reports includes total value of
issued bank bonds categorized in different denominations and terms. Apart from
that, in periodical reports in accordance with the regime of information
reporting of the Governor of the State Bank, the credit organizations have to
report separately the capital mobilized from the owing bank bonds by the time
of reporting.
Article 25
Cashing -
in bank bonds when they reach their maturity :
25.1. The credit organizations
issuing bank bonds have to assure the paying of both the principals and
interests in time.
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Article 26
Procedures
for transferring ownership :
26.1. For bank bond with a name
: The owner of the bank bond write down the name, address and ID number of the
endorsee or heir then sign on the back of the bank bond. The endorsee or heir
shall come to the credit organization where issued the bank bond to ask it to
change the owner whose name has been registered at the credit organization.
26.2. For the bank bond without
a name on it. Person who processes it is its owner and is free to transfer it.
Article 27
The
credit organizations which issue bank bonds can conduct the following services :
27.1. Services of keeping and
preserving bank bonds (to open bond accounts for each individual who wants and
to preserve bank bonds on his behalf).
27.2. Services of transfer
brokering, and of calculating the transfer payment for the clients who buy and
leave their bonds at the office of credit organizations.
27.3. To rebuy the bank bonds
which were issued but have not reached their maturity for making payment.
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Article 28
Dealing
with violations :
28.1. Credit organizations
violating the provisions of this Regulation, shall, depending on the
seriousness of the violations, be subject to one of the following penalties :
- Reprimand
- Paying a fine
- Restriction or prohibition on
the issuance of bank bonds
- Withdrawal of license for
banking operations.
28.2. Any individuals having
acts of making fraudulent bank bonds shall be charged in accordance with the
existing laws.
Article 29
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