Issuance of Circular No. 27/2025/TT-NHNN stipulating that internal money transfers of amounts equal to or exceeding 500 million VND must be reported
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Tuesday, Sep/23/2025 - 13:41
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(L&D) – On September 15, 2025, the State Bank of Vietnam issued Circular No. 27/2025/TT-NHNN guiding the implementation of a number of provisions of the 2022 Law on Anti-Money Laundering. The State Bank requires that internal money transfers of VND 500 million or more, or foreign currency of equivalent value, must be reported to the Anti-Money Laundering Department.
Accordingly, Circular No. 27 was developed on the basis of inheriting the provisions of Circular No. 09/2023 that remain applicable, while revising and supplementing a number of provisions in order to address the main difficulties and obstacles faced by reporting entities and regulatory authorities during implementation.
Under the Circular, the State Bank of Vietnam requires that internal money transfers in amounts equal to or exceeding VND 500 million, or foreign currency of equivalent value, must be reported to the Anti-Money Laundering Department. Money transfer transactions involving institutions located outside the territory of Vietnam with a value of USD 1,000 or more are also subject to reporting requirements.
In addition, the Circular also stipulates the value thresholds and documents to be presented to customs authorities at border checkpoints when carrying foreign currency in cash, Vietnamese Dong in cash, precious metals, or gemstones in excess of the prescribed limits.
The value threshold for precious metals (excluding gold) and gemstones is VND 400 million. Similarly, the value threshold for negotiable instruments is also VND 400 million.
The value thresholds for foreign currency in cash, Vietnamese Dong in cash, and gold that must be declared to customs authorities at border checkpoints upon exit or entry shall comply with the prevailing regulations of the State Bank of Vietnam on carrying foreign currency in cash, Vietnamese dong in cash, and gold when exiting or entering the country.
The Circular shall take effect on November 1, 2025. However, in order to ensure that reporting entities have sufficient time to prepare for proper implementation of the adjusted provisions of the Circular relating to internal regulations, risk management procedures, reporting templates, and reporting requirements, the Circular provides transitional provisions for certain contents.
As from January 1, 2026, reporting entities shall be responsible for completing the adjustment and updating of internal regulations and risk management procedures, and must have software systems in place to screen and filter against blacklists, watchlists, and politically exposed persons, as well as to monitor transactions in order to detect and flag relevant suspicious indicators for the purposes of anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and counter-proliferation financing of weapons of mass destruction.
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