Starting a new lunar year, banking activities are busy with transactions retained by 9 days of Tet holiday. Customers are crowded at transaction office.

BIDV Binh Duong receives plenty of customers on the first business day of a new lunar year In the last 3 days, customers, who believe that gold transactions in a new year are lucky, come for deposit and foreign currency buying or gold buying and saving drawing.Ms. Truong Thi Hieu Thao, a customer of BIDV Binh Duong was delightful to inform that she decided to deposit instead of drawing as the first intention in a wish for luck in a new year. In the passing days, banks have beene well-prepared for reception of the first customers who would be encouraged by lucky money upon their transactions with the banks. At the work assigning meeting of Vietcombank Binh Duong, the attendants were so determined for a year of success focusing on developing credit funds by 12.5 to 15% in 2013 with 18% of deposit increment and loans to SMEs and families.Meantime, staffs of BIDV Binh Duong as been mobilized to ensure thorough ATM transactions as part of its concentration on credit retail.BIDV Binh Duong shall coordinate with prestige real estate businesses to connect with customers in social housing buying while ensuring orientation of the government and sectors.Besides, it shall also promote 30% increase of deposit from the population with 20% higher quantity of loans than 2012.Experts are still doubtful of economic stabilization and predict more challenges that enterprises should face in 2013. Thus, banking system is diverting to offer auxilary support to SMEs and fields of agriculture and rural areas.Meanwhile, Deputy Director of SCB Binh Duong, Mr. Nguyen Van Dung raised strong hope after 1 year of merging of De Nhat, Tin Nghia, and SCB.Facing challenges while keeping faith shall be what the banking system be following to be worthy of vital sector of the economy.Reported by Thanh Hong – Translated by Vi Bao