Vietnamese Interest Rate Benchmarks

Discover Vietnamese interest rate benchmarks by FTSE Russell, including VND VNIBOR, USD VNIBOR, and VNDFIX.

Vietnamese interest rate benchmarks

  • VND VNIBOR is representative of the interest rate at which banks lend to and borrow from each other in Vietnamese Dong, anchored in money market transactions to the extent possible.
  • USD VNIBOR The rate at which local Vietnamese banks, who are active in the Vietnamese money market are willing to lend to other banks in US Dollars.
  • VNDFIX The benchmarks include VND-USD spot and forward FX rates as well as an implied interest rate benchmark based on exchanging VND into USD at the spot rate, lending at USD VNIBOR and converting back into VND using the forward FX rate.

VND VNIBOR Methodology

The VND VNIBOR methodology is based on industry feedback and aims to align with best practice by using executed trade data and developing a nearly risk-free reference rate. Further details can be found in the methodology and outcome statement documents. 

FTSE Russell administers the VND VNIBOR benchmark, a key Vietnamese interbank interest rate with over 25 years of historical data. The methodology aims to align the benchmark to recommendations from the Financial Stability Board and user requirements.

Highlights

Forward-looking VND VNIBOR tenors

  • Overnight AM, overnight, spot-week, 2-week, 1-month and 3-month tenors are calculated primarily using VND deposit transactions
  • Overnight, spot-week, 2-week, 1-month and 3-month tenors are calculated using a waterfall methodology 
  • 2-month, 6-month, 9-month and 12-month tenors become mid rates

Supports use of overnight VND VNIBOR as a Risk-Free Rate (RFR)

  • Introduction of new overnight VND VNIBOR compounded average rates 
  • Introduction of a new overnight VND VNIBOR compounded total return index 

Operational & Governance Updates

  • FTSE International Limited administers overnight AM, overnight, spot-week, 2-week, 1-month and 3-month tenors, compounded averages and compounded index in accordance with UK and EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR)
  • All settings, other than the overnight AM setting, are published at 15:30 VNT on each business day
  • Overnight AM setting is published at 11:00VNT on each business day

Benefits

Why VND VNIBOR

Representativeness

Representativeness is improved through the use of actual transaction data.

Sufficiency

The new reformed VND VNIBOR methodology seeks to maximise trade data collection by extending the collection window.

Resilience

The methodology enhances resilience by adopting a waterfall methodology.

Data access

VND VNIBOR is available through the full suite of LSEG Data & Analytics products, using the following RICs:

Data Access
    Tenor Production
  All tenors All VNIBOR=
VND VNIBOR benchmark Compounded average rates 1M VNIVND1MAVG=
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VND VNIBOR Index .VNIVNDTRI
Primarily trade based forward looking tenors O/N AM VNIVNDONAMD=
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VND VNIBOR reference rate1 Quote based tenors 2M VNIVND2MD=
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1. VND VNIBOR Reference Rate (2M, 6M, 9M and 1Y) may not be used as a reference in any financial products in any jurisdiction where the UK or EU benchmark regulations apply.

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