[3] It has a market capitalisation of VND 53.22 trillion (around $2.5 billion) as of late 2012, making it one of Vietnam's largest listed companies.

[4] Major customers with loans of several hundreds of millions of dollars include PetroVietnam[5] and Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

Loans were granted mostly to large government programmes in priority sectors such as postal services, communication, processing, and construction material, but there was also lending for non-commercial purposes such as flood relief and training funds for poor students.

The International Finance Corporation became Vietinbank's first strategic partner in October 2010, when it signed a cooperation agreement with the bank[8] and acquired 10% of its shares.

[12] Mitsubishi UFJ wants to gain a foothold in Vietnam's growing markets for retail lending and international banking transactions, while Vietinbank hopes to improve corporate governance and risk management.

[12] Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, a former Acting Head of the Dien Bien Phu Transaction Office of VietinBank, was indicted of stealing 4 trillion VND (equivalent of 230 million dollars) from 3 major banks, 9 companies and 3 individuals.