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HO CHI MINH CITY, June 12, 2026 – Shinhan Future’s Lab Vietnam, an Open Innovation platform under Shinhan Financial Group, has officially announced the preliminary round results for Global Shinhan InnoBoost 2026. This year's program recorded a threefold increase in applications compared to the previous cohort, reflecting the startup community's surging interest in collaboration opportunities with leading financial institutions and banking corporations.
On May 19, 2026, the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam signed and promulgated Circular No. 22/2026/TT-NHNN, which amends and supplements various articles of Circular No. 40/2024/TT-NHNN concerning the provision of intermediary payment services.
Shinhan Bank Vietnam officially launches the “Customer Appreciation Week 2026” program under the theme “Shinhan is Always by Your Side”, taking place from June 15 to June 19, 2026 at all branches and transaction offices nationwide.
The consistent viewpoint of the Party and Government is to encourage the conversion of gold resources held by the people for socio-economic development, to curb the hoarding of gold, to combat the goldization of the economy and gold speculation, and to discourage the use of gold as a means of payment. Therefore, activities related to gold are always managed and supervised by the State Bank of Vietnam in accordance with the law.
On May 25, 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang signed Decision No. 928/QD-TTg approving the National Comprehensive Financial Strategy for the period 2026-2030 (the Strategy).
On May 22, 2026, Shinhan Finance hosted a community outreach program under the theme “Sharing Love – Receiving Smiles” at Bui Thi Xuan Primary School (Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province) and Nghia Ky Nam Primary School (Quang Ngai Province).
The offering has attracted 22 professional investors, both individual and institutional participants.
The new circular amends and supplements five legal documents, thereby reducing and adjusting 11 administrative procedures in foreign exchange management.
Due to a surging credit growth amid slow deposits, many banks have to raise capital in the bond market, causing bond interest rates to surge and putting significant pressure on profit margins of banks.
Draft amendments to the Law on Support for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises aim to reduce SMEs’ dependence on collateral-backed borrowing and encourage banks to assess borrowers based on business performance, transaction data, cash flow and value chains.