FChoice 2025 is back with exciting new features. Alongside traditional categories, this year introduces the Interactive Category, empowering readers to vote for standout banking representatives.
Two key categories: “Bank of the Year” and “Investors’ Favorite Bank Stock of the Year” – will open for voting from November 28 to December 13, 2025.
Highlights of the Two Voting Categories
Bank of the Year: This category honors the bank leading in sponsoring major entertainment events, creating strong media impact, increasing engagement and revenue, and promoting community values through cultural and entertainment activities.
Investors’ Favorite Bank Stock of the Year: This category is for bank stocks with strong price and capitalization growth, high liquidity in 2025, transparent information, and a long-term strategy for shareholders.
Voting will take place from 00:00 on November 28, 2025, to 23:59 on December 13, 2025. Readers must verify their accounts and log in via Facebook/Google. Each voter can cast a maximum of 24 votes per day (with a one-hour interval between votes). One account can vote for multiple nominees across different categories.
EVALUATION & RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT (December 1 – 15, 2025): The judging panel will evaluate the submissions until December 14, 2025. The final results, including the two reader-voted categories, will be announced on December 15, 2025.
For the “Investors’ Favorite Bank Stock of the Year” category: The results will be based on a 50/50 weighting of reader votes and the judging panel’s evaluation.
For the “Bank of the Year” category, the results will be determined solely by reader votes.
Bank of the Year
Banks are no longer just promoting financial products and services; they are increasingly present at major music festivals, entertainment shows, and concerts featuring top artists – platforms with the fastest and deepest reach to young audiences in 2025.
Techcombank made a significant impact by sponsoring the program “Brother Overcoming a Thousand Obstacles.”
VIB stood out with the program “Brother ‘Say Hi’,” showcasing a youthful and energetic vibe.
VPBank created major media buzz with the K Spark Star Music Festival and two sold-out G-Dragon concerts in Hanoi.
MB made its mark by partnering with the reality TV show “Celebrity Boot Camp.”
And let’s not forget TPBank with “She’s Beautiful ‘Say Hi'” and SeABank, which took a different approach by becoming the exclusive sponsor of Mỹ Tâm’s “Live Concert 2025 – See The Light.”
Other major banks like VietinBank, Agribank, and more are also actively participating in large events, community activities, and iconic entertainment programs. The “Bank of the Year” category thus vividly reflects the trend of building bank brands through emotional experiences.
Investors’ Favorite Bank Stock of the Year
In the broader stock market, bank stocks – often referred to as “king stocks” – continue to play a crucial leadership role. This group has significantly contributed to the VN-Index surpassing historical highs, opening new expectations for market scale.
Statistics show that since the beginning of the year, no bank stock has declined, with many codes rising over 50%, even over 100%, indicating that market confidence and liquidity remain very high. Stocks like SHB, MBB, VPB, TCB… have set new highs this year with vibrant liquidity.
A key factor making bank stocks a focal point is their stable dividend policies, well-executed capital increase plans, and numerous foreign investor issuance deals in the pipeline. Additionally, business stories, financial ecosystem expansion, digital banking advancements, and breakthroughs in risk management are closely watched by the investment community.
The vibrancy of bank stocks is also evident in the 2025 Shareholders’ Meeting season. Thousands attended meetings of MB, SHB, VPBank…, creating lively discussions. From major shareholders to retail investors, questions about credit growth, business strategies, risk management, and long-term plans were raised. Packed auditoriums and livestreams with hundreds of thousands of views have become vivid proof of the banking sector’s market heat.
In this context, the “Investors’ Favorite Bank Stock of the Year” category holds special significance. The voting results not only reflect the bank’s financial foundation and strategy but also demonstrate investor trust, expectations, and market partnership. This provides an important supplementary perspective alongside financial metrics, offering a more comprehensive view of stock attractiveness in 2025.
FChoice is an annual awards program organized by CafeF since 2021. It’s not just a typical voting event but a “map of achievements” highlighting breakthrough stories with significant impacts on the national economy, particularly in finance. In 2025, FChoice returns with the theme “Vietnam Rising” across four major categories.
Start now to follow and vote for breakthrough stories, vivid testaments to resilience, innovation, and national pride in this new development phase HERE.
For any inquiries about the program, please contact the FChoice Organizing Committee via email at: [email protected]
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