Current Business Performance of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development


By the end of 2018, BIDV's traditional distribution channel had 190 branches and 855 transaction offices operating in all 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam, making it one of the two commercial banks in Vietnam with a nationwide network. With such a wide range of operations, BIDV has the conditions to bring its products and services to all customers in all regions of the country. Since July 2016, with the opening of a branch in Yangon - Myanmar, BIDV has become the first and only Vietnamese commercial bank to open and have a branch in this country. From here, the total number of countries with BIDV branches operating to 6, specifically the following countries: Laos, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Russia, Taiwan (China) and Myanmar. Along with the increase in branch network, BIDV also strengthened its relationship with more than 3,500 domestic and foreign financial institutions, provided services to more than 100 foreign banks, and had correspondent relationships with more than 1,700 financial institutions from 122 countries and territories.

As a result, BIDV has become one of the largest commercial banks in Vietnam in terms of the number of customers (including both individual and corporate customers). In addition, BIDV's modern distribution channel has also achieved remarkable results: 57,825 is the number of ATMs and POS BIDV achieved in 2018, the number achieved in the years of focusing on developing high technology to provide its products and services to customers. BIDV is also one of the pioneering banks in Vietnam in the race to innovate, improve the quality of information technology, as well as apply science and technology in its business activities. By the end of 2018, BIDV had consolidated more than 1,000 servers;

7,000 network and communication devices; 1,000 LANs,...

With a large number of distribution channels, BIDV requires a workforce that is increasingly large in scale and correspondingly high in quality.


Unit: person, %


30000

30.00

25000

24.69

25.00

20000

20.00


15.00

15000

13.08

13.23

10.17

11.07

10.00

10000

8.42

3.82

4.93

5000

1.89

1.17

5.00

3.37

0.00

-1.70

0

-5.00

2007 2008

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Number of employees of the bank (people)

2015 2016 2017 2018

Growth rate

Chart 2.8 : Number of employees of BIDV in the period 2007-2018

Source: [22]; same calculation by author

The number of employees in the entire BIDV system increased from 10,516 in 2006 to 25,416 in 2018. Not only increasing in quantity, BIDV has also gradually innovated in its recruitment work to increase the quality of its staff. BIDV's recruitment work is now only conducted once at many locations in the country, recruitment information is also carried out publicly and transparently, making BIDV's recruitment more professional. By the end of 2018, the number of BIDV employees with university degrees or higher accounted for 91.2%. To improve the quality of the workforce, BIDV proactively established its own training and development classes, helping employees access information technology during their work. In combination with opening training classes, BIDV rotates and evaluates staff from the head office to its branches every year. At the end of 2017, BIDV completed its senior and middle-level personnel. Also in 2018, BIDV organized 359 training courses for 30,700 students. BIDV focused on training E-learning programs, training "Future Banking Leaders"; coordinating with external parties to implement short-term banking training programs organized by the State Bank in coordination with the Luxembourg Financial Technology Transfer Agency,... On the other hand, because BIDV is always


One of the first banks in Vietnam to focus on developing information technology in its operations, the number of employees with high IT skills recruited into the bank has increased steadily. By 2016, about 700 IT-skilled staff had been recruited and worked at the bank.

During the long development period, BIDV has focused on developing private customers and SMEs. By the end of 2018, BIDV had conducted transactions with nearly 11 million individual customers, and was assessed in terms of overall customer satisfaction as the strength that helped the bank become the number one retail joint stock commercial bank in Vietnam. At the same time, BIDV always strives to provide its best products and services to customers, along with investment in information technology, which has contributed to diversifying the bank's products and services. In 2016, BIDV provided nearly 100 products to the market, these products were designed based on customer groups and their needs, including: housing credit products, production and business loans, bonus savings products, electronic banking, etc. IBMB has also been developed with many new features such as: 24/7 interbank money transfer, periodic bill payment, or online FD deposit withdrawal, etc. In addition, BIDV has researched and launched new high-tech products to serve its customers, for example: BIDV smart banking, BIDV life style, etc.

In order to grasp the tastes and needs of customers in a timely manner, BIDV launched the Social Network Operations Center (SMCC) in 2015. This is the first Social Network Operations Center in the Vietnamese commercial banking system. SMCC allows BIDV to receive all customer feedback quickly and from there, propose support measures. BIDV also analyzes the feedback and uses it as a basis to change, improve and develop its products and services. It can be said that SMCC has been implemented as a tool to connect the bank with its customers, increasing the interaction between the bank and customers.

In the 4.0 industrial era, BIDV has proactively provided the economy and its customers with high-tech products and services. Some high-tech products and services include: BUNO (money transfer without remembering account numbers); payment via Samsung Pay; fast interbank money transfer 24/7


on Internet, mobile and ATM channels; 24/7 electronic Customs tax payment service; Smartbanking; payment using QR code; and Young+ card for youth,...

