TOKYO -- Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is set to invest about 35.9 trillion Vietnamese dong ($1.5 billion) in a major bank in Vietnam. The group has been investing in the financial institutions of Asian countries that are expected to experience high rates of economic growth.
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VP Bank will become Sumitomo Mitsui's equity-method affiliate. Sumitomo Mitsui will send executives and others to the Vietnamese bank. (Source photos by AP, screenshot from VP Bank website)
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