MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC HOCHIMINH CITY ---- K --- PHAN MANH HA INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT OPERATION: A CASE STUDY OF AGRIBANK CHO LON In Banking and Finacial Ology code: 60.12 MASTER’S THESIS Supervisor : Dr.TRAN HUY HOANG Ho Chi Minh City – 2010 123doc i Acknowledgment The process of this master thesis writing was a wonderful learning experience on my academic life which was filled with challenges and rewards. The completion of the present study leads a new beginning and a step forward towards my future. This preface provides a welcomed opportunity and chance to acknowledge the help and assistance of the people who with their intellectual insights or constructive criticism, other times in the form of friendship have helped me to develop this research. Specially, I would like to extend my appreciation to Mr.
Jerry and Mr.Gary for their valuable and enthusiastic support of English. First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to supervisor, Associate Professor Ph. Tran Huy Hoang at the Faculty of Banking, for his valuable supervision, never-ending support and encouragement during this process. I am very thankful to him, that he has given me this pleasure to use his valuable comments, feedbacks and suggestions during the time that I have been working on this thesis and he has presented a new world for my further academic research.
Outside of academia, I would like to thank all my friends and colleagues for their fully support and finally, the great thanks are directed to my family; My father; that have taught me to get the priorities straight and to focus on the whole instead of getting lost in the details; My mother who has meant me the real meaning of patience and helped me by her advices to have this thesis finished on schedule and finally; my brothers and sisters for continues support along the way. Finally warm thanks go to University of Economic HoChiMinh City for having developed this post-graduate course in English the first time and sharing consideration during this period of hard work. Phan Manh Ha August 2010 HoChiMinh City, Vietnam 123doc ii Table of Contents Acknowledgment .i Table of contens .ii List of tables .vii List of diagrams .vii List of charts. Rationale of thesis.
The thesis’s research questions and research objectives:. Scope and limitation of thesis:. The thesis’s structure: .4 Chapter 1: International settlement operation of commercial banks in context of international economic integration .1 Integration into the world economy in field of banking and finance .1 Common issues of integration into the world economy.2 Economic integration in field of banking and finance .2 The international settlement operation of commercial banks. Role and the objective necessity of developing and improving international settlement operation of commercial banks.1 For the economy.2 For the enterprises.3 For the state management .4 For commercial banks.3 Means of international settlement operation .1 Bill of exchange .2 Promissory Note Payment:.
Common methods of international settlement operation .3 Factors influencing international settlement operation of commercial banks 26 1.1 Globalization and economic integration.2 Development of information technology. Practices and standards of international settlement operation. Level of development and open of economy. Macro economic policies of government.
Competition of other commercial banks. Policy of customer care and developing products, services of commercial banks. Policy of foreign affairs. Development level of banking technology.
Structure of organization and management for international settlement operation. Knowledge, ability of dealers in international settlement operation31 1.6 Other activities in relation with international settlement operation of commercial banks .4 Some standards to evaluate the performance in international settlement operation of commercial banks. Security and exactness. Quickness and Timeliness.
Logic settlement process. Satisfaction of Customer .5 Some experience of developing and improving international settlement operation of other commercial banks in the world. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation .36 Conclusion of Chapter 1 .37 Chapter 2: Research Methodology .44 Conclusion of Chapter 2 .47 Chapter 3: Current status of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon .1 Overview of organization and activities at Agribank Cho Lon. History of foundation and development.
Review of some main business activities of Agribank Cho Lon. Foreign exchange trading and international settlement operation .2 Current status of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. Legal basis of international settlement operation at this branch. International legal documents.
National legal documents. Agribank’s documents of internal regulations of international settlement operation. Current status of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. Customers of international settlement operation at this branch.
Current status of some main methods of international settlement operation deployed at the branch .65 Letter of credit .3 General comments of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon .3 Causes of shortcomings.77 Conclusion of Chapter 3 .80 Chapter 4: Solutions for developing and improving international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon .1 Some orientation of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon81 4. Some orientation of foreign economic development of Vietnam from 2006 to 2010. Main orientation of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon.2 Some viewpoint of international settlement operation .3 Solutions for developing and improving international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. Establishing customer policy and marketing policy suitable for diffusion of products and services of the branch.
Modernization of banking technology. Proposing a policy of service diversification. Improving management model, procedure of international settlement operation. Well organizing foreign exchange trading, acting on initiative to have foreign currency source suitable for requirement of the international settlement operation at the branch.
Solution for increasing quality of human resource. Increasing quality of control and internal audit. Constantly paying attention to establishment of business culture style at the branch. For the government, ministries, departments and industries concerned 98 4.
