Hanoi, July 22 -- Credit growth for agriculture and rural development in Vietnam rose 5.31% in the first half of 2025 compared to the end of 2024, accounting for 23.16% of the country's total outstanding loans.

The strong credit flow has helped ease the capital shortage long faced by the agricultural sector and rural communities.

At a recent press briefing held by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to review the banking sector's performance in the first half of 2025 and set out tasks for the remaining months of the year, Nguyen Xuan Bac, Deputy Director of the SBV's Credit Department for Economic Sectors, said that overall credit growth by the end of June had reached 9.9%, with key sectors including agriculture and rural development postin...