Vietnamese Deputy Finance Minister Nguyễn Đức Chi met Austria’s FMA leader Mariana Kühnel in Vienna on September 15 to discuss financial-market supervision and crypto-asset regulation, VietnamPlus reported.

Chi said Vietnam has established a pilot legal framework and expects to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026. The country is developing supervisory arrangements based on FATF recommendations, with an emphasis on risk management, investor protection and anti-money laundering. The licensing remains a planned step, rather than a completed approval.