Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked for greater efforts to effectively implement the National Financial Inclusion Strategy to 2025 with a vision until 2030 to ensure inclusive, comprehensive, and equitable financial access for people and businesses.

Chairing the second meeting of the National Steering Committee for Financial Inclusion in Hanoi on March 12, the PM highlighted the need to further improve financial infrastructure facilities and promote connections among them to build a cohesive ecosystem for providing financial products and services across economic sectors; and take solutions to ensure safety and information security;

He also instructed to complete legal framework to ensure a transparent and fair environment; strictly manage, promote development of and control services in the digital environment; develop synchronized, comprehensive, and inclusive finance and IT infrastructures across the country; and strongly promote cashless payments.

Financial inclusion should be implemented through digital platforms and fintech, with technologies like blockchain, AI, and big data playing a crucial role in creating new financial products and services, streamlining processes, reducing costs, expanding access, and improving the service quality, PM Chinh said.