The State Bank of Vietnam reported that Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha accompanied the Prime Minister on an official visit to Malaysia to attend the 46th ASEAN Summit and related meetings, combining summit participation with bilateral engagements relevant to economic and financial cooperation and central bank capacity building. The programme included a working meeting with the Southeast Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) training centre focused on potential tailored capacity-building support for SBV as it restructures its organisation. At the ASEAN–Gulf Cooperation Council–China summit on 27 May 2025, participants reaffirmed commitments to promote trade, investment and finance, supply-chain connectivity and market access, and to cooperate in areas such as digital technology, artificial intelligence and renewable energy. Ha also attended a bilateral session with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, where Vietnam’s Prime Minister sought stronger economic cooperation including balanced trade, science and technology collaboration and rail connectivity, with a stated goal to start construction of the Lao Cai–Hanoi–Hai Phong line in 2025 alongside requests for concessional credit, technology transfer and human resources training. In meetings with Bank Negara Malaysia, the Asia School of Business and SEACEN Executive Director Cynyoung Park, Ha highlighted SBV’s interest in learning regional central bank practices on organisational structure and human resource management and asked SEACEN to consider Vietnam-specific in-country courses, conferences or workshops on organisational governance, human resources development and leadership training. Cooperation topics also referenced emerging areas including AI, digital transformation, banking digitisation, cybersecurity risk, macroprudential safety standards and advanced supervisory practices, with both sides agreeing to strengthen SBV–SEACEN cooperation.

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