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Vietnam to stop accepting passports for banking transactions from 2026
Customers must use a chip-based ID card, a standard ID card, or a level-2 electronic ID for identity verification.
Banking & Finance
Improving cashless payment management
Boosting digital payments is opening up a layer of real-time transaction data, helping regulators track cash flows more transparently and close tax revenue gaps...
Banking & Finance
Domestic gold prices rebound after sharp decline
Selling prices of SJC-branded gold bar reaching VND150.7 million ($5,730) per tael.
PM calls for stronger effots to maintain macroeconomic stability, boost exports
Key measures including adoption of proactive and flexible monetary policies, trade promotion, and diversification of markets, products, and supply chains.
Hai Phong rolls out 15-year land rent exemption for sci-tech businesses
The northern port city targets to have 150 sci-tech enterprises by 2030.
Domestic gold prices drop sharply following global trend
SJC-branded gold bar prices down VND1.7 million ($64.6) per tael for both buying and selling.
10M seafood exports: shrimp & pangasius up, tuna down
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the country's seafood exports reached $9.5 billion, marking a 16% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
$910 mln expressway proposed in Nghe An province
The 60-km Vinh - Thanh Thuy expressway connecting the North-South expressway with Thanh Thuy border economic zone.
10M consumer price index under control
Inflation remained well and truly under control in the first ten months of 2025, auguring well for a similar result for the year as a whole.