On the afternoon of October 28, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Văn Thắng, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Vietnam International Financial Centre, met with 10 members of VIFC-HCMC in Ho Chi Minh City. He called for the centre to shift from building its foundations to real operations, from attracting members to developing the market, and from investment pledges to actual transactions, with the first transactions targeted for November 2026. Institutional bottlenecks should be resolved quickly, within authority and with risks controlled, without trading off financial system safety. The State Bank of Vietnam will handle requests on accounts, member banks, foreign exchange, capital transfers and payments, while the Ministry of Finance must report within 30 days on amendments to the related decrees. The long-term goal is an internationally competitive financial ecosystem developed in a unified way across Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
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Original headline: Phấn đấu có giao dịch đầu tiên tại Trung tâm Tài chính quốc tế Việt Nam trong tháng 11/2026
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