ICBC, based on its customer base, funds, networks, technologies and brand, will support the construction of local infrastructure such as communications, energy and telecommunications, and provide financial services to corporate and individual customers.

The bankexpects to become a bridge and a hub for economic and financial exchange between China and Vietnam, and play the necessary role in serving economic and trade exchanges between both the countries.

Jiang Jianqing, chairman of ICBC, said that the Hanoi Branch of ICBC will provide Vietnam’s economy and society with financial support and services, and strive to blend into local society to create a foreign-invested bank approved by the government.