Last week, Sai Gon-Ha Noi Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SHB) was the latest to ask for the tax preferential policy. In a petition to the finance ministry and the central bank, SHB sought a corporate income tax reduction in the first five years after its merger with the Vinaconex Viettel Finance Company (VVF) at the end of this year, citing VVF’s large quantum of NPLs.