HANOI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Vietnam plans to raise the limit on
bank loans to stock investors to up to 20 percent of registered
capital from 3 percent, a central bank official was quoted on
Wednesday as saying.
The cap could be 15-20 percent and banks with a capital
adequacy ratio of at least 8 percent and bad debts of less than 5
percent would qualify, the Vietnam Economic Times newspaper
quoted Deputy Governor Nguyen Dong Tien as saying.
A new ruling would be issued late this week, Tien told a news
conference in Hanoi to which foreign media were not invited.
(Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Michael Battye)
