One major “side effect” of the COVID-19 pandemic, amidst the unprecedented toll that it has exacted, is that it has catalysed digital transformation across all sectors, particularly in financial services.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached around US$6.6 billion in 2021, up 9% from the previous year, according to Nguyen Hoang Minh, head of the Vietnam Banks Association’s Office in HCM City.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the UK have enjoyed plenty of co-operation opportunities in the process of meeting green growth targets, UK Ambassador Gareth Ward has affirmed.

Given Vietnam's high solar PV potential and ambitious green energy targets by 2050, the country has every opportunity to become a global leader in renewables, the Entrepreneur Magazine said on its e-edition.

The deposit growth rate of individual customers at banks slowed last year due to the impacts of the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the European Union in Vietnam, and the World Bank co-hosted the 4th High-Level Meeting of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) in Hanoi on January 24.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a US$25 million loan with Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPB) to expand access to finance of women-owned and -led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam.

More than 2 million poor households won access to loans worth over VND80 trillion (US$3.52 billion) from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) last year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s GDP is expected to rebound to 5.5% growth in 2022 if the COVID-19 pandemic is under relative control both at home and abroad, the World Bank said in its Taking Stock report released on January 13.

A number of Vietnamese banks plan to sell more shares to foreign investors in 2022 as part of set strategies.