The signing ceremony of cooperation on the playground "Smart Finance" is coming soon

Financialeducation right from school is a strategic and urgent step.

On January 22, 2020, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 149/QD-TTg approving the National Financial Inclusion Strategy to 2025 and vision to 2030 (the Strategy). The Strategy clearly states the goal that all people and businesses have access to and can safely and conveniently use financial products and services.

The strategy is built on five basic principles, which are the participation and close coordination of all sectors and fields; application of modern technology and innovation; ensuring the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the financial system, safety and security of customer information; and application of international experience in breakthrough solutions to promote financial inclusion.

In line with the Party and State's policies and orientations on implementing the National Financial Inclusion Strategy, as the standing body of the National Steering Committee on Financial Inclusion, the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has always paid close attention to all-round solutions to achieve the set goals. As a result, the National Financial Inclusion Strategy sets out 9 specific goals, and so far 5/9 targets have been able to be completed.

In particular, the system of organizations providing financial products and services in the market has developed quite diversely, present in most provinces and cities across the country, targeting rural areas, remote areas. The average number of branches and transaction offices of the commercial banking system per 100,000 adults reached 15.69 units; the rate of communes/towns with financial service points out of the total number of communes/towns nationwide reached 32.98%.

Most credit institutions have been implementing digital transformation strategies in their operations; proactively researching and developing digital banking products and services; improving customer convenience and experience by strengthening connections with other industries and sectors, helping people in remote areas access services quickly, safely and conveniently. As a result, basic financial products and services aimed at the target groups of comprehensive finance have been actively improved.

In particular, in the communication work on financial inclusion, the Prime Minister highly appreciated the SBV for proactively implementing many programs such as Smart Money, Smart Money, Money Universe, etc., which have brought about positive effects and impacts on people, helping them better understand financial knowledge and prevent fraud in cyberspace. In the coming time, the Prime Minister emphasized the need to do a better job of communicating about financial inclusion with messages that are easy to remember, easy to understand, and easy to spread.

However, Professor Dr. Le Anh Vinh, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, once shared that currently, many Vietnamese people are still unfamiliar with basic financial concepts. People, especially those in rural, remote and isolated areas, still have limited financial knowledge and lack effective financial management skills. Therefore, financial education is one of the important goals to successfully implement the National Comprehensive Financial Strategy, approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 149/QD-TTg dated January 22, 2020. Financial education right from school is a strategic and urgent step.

According to experts, financial education does not stop at providing basic knowledge, but needs to aim at an in-depth understanding of personal financial management skills such as spending, saving, investing and risk management. This is important because personal financial management is not simply about earning or saving, but is a comprehensive combination of income, spending, saving, investing and risk management. This also involves building personal habits and behaviors, combined with knowledge of financial products and services.

As the mouthpiece of the State Bank, after restructuring the organizational structure and closely following the core tasks of the Industry, Banking Times has immediately embarked on innovating comprehensive policy communication work in all aspects. In particular, education on comprehensive finance is also one of the key contents deployed by Banking Times.

Banking Times has built a comprehensive finance column in the print and electronic editions of Banking Times, in which the content on comprehensive finance is presented in many rich and eye-catching forms such as videos, infographics, graphics, etc.; continuing to produce with VTV the program "Key Treasurer". This is a television program that has received many positive responses from the audience and has been highly appreciated by many classes of the public. Notably, within 2 months, for the first time, AI on comprehensive finance will be officially introduced to the public by Banking Times.

To continue diversifying communication forms, on April 11, 2025 (Friday) , Banking Times and FPT Corporation will hold a signing ceremony for the cooperation on the "Smart Finance" playground for high school students nationwide, aiming to improve financial knowledge for high school students. Banking Times is in charge of expertise and co-communication for the program. Through that, it will strengthen communication about banking policies, banking products and services to students, families, parents and schools.

The signing ceremony of cooperation between FPT Corporation and Banking Times to organize the "Smart Finance" playground not only brings a meaningful playground for high school students nationwide but also creates practical values ​​for the young generation and contributes to the overall development of financial education in Vietnam.

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