Coming into force from March 1, the Anti-Money Laundering Law is available on Official Gazette Nos 139-141 of 2022, with 66 articles arranged in four chapters, and contains several significant changes compared to its 2012 version.

The Ministry of Finance is working on two draft legal documents on tax administration, aiming to close current loopholes in the tax systems, especially those related to collection of tax on e-commerce and digital platform-based trading activities.

Payment intermediary service providers would have to apply measures to prevent and combat money laundering as financial institutions do. Such is provided in a draft decree prepared by the State Bank of Vietnam to revise several articles of Decree 116 of 2013.

approving the Scheme on development of non-cash payment in Vietnam during 2016-2020

The State Bank of Vietnam is working on a draft decree revising Decree No. 101/2012/ND-CP on non-cash payment.

As provided in State Bank of Vietnam Circular No. 39/2014/TT-NHNN of December 11, guiding intermediary payment services, each bank account may issue only one e-purse.