Organizational structure and tasks of the State Bank Inspectorate, Region

The Government issued Decree 05/2026/ND-CP on the organization and operation of the Banking Inspectorate.

The organization of the Banking Inspectorate includes:

1. Inspectorate of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

2. Banking Inspectorate Region.

In particular, the State Bank Inspectorate is an administrative organization under the organizational structure of the State Bank, helping the Governor of the State manage state inspection work, receive citizens, resolve complaints and denunciations and prevent and combat corruption and negativity.

Conduct inspections of agencies, organizations and individuals under the management authority of the Governor of the State Bank and the state management scope of the State Bank; perform the task of receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations and preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity according to the provisions of law.

The State Bank Inspectorate is under the direction and management of the Governor of the State Bank and under the direction of the Government Inspectorate on inspection work and professional guidance.

The State Bank Inspectorate has Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, inspectors and other civil servants.

The Chief Inspector of the State Bank of Vietnam is appointed, reappointed, dismissed, transferred, rotated, or seconded by the Governor of the State Bank after receiving written opinions from the Government Inspector General.

The Regional State Bank Inspectorate is a unit under the organizational structure of the State Bank of the Region, conducting an inspection of bank inspectors under the management authority of the Director of the State Bank of the Region and under the state management in the area according to the assignment and decentralization of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam; performing the task of receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity according to the provisions of law.

The State Bank of Vietnam Inspectorate in the region is under the direction and management of the Director of the State Bank of Vietnam in the region and under the direction of the State Bank Inspectorate in the inspection and professional guidance work.

The State Bank of Vietnam Inspectorate in the area has Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, inspectors and other civil servants.

The Chief Inspector of the State Bank of Vietnam will be appointed, reappointed, dismissed, transferred, rotated, and seconded by the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam as proposed.

The activities of the Banking Inspectorate include: Developing and promulgating an annual inspection plan; basis for issuing inspection decisions and announcing inspection decisions; Inspection Team logs; inspection duration; monitoring the activities of the Inspection Team; reporting inspection results; inspection conclusions; publicizing inspection conclusions; coordinating and handling overlaps and overlaps in banking inspection activities.

In particular, the duration of an inspection conducted by the State Bank Inspectorate is not more than 45 days; in complicated cases or in mountainous, border, island, remote, or isolated areas with difficulty in travel, it can be extended once for no more than 25 days.

The duration of an inspection conducted by the State Bank of Vietnam in the region is not more than 30 days; in complicated cases or in mountainous, border, island, remote, or isolated areas with difficulty in travel, it can be extended once for no more than 10 days.

Decree 05/2026/ND-CP takes effect from January 15, 2026.

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