2.2. CURRENT STATE OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF JOINT STOCK COMMERCIAL BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM

2.2.1. Profitability of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development

2.2.1.1. Net income of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development in the period 2007-2018


Table 2.5: BIDV's net income structure in the period 2007-2018

Unit: %


Target

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Net interest income

62.2

74.5

68.68

80

81.99

80.17

77.46

76.89

78.16

77

79.37

78.57

Net profit from service activities

8

12

13.83

15.47

13.99

12.56

8.18

8.23

9.46

8.24

7.64

7.98

Net profit from foreign exchange and gold trading

1.8

9.4

2.06

2.52

2.04

2.15

0.85

1.21

1.19

1.75

1.71

2.34

Net profit from trading of securities

1.4

(7.4)

6

(1.35)

(1.37)

0.55

2.43

0.96

(0.25)

1.5

1.26

1.45

Net profit from trading of investment securities

0.6

(2.6)

1.11

(1.18)

(1.34)

(0.10)

4.82

3.74

0.04

1.32

0.83

0.53

Net income from other activities

25.3

12.7

6.02

3.37

3.94

4.24

4.5

7.28

9.59

6.19

8.39

8.59

Income from capital contribution, share purchase

0.7

1.4

2.3

1.18

0.75

0.44

1.76

1.7

1.82

3.99

0.81

0.54

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Current Business Performance of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development

Source: BIDV's financial statements and annual reports of the years [22]; and author's calculations


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BIDV's income mainly comes from traditional credit activities when the proportion of net interest income accounts for the majority of the total net income of commercial banks. After reaching its peak in 2011 at 81.99%, BIDV's net interest income proportion tended to decrease continuously in the following years, respectively: 80.7%; 77.46%; and 76.89%. By 2015, this proportion began to show signs of recovery and increased to 78.16% but could not be maintained for long, by 2016 the target continued to decrease to 77%. In the last two years of the review period, the proportion of this income still accounted for over 78% of BIDV's total income.

In addition to the main income from net interest income, net income from other activities has continuously increased steadily over the past 6 years (from 2010 to 2015), although the proportion in these 6 years is still very modest when compared to the proportion in 2007 (25.3%). During the research period, BIDV also tried to improve the proportion of other income, but by the end of 2018, this figure was still modest at less than 10% of the bank's total income.

The third source of income for BIDV is from service activities. BIDV has always focused on increasing this net profit, increasing from 8% in 2007 to 15.47% in 2010. However, the proportion of this income showed signs of decreasing, and it was not until 2015 that it increased again. In 2016 and 2017, this proportion continued to decrease. At the end of 2018, although there was a re-growth of this income in the proportion of total income, it was not significant.

In contrast to the large revenues, BIDV seems to have not focused on increasing revenues from securities trading (including both trading and investment securities). BIDV's securities trading activities in some years have been loss-making, causing BIDV's total revenue to decrease. In general, among BIDV's income, the revenue from securities trading is still very limited (mainly below 3%).

Along with securities trading, foreign exchange and gold trading have not been given much importance by BIDV. Although foreign exchange and gold trading activities always bring profits to BIDV, the proportion of this revenue is still very modest when compared to non-interest income such as income from service activities or income from other activities.


Unit: %


90.00

80.00

81.99

80.17

80.00

74.43

77.46

76.89

78.16

77.00

79.37 78.57

68.68

70.00

62.16

60.00

50.00

40.00

30.00 37.84

31.32

20.00

25.57

10.00

20.00

22.54 23.11

18.01

19.83

21.84

23.00

20.63 21.43

-

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Net interest income

Non-interest income

Chart 2.9: Proportion of net interest income and non-interest income 2007-2018

Source: [22]; same calculation by author

Commercial banks today tend to increase the proportion of net non-interest income in their total income to increase their profitability from other activities, in addition to the traditional credit activity. If following the traditional method, to increase net interest income, it is necessary to increase lending interest rates combined with a decrease in deposit interest rates (or increase outstanding loans). The problem is that lending interest rates and deposit interest rates are greatly regulated by the policies of the State Bank, in the context of a fairly perfect competitive environment, making it difficult for commercial banks to increase net interest income. For example, to increase outstanding loans, commercial banks must increase the size of assets, but when the size of assets increases, it will always be accompanied by an increase in credit risks. In contrast to net interest income, commercial banks can achieve net non-interest income depending on the number of services provided by commercial banks on the market along with the price of that service. This makes it easier for commercial banks to achieve their goals without having to take on high credit risks as in increasing net interest income.


From chart 2.9, BIDV has not achieved the given trend. BIDV's net interest income still accounts for a very large proportion, mostly over 70% of total net income before tax. During this period, BIDV mainly still performs its traditional activities of credit, non-interest activities are still not given much attention by BIDV.

2.2.1.2. Profitability and profitability indicators of Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development in the period 2007-2018

* Profit

BIDV's control indicators (such as: profit after tax, total equity, total assets) have complicated developments in the period 2007-2018. In general, the indicators all tend to increase over the years (except for 2011 and 2016). Profit after tax has a growth rate that is significantly lower than the increasing trend of total equity and total assets, even in 2011 and 2016 the growth rate is negative. It is worth mentioning that the growth of BIDV's total equity in the 10-year period has had extremely large fluctuations. In contrast to total equity and profit after tax, total assets have increased more steadily.

Unit: %


60.00


50.00


40.00


30.00


20.00


10.00


0.00

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

-10.00


-20.00

Total equity

Profit after tax

Total assets

Chart 2.10: BIDV's growth indicators 2007-2018

Source: [22]; same calculation by author

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