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Việt Nam commits to digital finance, global cooperation: Deputy PM
Việt Nam wants to receive support from international financial organisations, including SWIFT, so that its international financial centre could be aligned with global financial system.
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Shinhan Bank launches Merchant Management feature on Shinhan SOL Vietnam application
Shinhan Bank Vietnam Limited (“Shinhan Bank”) officially launches the “Merchant Management” feature on the Shinhan SOL Vietnam app (“SOL App”), offering a comprehensive business management solution for individual business owners and private enterprises.
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Monetary Policy Management in late 2025: Flexibility to support growth and maintain macroeconomic stability
In the final months of 2025, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) continues to face a dual mandate: supporting economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability and controlling inflation. Against the backdrop of ongoing global uncertainties and mounting pressures in domestic financial markets, the SBV has set its policy orientation to be proactive, flexible, timely, and well-coordinated with fiscal policy and other macroeconomic instruments.
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Monetary and Banking Activities in the First Nine Months of 2025: Expanding Credit for Production and Business; Strengthening Control and Innovating Gold Market Management
During the first nine months of 2025, despite global economic and financial uncertainties, Vietnam’s banking sector achieved notable results in monetary policy management, with strong credit growth, declining interest rates, and breakthroughs in gold market regulation.
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VNBA and FPT IS discuss strategic cooperation to accelerate banking digital transformation
Hanoi, October 1, 2025 – The Vietnam Banks’ Association (VNBA) and FPT Information System Company Limited (FPT IS) held a working session in Hanoi to exchange views on advanced technology solutions, opening up strategic cooperation opportunities to promote the digital transformation process in the banking sector effectively and sustainably.
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Vietnam sees opportunities to diversify cross-border payment channels
Experts emphasised that the diversification of cross-border payment channels, especially blockchain and stablecoins, offers Vietnam an opportunity to improve transparency and efficiency.
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Key policies taking effect from October 2025
From October 2025, a series of new laws, decrees, and circulars will take effect, covering taxation, science and technology, monetary policy, and gold market management.
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Vietnamese banks embrace AI, shut branches, and block scams
The banking sector digitizes at record pace as customer behavior shifts and data becomes a key asset.
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15 Years of the Risk Management Subcommittee – Card Working Committee: Safeguarding a Safer and More Sustainable Payment Ecosystem
Hue, September 26–27, 2025 — The Card Working Committee under the Vietnam Banks’ Association (VNBA) held a ceremony in Hue to mark the 15th anniversary of the Risk Management Subcommittee (2010–2025), in conjunction with its 2025 Annual Conference themed “Bank Card Security – Risk Management in the Digital Era: Towards a Safe and Sustainable Payment Ecosystem.”
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Vietnamese banks block 300,000 suspicious transactions worth $57mn in fraud crackdown
Vietnamese banks have blocked nearly 300,000 money transfers flagged as potentially fraudulent, worth about VND1.5 trillion (US$57 million), said the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
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Credit program for agriculture, forestry and fisheries expanded to VND 185 trillion
On September 23, 2025, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued Official Letter No. 8333/NHNN-TD, directing credit institutions to continue rolling out the credit program for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries until total lending reaches VND 185 trillion — the registered commitment from participating commercial banks.
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Banking industry needs data-driven, customer-centric breakthrough: experts
In the first seven months of 2025, non-cash transactions via QR codes increased by 66.7 per cent in quantity and 159 per cent in value compared to the same period in 2024.
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Central bank faces challenges to meet Gov’t dual goal
In the context that room for monetary policy is narrowed due to prolonged interest rate differentials and exchange rate pressures, Việt Nam should promote the role of fiscal policy, considering it as the key tool in promoting growth.
