HANOI, Oct 15 (Reuters): The State Bank of Vietnam, the country's central bank, said it has placed Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) under "special scrutiny" to stabilise its operations after depositors thronged the bank's branches to withdraw money this week.
The run on SCB by depositors followed the arrest on Oct. 8 of Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City-based Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, over suspicions of ties between Lan and the bank.
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