Vietnam Investors Service (VIS Rating) provides credit ratings for issuers and debt instruments that enhance information transparency and assist issuers and investors to access the corporate bond market in Vietnam. In addition, we also offer assessment & analysis products which provide our independent and objective opinion on creditworthiness and in-depth analysis of credit quality on corporates in Vietnam to support management decision making on investments and risk management.

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Our products and services
Rating Service

Vietnam Investors Service core business provides credit ratings that are publicly available serving the debt capital markets.

Assessment & Analysis Services

Vietnam Investors Service provides assessment & analysis services to serve the specific requirement of market participants.

Rating Service
Issuer Public Rating

An entity-level forward-looking opinion of the relative credit risks of an entity, either short-term or long-term, that is publicly announced and monitored on an on-going basis.
An issuer rating provides an independent opinion of the ability of an entity to honor senior unsecured debts and other debt instruments, and the relative credit risks of an issuer.
Our rating results are publicly announced and monitored continuously to reflect any material changes in our opinions in response to entity-related or other developments. Our rating and rating rationale will serve to improve information transparency among issuers and investors and enhance issuer liquidity and funding options.

Long-term Debt
Public Rating

An instrument-level forward-looking opinion of the relative credit risks of a debt instrument that is publicly announced and monitored on an on-going basis. Long-term ratings are typically assigned to debt instruments with an original maturity of one-year or more.
A debt rating provides an independent opinion of the relative credit risks of a debt instrument. It incorporates our opinion of an issuer’s relative creditworthiness and our assessment of the structural features of the debt instrument that impact the credit risks of holders of the debt instrument.
Our rating results are publicly announced and monitored continuously to reflect any material changes in our opinions in response to entity-related, debt instrument-related or other developments. Our rating and rating rationale will serve to improve the assessment and differentiation of credit risks among debt instruments, and over the longer-term, serve to improve price discovery and market liquidity.

Short-term Debt
Public Rating

Similar with long-term debt public ratings. However, short-term ratings are typically assigned to debt instruments with an original maturity of one-year or less.

Assessment & Analysis Services
Monitored Credit Assessment

A forward-looking opinion of the relative credit risks of an entity or debt instrument, either short-term or long-term, that is monitored on an on-going basis. The assessment results are communicated privately to the requestor and for limited use within the terms of the agreement.

Unmonitored Credit Assessment

A forward-looking opinion of the relative credit risks of an entity or debt instrument, either short-term or long-term, that is provided as a point-in-time assessment. The assessment results are communicated privately to the requestor and for limited use within the terms of the agreement

Investment Portfolio Credit Assessment

A forward-looking opinion of the relative credit risks of entities or debt instruments in an investment portfolio.
Our opinions can be monitored on an on-going basis, or provided as a point-in-time assessment, subject to the needs of the requestor. The assessment results are communicated privately to the requestor and for limited use within the terms of the agreement.