Vietnam banks to stop auto-splitting large transfers for instant payments from April 21
Economy 08:21 19/04/2026Several Vietnamese banks will stop automatically splitting large interbank transfers for instant processing from April 21, meaning transactions of VND500 million (US$18,986) or more may take longer to complete.
Woman returns mistaken $19,160mn transfer in Vietnam’s Quang Tri
Vietnam News 19:15 07/03/2026A remarkable act of honesty unfolded in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam when a local woman voluntarily returned VND500 million (US$19,160) that had been mistakenly transferred into her bank account, authorities confirmed on Friday.
Filling station worker refuses bank transfer, siphons gasoline back in Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:53 17/12/2025An incident involving a gas station employee in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam refusing to accept a bank transfer payment and siphoning fuel back out of a customer’s motorcycle has sparked public outrage after a video of the event circulated widely on social media.