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The Decision, replacing the July 30 document, will come into effect since September 1.
This is the eight consecutive month when SBV maintains the prime interest rate at 7% in order to stabilize monetary market and stimulate the national economy.
Also on the same day, the central bank publicized some interest rates to be applied from September 1 on. Accordingly, refinanced and overnight rates will be fixed at 7% a year, while discount rate 5% a year.
Earlier, SBV had decided to lower the interest rate of the compulsory reserve in Vietnamese currency down to 1.2% from 3.6% since August 1.
By Hải Minh