In order to recognize and honor the efforts towards sustainable development goals, Viet Research in collaboration with the Finance - Investment Newspaper (the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Finance ) honored Kien Long Commercial Joint Stock Bank (KienlongBank) in the Top 10 Banks - ESG Green Vietnam 2025 (ESG10) and Top 100 ESG Green Vietnam Enterprises 2025.
Being honored with both ESG awards at the same time is a testament to KienlongBank's determination and commitment to implementing ESG goals in both business aspects as well as commitments and implementations on the environment, social responsibility and corporate governance. This advantage has helped create competitive momentum, a premise for KienlongBank to move towards applying international standards, and at the same time contributing to building data on ESG practices in Vietnam to support policy making and research.
Not just a trend, ESG has become a core part of KienlongBank's strategy, one of the four core values of Heart - Trust - Perseverance - Greenness since its establishment. Focusing on four key groups of topics: Persistent sustainable growth; Perseverance for customers; Resolutely developing the team and Perseverance in governance activities, KienlongBank has also published the 2024 Sustainability Report, using tools such as GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) with 55 different standards to measure ESG impact in operations in parallel with the annual disclosure of transparent data.
The Bank's commitment to sustainable finance and the goal of increasing long-term value is also demonstrated through outstanding loans from green credit programs, helping people overcome drought and salinity in the Mekong Delta...
Integrating ESG into the overall strategy helps KienlongBank record positive prospects. The Bank's revenue and profit growth has always been at double digits continuously over many periods (in 2024 it is 55%), thanks to which the Bank has made a strong mark in the private sector and was honored in the Top 50 Best Growing Enterprises in Vietnam - an elite group carefully selected from the Top 500 Fastest Growing Enterprises in Vietnam ranking.
In addition, with the direction from the Board of Directors, KienlongBank also shows its determination in implementing activities to improve the living and working environment by prioritizing the development of a friendly green office model. At the same time, the Bank also strives to increase its social responsibility, increase its monitoring and governance capacity, meet governance practices according to standards in banking operations, and accompany the Government in achieving the goal of "Net Zero" (zero emissions) by 2050.
In the era of development, with the spirit of mastering technology, KienlongBank is always ready with all resources to bring products and services, share increasingly high benefits for society and people, bring the most modern technology to all regions, especially remote areas according to the orientation of the Government and the State Bank. Promoting the application of technology also contributes to helping the Bank streamline its human resources, aiming to automate 80% of the main operating processes, optimize and improve 30% of operating efficiency in 2025, creating room to increase benefits for employees and share benefits with customers.
With innovative thinking, strong strategy and thorough investment, towards the proud milestone of 30 years of establishment and development (October 27, 1995 - October 27, 2025), the Top 10 Banks - ESG Green Vietnam 2025 award is a strong commitment of the Bank to sustainable innovation.
Source: https://baolamdong.vn/kienlongbank-ghi-dau-hanh-trinh-xanh-voi-giai-thuong-top-10-ngan-hang-esg-viet-nam-xanh-2025-290771.html
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