Da Nang has paid special attention to recommendations regarding resources, mechanisms, human resources training, governance and operation and system security for international financial centres as outlined by British partners during Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh’s working trip to the UK from March 16-20.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance to enhancing its strategic partnership with the UK and supports the UK’s increased cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh said during a meeting with his British counterpart Angela Rayner in London on March 18.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on March 18 visited the London Stock Exchange and held a working session with Julia Holgate, CEO of the London Stock Exchange.

Vietnam has the foundation and potential to successfully build an international financial centre, according to Associate Professor Nguyen Dang Bang, a finance expert at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School.

Vietnam does not need to choose between a specialised or a comprehensive regional financial centre but can instead adopt a flexible approach to seize opportunities, said Dr. Ho Quoc Tuan, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Accounting at the UK’s University of Bristol.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to build its international financial centre in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area, covering a total area of 9.2ha, according to the Municipal Department of Science and Technology.

VOV.VN - The Government has approved the Ministry of Finance (MoF)’s proposal to draft a National Assembly resolution on the building of two international financial centres in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has called on the UK to support Vietnam in training personnel for its planned regional and international financial centres in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed a controlled pilot programme for fintech activities, including digital asset and cryptocurrency trades at financial centres.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 21 attended a roundtable on developing the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) and an international financial centre in Ho Chi Minh City, during which he expressed his hope to learn from foreign friends’ experiences in this work.