#VietnamCryptoPolicy 🇻🇳 Vietnam Legalizes Crypto! (June 14, 2025)
📜 The National Assembly just passed the Law on the Digital Technology Industry—officially legalizing crypto starting Jan 1, 2026!
🔐 Asset Breakdown:
• 🪙 Virtual Assets = exchange/investment use
• 💾 Crypto Assets = encrypted ownership/validation tools
❌ Excludes fiat-tokens, securities & traditional finance instruments.
🛡️ Regulatory Focus:
• 🔐 Cybersecurity
• 💸 Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorist Financing (FATF standards)
📉 Aims to lift 🇻🇳 off the FATF gray list (on since 2023).
📚 Background:
🧱 Years of groundwork (since 2017)
📝 PM pushed hard in 2025 for MOF & SBV to finalize it
🗺️ Part of the National Blockchain Strategy 2024–2030: sandboxes, public-sector tools & ASEAN leadership.
📈 Adoption & Goals:
🌍 Top 5 in global crypto use
💸 Real use cases: remittance, inclusion, rewards, speculation
🏦 Goal: User protection + tax revenue + attract institutions
🚀 Why It’s Big:
• Ends legal ambiguity
• Moves Vietnam closer to 🌐 global standards
• Pushes 🇻🇳 toward being a regional crypto powerhouse!