On October 9, the 2025 Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards (APEA) took place in Ho Chi Minh City. The event was organized by Enterprise Asia - a leading non-governmental organization in Asia to honor outstanding businesses and entrepreneurs in Vietnam with outstanding business activities and efforts to promote sustainable transformation.
Continuing the previous 5-year streak, in 2025, MB will once again participate in the "Corporate Excellence Award" category thanks to maintaining good implementation of the set business goals, stable growth, constantly promoting the spirit of innovation and creativity in the team, thereby bringing excellent experiences to customers.
With the theme "Showcasing Future-Ready Enterprises", this year's awards program honored pioneering organizations and leaders who proactively adapt to the future in the context of strong technological development and a volatile global economy.
Dr. Fong Chan Onn, Chairman of Enterprise Asia, emphasized in his opening speech: Successful businesses in the new era are organizations that dare to challenge standards, promote sustainable development and create business value beyond profit. The units honored tonight are symbols of vision and courage - things that will contribute to shaping the future of the Vietnamese economy".
The award is a worthy recognition of MBs journey of constant innovation, creativity and enhancing customer experience. At the same time, this is also a testament to the bank's sustainable commitment to creating practical, long-term value for shareholders, customers and the community, MB representative shared.
MB currently serves 33 million individual and corporate customers, with a digital transaction rate of 98.6%, on par with leading banks in Asia. In the 2022-2026 strategic period, MB identifies digital transformation as not only a goal, but a key tool to create outstanding values for customers, attracting customers with excellent experiences and a deeply connected ecosystem.
To date, MB Group has achieved a total asset scale of over 1.3 million billion VND, ranking in the Top 5 in the whole industry. This is the result of sustainable scale growth for many consecutive years, reflecting stable capital mobilization capacity, the ability to serve diverse customer needs and the vision of expanding market share.
Notably, this is also the first year MB has been included in the Big 5 banks contributing the largest budget, with a contribution of more than VND 8,600 billion. This is an important milestone, marking MB's strong progress as it becomes one of the financial institutions with outstanding contributions to the State budget.
About the APEA award:
Founded in 2007, the Asia - Pacific Business Awards (APEA) is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the region to honor the spirit of excellent entrepreneurship, constant innovation and sustainable leadership capacity. The award creates a forum for businesses to recognize outstanding achievements in business, thereby promoting innovation, building a fair business environment and nurturing a startup ecosystem.
The award is now present in 16 countries and territories across Asia. With regional scale, APEA brings together leading entrepreneurs, becoming a high-class network of connections, and at the same time a prestigious common voice for the Asian business community.
