On June 20th, 2019 at the headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh had a meeting with Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe - Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs of the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) cum Chairman of the Global Financial Partnership Center (GLOPAC). Also attending the meeting with the Deputy Governor were representatives of the SBV International Cooperation Department, the Banking Supervision Agency, the Payment Department and the Monetary & Financial Stabilization Department.
SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh welcomed Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe and the JFSA delegation
Welcoming Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe - JFSA Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs - to visit and work with the SBV, Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh acknowledged and expressed thanks for the recent support of JFSA and GLOPAC to the SBV. According to the Deputy Governor, based on the signed cooperation agreements, the SBV has nominated its officials to participate in the internship program at GLOPAC and the workshops organized by JFSA, through which the officials have improved significantly their knowledge, experience and information in the field of banking inspection, supervision and financial infrastructure. Upon returning to the SBV, those officials’ performance has been greatly enhanced.
Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh also expressed his expectations that the JFSA and GLOPAC would continue to support the SBV in building capacity for the SBV’s staff, sharing experience in policy-making for banking supervision management and financial renovation in Vietnam.
Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe wants the relationship between the two parties to expand and develop
Thanking Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh for taking the time to meet the mission, Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe said that the relationship between the JFSA and the SBV has developed significantly over the recent time. With Vietnam being identified by the JFSA and GLOPAC as an important partner in the financial-monetary field, Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe hoped that the relationship between the two parties will be further expanded and developed in the coming time.
At the meeting, Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh and Mr. Eiichiro Kawabe also exchanged on the orientations and the needs for joint cooperation as well as providing training support to the SBV in the following areas: Banking supervision, financial renovation, monetary and financial stability. Among those, there are important elements on renovating the model and operations of the banking supervision agency; restructuring the credit institutions system (handling with bad debts, managing the operations of the credit institutions); mechanisms and policies for managing banking activities in the digital technology era; building a Fintech ecosystem; intensive training, sharing experience in implementing macro safety instruments, etc.
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