For State bank.100 Conclusion of Chapter 4 .103 List of References .110 123doc vii List of Tables 1. Exhibition of payment sales under method of remittance. Capital source of Agribank Cho Lon in recent years. Some items of outstanding debts at Agribank Cho Lon 2006-2009.
Some main items of foreign exchange trading and international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. Sales of some main customers in international settlement operation at the branch in 2009. Sales of some main import export commodities at the branch. Payment sales under method of remittance.
Payment sales under method of collection. Payment sales under method of letter of credit. Some indicators of loans for import and export at the branch. Some key indicators for comparison.
Comparison of export payment and import payment at the branch .73 List of Diagrams 1. Process of remittance operation. Process of collection operation. Process of documentary credit .23 123doc viii List of Charts 1.
Capital source of Agribank Cho Lon 2006-2009. Outstanding debts at Agribank Cho Lon 2006-2009. Main items of foreign exchange trading and international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. Sales of some main customers in international settlement operation at the branch in 2009.
Customer’s assessment of international settlement operation. Sales of some main import export commodities at the branch. Payment sales under method of remittance. Payment sales under method of collection.
Payment sales under method of letter of credit. Some key indicators for comparison. Comparison of export payment and import payment at the branch .73 123doc 1 INNTTRRO ODDU UCCT TIIO ONN 1. Rationale of thesis Vietnamese economy has widely integrated itself into the regional and world economy.
Along with other activities, foreign trade has constantly affirmed to an important role in Vietnam economic development. Commercial banks, by launching the international settlement operation have, according to the “Open Door Policy” on integration, become undeniably essential to the development of the economy of this country. In addition, to better promote their role and position in speeding up foreign trade activities, the system of commercial banks in Vietnam have continuously worked to develope and improve the international settlement operation. In these recent years, the efforts of the system of Vietnam commercial banks have fostered advantageous conditions for the international settlement operation to become increasingly enhanced day by day, fulfilling the basic requirement of open process and integration of economy.
However, international settlement operation must undergo legal systems and complicated overseas practices, if it was not to be fully understood, risks that include economic, politic and social losses would inevitably arise. Lessons learned from the past strongly suggest that the working of Vietnam commercial banks are not to be ignored. The international settlement operation of Agribank has now been deployed for 10 years, yet Agribank has been encountering countless difficulties and insufficiencies in the widening of its active market share. In the context of integration into the world economy alongside tough competition, commercial banks must incessantly develop and widen their trade activities.
Among those banks, the international settlement operation was utilized in order to broaden and improve to meet customer needs. Furthermore, the operation helped increase the bank’s income and enhance 123doc 2 the availability of competition. Now, however, all banks in Vietnam and Agribank Cho Lon in particular are facing a great deal of difficulty as they put forth their efforts to overcome this obstacle. Evaluating the efficiency of the international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon leads to the realization that improvements to this operation must be scientifically based.
From above mentioned practical issues, subject of this thesis “International Settlement Operation – A case study of Agribank Cho Lon” was taken into consideration for more in-depth research. This research evaluates the performance of international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon, and proposes possible solutions for the development and improvement of the operation. The Research Questions and Objectives: 2. Research questions A research question is the researcher’s translation of the business problem into the need for inquiry (Zikmund 1997, p.
Based on this definition of research problem leads to the following research questions: - How can we evaluate the current status of the international settlement operation at Cho Lon branch during the past few years? - What were the achievements and shortcomings of the international settlement operation at Cho Lon branch? - How can we develop and improve the international settlement operation at Cho Lon branch? 2. Research objectives The research objective is the researcher’s version of a business problem. Once the research questions have been stated, the research objectives are derived from the problem definition. These objectives explain the purpose of the research in measurable terms and define standards of what the research should accomplish 123doc 3 (Zikmund 1997, p.
To solve the research problem delineated, this study has the following objectives : - To make clear literature of international settlement operation - To point out factors influencing the international settlement operation as well as standards for evaluating the quality of the international settlement operation - To analyze actual efficiency of the international settlement operation applied at Agribank Cho Lon in period of time between 2006 and 2009 - To suggest solutions for developing and improving the international settlement operation. Scope and limitation of the thesis: The thesis mainly focuses on development and improvement of the international settlement operation at one bank, Agribank Cho Lon in period of time between 2006 and 2009. Research Methodology The exploratory research has been conducted for this research to clarify and define the nature of problem. In this research, survey and secondary data methods were applied in combination.
Survey was chosen as a research tool in this study to investigate, describe the performance and identify the appropriate performance measurement of the international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. The questionnaires were designed to collect data related to international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon. Also discussions with experts were taken to identify the appropriate performance measurement of the international settlement operation at Agribank Cho Lon.