HDBank GreenLoan (IFC-42040)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Vietnam
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jun 14, 2021
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
HO CHI MINH CITY DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK FINANCE LTD
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 70.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 70.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 70.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Aug 20, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 11, 2021

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the bank document, "International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) is considering providing a 5-year loan of up to US$70 million to Ho Chi Minh City Joint Stock Commercial Bank (“HDBank” or the “Bank”). Through the investment, IFC will support HDBank in raising long-term funding for its lending program to eligible solar power plants and solar rooftop projects in Vietnam (the “Project”).  

In addition, IFC is considering establishing a trade finance guarantee facility for the Bank in the amount of US$40 million under the IFC Global Trade Finance Program (“GTFP”)".  

The Bank is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As of 31 December 2020, the Bank has 308 branches transaction points across Vietnam. Investments can be made throughout the country.

 
Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The IFC categorized the project risk as FI-2.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

The total project cost is up to US$70 million. IFC's loan to HDBank described in this SII is targeted for on-lending to eligible solar power plants and solar rooftop projects.

Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by the IFC, HDBank was incorporated in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in Vietnam in 1989, originally as Housing Development Bank of HCMC. It is listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of VND 44 trillion (US$1.9 billion equivalent) as of April 12, 2021. The Bank provides a wide range of banking and financial products and services which focus on SME, retail and consumer financing. HDBank is the 8th largest private sector bank in Vietnam in terms of asset size as of December 31, 2020. The current main shareholders of HDBank are: (i) Sovico Holdings and related parties with a 18.2% shareholding, (ii) 213 institutional investors with a 47.0% shareholding, and (iii) 15,664 individual investors with a 34.8% shareholding.


Contact Information
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1/ Project Contact

Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank
Ms. Phuong Dang
Deputy Head of Financial Institutions
+84 28 62915669 (Ext 7183)
phuongdtn@hdbank.com.vn
25Bis Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam
www.hdbank.com.vn

2/ The IFC Contact

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Fax: 202-974-4384

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