
Vietnam to begin testing P2P lending from July 1
Economy 13:08 04/05/2025The Vietnamese government has approved a two-year trial of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, starting from July 1.

Ho Chi Minh City attracts $2.4bn remittances in Q1
Economy 16:35 21/04/2025Ho Chi Minh City, the southern economic hub of Vietnam, received about US$2.412 billion in overseas remittances during the first quarter of 2025, marking a 19.6-percent increase compared to the last quarter of 2024, according to the State Bank of Vietnam's branch in Ho Chi Minh City.

Chief of State Bank of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City branch resigns
Economy 16:49 14/03/2021To Duy Lam will step down from his position on Monday

Vietnam offers debt waivers for individuals, businesses affected by recent catastrophes
Vietnam News 14:45 31/10/2020The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered credit institutions to roll out financial measures

Vietnam’s forex reserves at all-time high of $92bn: gov’t
Economy 15:40 08/09/2020The reserves grew $40.5 billion in less than three years

World Bank grants Vietnam over $6mn to cope with COVID-19
Economy 17:04 31/07/2020The grant will support Vietnam to quickly monitor and respond to COVID-19

Vietnam’s forex reserves hit all-time high of $80bn
Economy 17:57 02/01/2020This is a record figure to date

Vietnam rolls out domestic chip card to replace magnetic plastic
Economy 18:04 29/05/2019100 percent of bank cards in Vietnam are expected to use chip technology by the end of 2021

Vietnam c.bank’s reference VND/USD exchange rate at all-time high
Economy 16:26 24/04/2019On Tuesday, the daily reference exchange rate passed the VND23,000-per-USD mark for the first time since 2015

Vietnam’s c.bank adds $4bn to forex reserves in January: PM
Economy 10:21 01/02/2019Consumer price index picked up by only 0.1 percent in the first month of 2019

Vietnam’s central bank appoints replacement of beleaguered university president
Education 19:05 28/03/2018The former president had made multiple illegal employments of his wife and in-laws