BIDV raises 2.2tr dong from prize-based promo drive

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) on May 9 announced the results of the prize-based saving programme for the first phase of this year with the total prize value of up to 8.2 trillion dong.
In particular, the programme including one special prize valued at one billion dong, nine first prises worth 90 million dong each, 15 second prises worth 13 million dong each and thousands of other valuable prises was awarded to winners.
According to Nguyen Manh, BIDV's capital source' director, the programme lasting from January 28 to April 27 mobilised 8.2 trillion dong including US$47 million, exceeding 2.2 trillion dong against the expected plan.
This was the bank's seventh prize-based saving programme since the year 2004.