1.   BBV opted to use longer repayment periods to lure new customers rather than lower interest rates, the weapon its rival Banco Santander has used since last year.

2.   The new risk-taking can come in many forms, from accepting customers who would have been turned down in the past to stretching out repayment periods.

3.   Kiet also asked banks to extend repayment periods for farmers who could not pay back loans because the floods destroyed their crops.

4.   The complex plan approved by parliament basically lengthens repayment periods and softens repayment terms.

5.   Both loans will have repayment periods of at least eight years.

6.   Finance Minister Budiono has been quoted as saying the plan to extend debt repayment periods might impede debt rescheduling talks in April with the Paris Club of official creditors.