The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has received and implemented 21 programmes and projects funded by the World Bank (WB) with total investment of VND4.67 trillion (US$199.65 million) since 2000, according to a local official.

VOV.VN - A breast milk bank, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, was inaugurated at Hung Vuong Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6.

Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) is pressing ahead with plans to become a regional digital bank, with an expansion drive in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed efforts made by the banking sector on August 4 in terms of digital transformation due to their diverse range of products and services for both people and businesses.

An eco-lease solar power project is set to be implemented under cooperation between the Vietnamese and Japanese governments.

The innovative Vietnamese digital bank Cake by VPBank has won the Asian Banking & Finance Awards for the Best Core Banking System Initiative – Vietnam at the ABF Retail Banking Awards 2022.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will give flexible and suitable management to guide credit resources to business and production activities and create favourable conditions for workers and low-income earners to access capital for house purchase, Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said on August 1.

Vietnam needs to develop a strong domestic banking and financial sector that can provide a guaranteed funding base for decarbonising the oil economy, Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on July 29.

Vietnam is creating favourable conditions for the birth of Asia’s next tech start-up unicorns, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) July 2022 report entitled “Vietnam’s Ecosystem for Technology Startups”.

The digital transformation day of the banking sector will be held on August 3, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced at a press conference in Hanoi on July 28.