Vietnamese corporations are racing to safe licences for the nation’s first home cryptocurrency exchanges as Hanoi strikes to limit buying and selling on overseas platforms.
A authorities decision issued in February requires a pilot program for regionally run digital asset exchanges, with a rollout attainable as quickly as March.
A March 12 Finance Ministry doc confirmed that 5 corporations cleared an preliminary screening spherical, Reuters reported. These embrace associates of three personal banks within the nation together with Techcombank, VPBank and LPBank, together with VIX Securities and the Solar Group conglomerate.
The transfer might reshape a market that has grown quick with little formal oversight. Vietnam has ranked fourth in Chainalysis’ newest World Crypto Adoption Index, with Vietnamese customers having moved an estimated $200 billion in crypto within the yr by way of June 2025.
Officers are involved that heavy use of crypto and stablecoins might weaken management over capital flows. Vietnam already limits cross-border transfers, and lots of households have few locations to place financial savings past gold and property.
That has helped drive gold costs above international ranges and fueled waves of housing hypothesis, the report factors out. Vietnam handed a landmark regulation formally recognizing digital and crypto belongings early final yr, outlining a broad framework for managing crypto and fostering innovation within the sector.