Brand Finance has again listed Vietnamese top lender BIDV among the world's 500 most valuable banking brands.

​BIDV’s brand value jumped 50 places from last year, ranking 351 among the Top 500 global most valuable banking brands according to the annual report Banking 500 2018 on the world’s most valuable banking brands, released by Brand Finance in February this year and published in The Banker magazine. According to the league table published in the report, Vietnamese bank brands have shown good performance over the years, climbing steadily in the rankings and demonstrating strong improvements in terms of brand value this year. Two other major lenders from Vietnam, Vietinbank and Vietcombank, also made the list this year. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and China Construction Bank took the two top spots as the world’s most valuable bank brands for 2018. China Construction Bank rose from third place to second, overtaking US bank Wells Fargo.