Under Document 951/NHNN-TD issued on Tuesday, SBV has asked commercial banks, branches of foreign banks and SBV’s regional offices in areas affected by storms to promptly restore operations and support affected customers.
In a draft Circular now under consultation, the central bank outlines measures to identify, assess and contain systemic risks in the monetary, banking and financial sectors.
Việt Nam wants to receive support from international financial organisations, including SWIFT, so that its international financial centre could be aligned with global financial system.
The country recorded a high surplus of the current account balance, which reached US$8.72 billion in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 120 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2025.
The Vietnamese Government is giving one-time payment of VNĐ100,000 per person as a gift on the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day. With around 107 million people, the budget was estimated at nearly VNĐ11 trillion ($417.53 million).
The State Bank of Việt Nam has proposed that all international electronic money transfers valued at US$1,000 or more within the country’s forthcoming international Financial Centre (IFC) must be reported to strengthen monitoring mechanisms and anti-money laundering (AML) efforts.
At a conference held on Monday in Hà Nội, SBV Deputy Governor Phạm Thanh Hà said that stabilising deposit rates and reducing lending rates are key tools to promote economic recovery and maintain macroeconomic stability.
The SBV also stated that it will strive to maintain stable deposit rates and reduce lending rates through cost-cutting, digitalisation, streamlined administrative procedures, and internal restructuring.
In August alone, the amount of new deposits was nearly VNĐ86.48 trillion, meaning that nearly VNĐ2.9 trillion was deposited at banks every day on average.
Currently the use of a telecommunications account to pay for small-value goods and services in the country, called Mobile-Money service, is being implemented in a pilot programme.
According to the SBV, Decision No. 2410/QĐ-NHNN and Decision No. 2410/QĐ-NHNN aim to ensure consistency on a legal basis with other issued circulars on deposit interest rates.
The move came as the dollar index (DXY) hovered around a four-month high of more than 105, with the market welcoming Donald Trump''s victory in the US presidential election.
The SBV new circular will regulate the opening and use of Vietnamese đồng-denominated accounts for foreign investors, in order to conduct foreign indirect investment activities in Việt Nam.