CHAPTER 20

Currencies and Crypto in Vietnam and Asia

Markets, rules and practice

Opening question

“What can a Vietnamese investor legally and sensibly do?”

In this chapter

How the State Bank of Vietnam manages the dong with a central rate and a band
The main foreign-currency rules for residents, in plain terms
Dollars, gold and remittances: why households hold them and what they cost
A worked comparison of a dong and a dollar deposit
Crypto adoption in Vietnam and the legal framework being built from 2025
Exchange-rate regimes across Asia, from Hong Kong's link to Japan's float
How Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and others regulate crypto
A practical checklist before acting

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This chapter is in the full book

Chapter 1 is free to read online. The full text of chapter 20 — with its tables, figures, worked examples and practice lab — is available in the complete edition of Forex and Crypto Investing: From Theory to Practice (Volume 3, NXW Investment Library).

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Sections of this chapter

20.1 Why a chapter on Vietnam and Asia?

20.2 The dong: a managed rate and a band

20.3 Foreign-currency rules for residents

20.4 Dollars, gold and remittances

20.5 Hedging tools for companies

20.6 Crypto in Vietnam: adoption and the developing legal framework

20.7 Exchange-rate regimes across Asia

20.8 Crypto regulation across Asia

20.9 Practical rules: what to check

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