Vietnam’s Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi has said that the country might introduce its first officially regulated crypto asset trading as early as the third quarter of 2026. 

The government announced at the Digital Trust in Finance 2026 forum in Hanoi that it had approved five companies to operate digital asset exchanges.

Vietnam’s calculated entrance into the digital asset industry

Vietnam’s Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi announced during the Digital Trust in Finance 2026 forum in Hanoi that, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security and the State Bank of Vietnam, five approved digital asset platform operators had been selected.

“We believe that, as early as the third…