Vietnam

FATF: verstärkte Beobachtung (graue Liste)

Since June 2023, when Vietnam made a high-level political commitment to work with the FATF and APG to strengthen the effectiveness of its AML/CFT regime, Vietnam has taken some steps towards improving its AML/CFT regime. Vietnam should continue to work on implementing its FATF action plan to address its strategic deficiencies, including:

1. increasing risk understanding
2. enhancing international co-operation
3. implementing effective risk-based supervision for FIs and DNFBPs
4. taking action to regulate virtual assets and virtual asset service providers
5. addressing technical compliance deficiencies, including with respect to the ML offence, targeted financial sanctions, customer due diligence and suspicious transaction reporting
6. conducting outreach activities with the private sector
7. establishing a regime that provides competent authorities with adequate, accurate and up-to-date information on beneficial ownership
8. enhancing the quality and quantity of financial intelligence analysis and dissemination
9. prioritising parallel financial investigations and demonstrating an increase in the number of ML investigations and prosecutions undertaken
10. demonstrating that there is monitoring of FIs and DNFBPs for compliance with PF TFS obligations and that there is co-operation and coordination between authorities to prevent PF TFS from being evaded

The FATF expresses significant concern with the pace of progress and Vietnam's failure to complete its action plan. The FATF again strongly urges Vietnam to swiftly implement its action plan to address the above-mentioned strategic deficiencies as soon as possible as all deadlines expired in May 2025. The FATF will expect to see tangible improvements in February 2027 or the FATF will consider next steps.

Quelle: FATF-Erklärung, Oktober 2026