Mobile money services step into limelight for unbanked 10:00 | 17/03/2021
Vietnamese telecom behemoths are gearing up to offer seamless mobile money services to tap into the lucrative contactless payment industry in Vietnam, with major focus on non-banked and underbanked mobile subscribers in remote areas.
The long-awaited implementation of mobile money is believed to enable banking-like solutions for those previously unbanked. Photo: Le Toan
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last week greenlit the two-year pilot application of mobile money, which allows the use of mobile phone accounts to pay for small-value goods and services. Following Decision No.316/QD-TTg, telecom service providers will have to build and send dossiers to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) for consideration and appraisal.
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 14:42 GMT+7
The scene of the scaffolding collapse where three construction works were killed. Photo: Khanh Linh / Tuoi Tre News
Scaffolding collapsed from the second floor of a construction project in the northern Vietnamese province of Thai Binh on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the fatalities of three workers.
According to a source close to
Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper, the accident happened at around 6:35 pm when three workers on a four-member construction team were plastering walls on the second floor.
The sudden scaffolding collapse from a height of 5.5 meters sent workers to the concrete floor, killing two people on the spot and seriously injuring another, who was later reported dead at Thai Binh Provincial General Hospital that same day.