The program aims to promote tourism between Vietnam and Korea. In particular, NAPAS cooperates with Saigontourist to exchange and implement effective marketing activities, to promote cashless payments, and support tourism development between the two countries.

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Accordingly, NAPAS cards are introduced directly to Vietnamese tourists coming to Korea through Saigontourist, to promote and encourage the use of NAPAS cards to pay for goods, food and beverage services, entertainment... at payment acceptance points ("NAPAS") of the BC Card system throughout Korea.

This not only brings many practical benefits to tourists in particular, but also promotes the development of the tourism industry and cashless payments in general, contributing to the national digital transformation according to the Prime Minister's Decision.

The cooperation program to promote tourism and cross-border payments between Saigontourist and NAPAS is widely communicated so that people can access information, use services, and interact with the program. In addition to the benefits for tourists, the program also has great significance in promoting cross-border payments between Vietnam and countries in the region using NAPAS domestic cards.

The cooperation between Saigontourist - NAPAS - Tuoi Tre Newspaper is based on promoting the capabilities and strengths of each unit in terms of capacity, experience, resources, staff, technical facilities, service facilities...

Immediately after the cooperation, on October 5 and 6, 2024, in Seoul, Korea, the event "Vietnam Pho Festival 2024" will also take place, organized by Tuoi Tre Newspaper in collaboration with Saigon Tourist Corporation to introduce to Korean people the cultural values ​​of Vietnam, promote the image of the country to promote diplomatic relations, economy, trade and tourism. Saigontourist and NAPAS will closely coordinate to bring each unit's special attractive products and services to tourists.

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NAPAS domestic cards issued by Vietnamese banks and financial companies have product lines including debit cards, prepaid cards, credit cards and dual cards that integrate both debit and credit cards in one physical card.

The card is deployed according to the VCCS standard set managed by NAPAS, meeting the chip card standard regulations of the State Bank as well as the international organization EMV. Advanced chip technology is applied in the card to enhance security, safety and security, and support the prevention of fraudulent and counterfeit card transactions.

Regarding payment scope, NAPAS domestic cards can not only be used domestically but can also be used in a number of countries. Specifically:

In Korea:

NAPAS cardholders issued by banks and financial companies (Agribank, BIDV, MB, TPBank, Sacombank, LPBank, SHB, NamABank, ABBank, OCB, VIB, BVBank, WooriBank, VietBank, Bao Viet Bank, BacABank, VietABank, Co-opbank, SaigonBank, VRB, Mirae Assets) can make payments at a network of more than 3.41 million payment acceptance units in the BC Card Company network, including the largest duty-free store chain in Korea - Shila Duty Free, 24/7 convenience store chain CU, Line Friends store chain and other small and medium-sized businesses. In addition, NAPAS cards can also be used to withdraw money at the ATM system of Wooribank Korea in the BC Card Company network, including more than 50,000 ATMs located at the CU, GS25, Ministop convenience store chains throughout Korea; More than 5,500 ATMs belong to Wooribank Korea. And especially all ATMs located at subway stations from Line 1 to Line 4 in Seoul have accepted NAPAS cards.

At the same time, NAPAS cardholders issued by banks (Agribank, VRB, SaigonBank, SeABank, ABBank, GPBank, HDBank) can withdraw money at ATM systems of banks including NICE and CitiBank belonging to the KFTC company network, Korea.

In Thailand: NAPAS cardholders issued by banks (Agribank, VRB, SaigonBank, SeABank, ABBank, GPBank, HDBank) can withdraw money at ATM systems of SCB, KTB, KBank and BBL banks belonging to the ITMX - Thailand national switching network.

In Malaysia: NAPAS cardholders issued by banks (Agribank, SaigonBank, SeABank, ABBank, GPBank, HDBank) can withdraw money at ATM systems of Bank Muamalat, Maybank, RHB Bank, MBSB Bank in Malaysia's national switching network PayNet.

In Laos: NAPAS cardholders issued by banks (BIDV, Agribank, VRB, SaigonBank, SeABank, ABBank, GPBank, HDBank, VietABank) can withdraw money at LaoVietBank ATM system.

Thu Loan