QUẢNG NAM — The National Citizen Commercial Joint Stock Bank (NCB) on Friday signed agreements with the Business Association of Quảng Nam Province and VN Đà Thành Group to strengthen co-operation and expand business activities.

This is one of NCB’s steps in the process of expanding market share, reaching new customers, as well as bringing the lender’s products and services to meet the needs of domestic and foreign partners.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, NCB’s deputy general director Nguyễn Đình Tuấn said the bank would accompany Quảng Nam Business Association to promote trade connection and sponsorship activities in the central region and Đà Nẵng City. In addition, NCB would also support customers who have production facilities in Chu Lai, Quảng Nam to expand the business network in this province.

Trần Quốc Bảo, chairman of the provincial Business Association affirmed this signing ceremony was an opportunity for the association’s member enterprises to expand the network of customers, access finance as well as other services of NCB in order to grow stronger in the future.

On March 13, 2019, NCB also signed co-operation agreement with the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese in HCM City.

Under the agreement, NCB will connect loan support to businesses, access capital with reasonable interest rates and convenient banking services to meet business development requirements, contributing to promoting the development of enterprises.

Business growth results in 2018 have continued to affirm customers’ trust with NCB.

In 2018, NCB received the Vietnamese Excellent Brand Award of the online newspaper Vietnam Economic Times and achieved many other prestigious domestic and international awards, such as the bank with the best working environment in Việt Nam 2018 and bank with social responsibility presented by Global Business Outlook Magazine; Top 50 famous Vietnamese brands; Top 500 largest enterprises in Việt Nam.

Promoting business co-operation between NCB and domestic and foreign partners reflects the strategic vision of the Bank’s Board of Directors in accelerating the process of sustainable growth and affirming prestige of NCB in Việt Nam’s banking-finance market. — VNS