Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached more than US$2.83 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 39.5% from the previous quarter and 3.6% year-on-year.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Pham Duc An has called on commercial banks to cut lending rates selectively, prioritising production, business activities and sectors encouraged by the Government, while ensuring banking system safety.

The Smart Banking 2026 conference and exhibition will take place on October 22, 2026 in Hanoi, bringing together over 1,000 delegates, more than 40 industry-leading speakers and over 50 technology companies and exhibitors from both Vietnam and abroad.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance (MoF), in coordination with the State Bank of Vietnam, successfully hosted a Non-Deal Roadshow (NDR) in the US from September 21 to 25, with logistical and operational support from J.P. Morgan, one of the world’s leading financial institutions.

The banking sector will implement a plan to develop applications of population data, electronic identification and authentication to support national digital transformation for the 2026-30 period, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s newly-issued decision.

The National Assembly (NA) on August 24 passed amendments to three laws governing the banking and financial sectors, adding provisions on suspicious indicators related to crypto assets to provide a legal basis for identifying, assessing and controlling money-laundering risks in the sector.

VOV.VN - Artificial intelligence and data must serve as resources and tools to enhance governance, manage risk, and improve public services rather than exist as ends in themselves, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Pham Duc An said at a conference in Hanoi on August 18.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on August 11 announced the 2026 Banking Sector Digital Transformation with the theme ‘Smart banking in the data and AI era’.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is eyeing to close millions of dormant accounts in an effort to clean the banking account database and curb increasingly sophisticated financial frauds.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is finalising guidelines to launch a preferential credit programme worth around VND220 trillion (US$8.4 billion) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in priority sectors, Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha said at the Government's regular press conference on August 3.