VOV.VN - Police of the Phu Quoc Special Zone in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on October 3 announced that they have issued arrest warrants and prosecuted two Algerian nationals for circulating counterfeit US dollars in Phu Quoc.

Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Tam said Vietnam is determined to make innovation and strategic technology sectors the driving force of national development, as he addressed an international forum in Hanoi on October 2.

Vietnam is widely recognised by international financial institutions as a bright spot of regional growth despite ongoing global economic uncertainties, with GDP growth of 7.5% in the first half of 2025, laying a solid foundation for the Government’s full-year target of 8.3-8.5%.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for 2025 upward to 6.7%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared to the July projection.

VOV.VN - VinFast Auto India, a subsidiary of the Vietnamese EV maker, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, to provide inventory financing for its exclusive dealer network.

VOV.VN - Cai Mep port in Vietnam has retained its 7th position among 403 of the world’s most efficient container terminals and port clusters, according to the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2020-2024, recently released by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The organising committee of Vietnam Card Day 2025 on September 26 announced the launch of this year’s event under the theme 'One Touch – Million Trusts', highlighting the country’s progress in digital payments and the banking sector’s commitment to building public confidence in cashless transactions.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc hosted a reception for Kim Sung-tae, Chairman and CEO of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) in Hanoi on September 23.

Domestic electronic transfers worth VND500 million (over US$18,900) or more, and international electronic transfers of US$1,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currency) or above, will have to be reported to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Vietnam will receive US$5 million between September and October from the additional transfer of 1 million tonnes of CO2 to the World Bank under the Government's recent resolution regarding the transfer of excess greenhouse gas emission reductions from the north-central region for the 2018-2019 period.