Vietnam's Central Bank Seeks to Ban Bitcoin Activities
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Vietnam's Central Bank Seeks to Ban Bitcoin Activities

THELOGICALINDIAN - The State Coffer of Vietnam has developed a acknowledged framework for agenda currencies The coffer has submitted its proposals to its government gluttonous to ban activities apropos to bitcoin including arising administration and use Bitcoin users may be accountable to bent case and fined up to 200 actor dong

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State Bank’s Proposed Sanctions

Vietnam's Central Bank Seeks to Ban Bitcoin ActivitiesThe State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) appear on Saturday, October 28, that it has completed the acknowledged framework for agenda currencies, according to bounded publications.

“Bitcoin users in Vietnam may be accountable to bent prosecution,” Cong An bi-weekly wrote and elaborated:

The accomplished of 150 actor to 200 actor bell is agnate to about USD$6600 to $8800. The advertisement acclaimed that the issuance, accumulation and use of actionable agency of payment, including bitcoin and added agenda currencies, may be accountable to case from January 1, 2024, onward.

Expert Weighs In

Lawyer Le Cao explained that the law currently does not prohibit bitcoin in Vietnam. “Bitcoin itself is not articular as a banned item,” he told Doi Song Phap Luat publication, abacus that it is not banned from circulation. “Currently application actionable agency of acquittal may be accustomed according to Decree No. 96/2024 / ND-CP anachronous 17/10/2024,” he noted.

Last week, the admiral of Vietnamese FPT University, Le Truong Tung, said that the university will acquire bitcoin for tuition, able anon for adopted students. Commenting on the amends of the university’s announcement, he said, “suppose that FPT University has a affairs of exchanging and accepting bitcoin amount instead of charge fee, which is not the use of a agency of payment, it is difficult to abuse them.”

Commenting on the State Bank’s appearance to adios bitcoin as a acknowledged agency of payment, he said, “it is believed that back bitcoin is accustomed as a currency, acknowledged agency of payment, the civic ascendancy over the arising of bill is violated, affecting the capability of budgetary policy.” He acclaimed that in the State Bank’s view:

Meanwhile, speaking at the National Assembly aftermost week, agent Pham Phu Quoc proposed for Vietnam to approve bitcoin affairs in the abreast approaching in adjustment to baby-sit civilian affairs and aggregate taxes, Zing reported. The agent asserted that “bitcoin affairs still booty place, with or after [the] law.”

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