Will pilot virtual currency and digital asset trading floor

According to Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi, the Ministry of Finance was assigned by the Prime Minister to report to the Government in March 2025 on the issuance of a resolution, allowing a pilot project to build and put into operation a virtual currency and digital asset exchange.

On the afternoon of March 5, at the regular Government press conference in February, answering questions about the management of digital currencies and virtual currencies, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi said that digital assets, digital currencies and virtual currencies are very complicated and new issues, not only for Vietnam but also for many countries in the region and the world. This issue is being thoroughly studied by relevant agencies, proposing different legal frameworks to have a way to manage all activities related to virtual assets and digital assets transparently, serving the socio-economic development of each country and each economy.

From the practical issues raised, the Government leaders have directed research and development of a legal framework for this activity.

Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi answers the press (Photo: Doan Bac)

According to Mr. Chi, earlier this week, the Government Standing Committee and the Prime Minister chaired a meeting to listen to the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and branches report on the situation of virtual currency and orientations for building a legal framework related to virtual asset and virtual currency activities in Vietnam.

Mr. Chi said that the Ministry of Finance has been assigned by the Prime Minister to report to the Government in March to issue a resolution, allowing a pilot project to build and put into operation a virtual currency exchange so that investors, organizations and individuals in Vietnam have a place to trade, invest and buy and sell, and it is organized by business units licensed by the State.

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