The SBV has just issued Circular No. 23/2025/TT-NHNN amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 30/2019/TT-NHNN dated December 27, 2019 of the Governor of the SBV regulating the implementation of compulsory reserves of credit institutions and foreign bank branches.
Circular No. 23/2025/TT-NHNN consists of 12 Articles with main contents amending and supplementing old regulations on cases where credit institutions do not implement compulsory reserves, credit institutions are entitled to a 50% reduction in the reserve requirement ratio according to the Law on Credit Institutions No. 32/2024/QH15.
In addition, the Circular amends and supplements the provisions in Circular 30/2019/TT-NHNN related to a number of units under the SBV to comply with the organizational structure of the SBV according to Decree 26/2025/ND-CP dated February 24, 2025. This Circular takes effect from October 1, 2025.
At the same time, the management agency has also issued Decision No. 2977/QD-NHNN amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decision No. 1158/QD-NHNN dated May 29, 2018 on the reserve requirement ratio for credit institutions and foreign bank branches.
The new decision removes regulations related to the reserve requirement ratio of policy banks in Decision 1158/QD-NHNN to unify with the regulation that policy banks do not have to make compulsory reserves in the Law on Credit Institutions No. 32/2024/QH15 and Circular No. 23/2025/TT-NHNN dated August 12, 2025.
The decision takes effect from the maintenance period in October 2025.