Saigon Commercial Bank receives int'l award

HCM City (VNA) - Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank has been given the "Bank
Performing Excellent Payment Operations" award by the Wachovia-Wells Fargo.

This is the second year in a row the bank has received the award from the US
bank, which is listed as one of the world's 50 safest in 2009.

The award reflects the bank's professionalism and accuracy in its international
payment performance, which revenues saw a year-on-year increase of 70 percent
against 2007.

Saigon Commercial Bank now has more than 80 transaction centres throughout the
country, and has established cooperative ties with close to 2,000 banks in 82
countries and territories around the world.-Enditem