Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam on September 23 met with a World Bank (WB) delegation to discuss preparations for signing the Emission Reduction Payment Agreement (ERPA) with the Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has revised the amount of CO2 transferred in 2018-2019 in the north central region.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the Bank of Laos have jointly organised a conference to share experience in promoting the use of respective domestic currencies in bilateral trade and investment cooperation activities to prevent external risks.

More than 34 million e-wallets were active in Vietnam as of June 30, accounting for 59% of the total 58 million activated e-wallets.

Vietnam is expected to maintain a trade surplus for the ninth consecutive year in 2024, given its export growth in the remainders of the year equal to that during January-July, according to experts.

By the end of May 2024, the number of Mobile Money users in Vietnam surpassed 8.8 million, marking a 3.3% increase from the previous month. Notably, nearly 280,000 points now accept Mobile Money as a payment method.

Vietnam's digital payment ecosystem is undergoing a remarkable transformation, driven by a tech-savvy population, government initiatives, and innovative financial solutions, according to finextra.com, a leading UK newswire and information source for worldwide financial technology.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will research and amend regulations on safety and security in online banking service provision to better protect customers, an SBV official said on July 4.

It is an urgent need to strengthen security for online transactions amidst burgeoning cashless payments, an official from the central bank has said, referring to biometric authentication to be mandatory from July 1.

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has provided its insights into Vietnam’s payment landscape with its latest Consumer Payment Attitudes study that highlights the surge in cashless transactions among Vietnamese consumers.