Update: December, 18/2020 - 09:01 | HÀ NỘI — The banking sector is still worth an investment in 2021 on expectations the Vietnamese economy and business community will recover as the pandemic is under control, experts have said. According to SSI Research, 13 listed banks on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange, which account for 27.4 per cent of the southern bourse’s market capitalisation, posted a 6.6 per cent year-on-year increase in third-quarter total pre-tax profit that climbed to VNĐ29.7 trillion. If the figure excluded Vietcombank’s 21 per cent year-on-year profit downturn, the others’ pre-tax profit gained 14.7 per cent year-on-year thanks to the strong growth of revenues and lower increases in risk provisions and operating costs.