Between November 8-9, 2019 in Hanoi, Fintech Vietnam Forum was held as the culmination of the 2019 Fintech Challenge Vietnam (FCV), which was organized by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) with the support from the Mekong Business Initiative (MBI), a program jointly funded by the Australian Government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Mr. Nguyen Kim Anh, Deputy Governor cum Chairman of the SBV Fintech Steering Committee, attended and presided over the event.

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