Vietnam has arrange a devoted regulatory unit to supervise crypto asset buying and selling, marking an extra step towards formalising supervision of digital belongings as market exercise continues to develop.
The event, reported by The Investor Vietnam, was introduced by the State Securities Fee after the Ministry of Finance authorized the formation of a crypto asset buying and selling market administration board beneath the regulator.
The brand new board will function throughout the State Securities Fee’s framework and oversee crypto asset buying and selling actions in Vietnam’s capital markets.
Bui Hoang Hai, vice chairman of the fee, has been appointed to guide the unit.
On the launch occasion, State Securities Fee chairwoman Vu Thi Chan Phuong mentioned the board could be anticipated to push ahead regulatory and coverage work, enhance instruments for monitoring market exercise, and draw on regulatory expertise from different jurisdictions.
She added that the unit ought to present clear and accountable recommendation to the federal government when assessing and licensing enterprises searching for to function crypto asset buying and selling providers.
The regulatory transfer follows the federal government’s issuance of Decision 05/2025 on 9 September, which outlines a five-year pilot programme for crypto asset buying and selling.
The framework adopts a managed strategy to market growth, with safeguards meant to guard traders and the respectable rights and pursuits of home and international organisations and people.
Vietnam stays one of the energetic crypto markets within the area.
Blockchain analytics agency Chainalysis estimated that crypto-related transaction worth within the nation exceeded US$220 billion, putting Vietnam third in Asia-Pacific in its 2025 World Adoption Index.
The agency additionally reported market progress of about 55 % between July 2024 and June 2025, a development analysts affiliate with extra sustained participation past short-term hypothesis.
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