HANOI: A wave of dividend payments is set to sweep through Vietnam’s stock market this week as 50 listed companies finalise shareholder lists for cash and stock dividend distributions, led by a series of commercial banks announcing some of their highest-ever cash payouts.
Among the companies scheduled to close shareholder registers, 46 firms will pay dividends in cash, with payout ratios ranging at 1% to 50%, while the rest will issue stock dividends.
Banks are drawing particular investor attention, as lenders move to distribute sizeable cash dividends after reporting strong earnings growth and capital buffers.
LPBank will finalise its shareholder list on May 15 to pay a 2025 cash dividend at a ratio of 30%, equivalent to 3,000 dong per share. With nearly 2.99 billion shares outstanding, the bank is expected to spend approximately 8.96 trillion dong (US$340mil) on the payout to existing shareholders.
The 30% cash dividend marks the highest cash payout in LPBank’s history, and is also among the highest dividend ratios in Vietnam’s banking sector.
The bank said the payment source will come from distributable profits totalling 9.41 trillion dong as of end-2025.
Techcombank announced plans to pay a 2025 cash dividend equivalent to 7% of par value, with payouts estimated at more than 4.96 trillion dong. — Viet Nam News/ANN
