The Deutsche Sparkassenstiftung für internationale Kooperation has contributed to financial sector development in Vietnam for over 15 years. It successfully established TYM, a microfinance institute for women, which has economically empowered female clients and reduced poverty among rural families in North and Central Vietnam.  

Our current project is focused on promoting sustainable transformation within the financial sector by developing future banking experts at universities and academies. Key partners include educational institutions such as Ho Chi Minh University of Banking and the Banking Academy of Vietnam, both overseen by the State Bank of Vietnam. Project activities encompass practical training for future banking specialists in Sustainable Finance, Digital Finance, and Personal Finance Management. Additionally, the implementation of a DSIK Banking Simulation is planned. The two partner organisations also provide financial education and entrepreneurship training for all students and the general public.

Our further partner, the Vietnam Women’s Academy, collaborates with us under the Vietnams Women’s Union. We focus on financial and digital literacy education for students, women, and disadvantaged groups. Another key area is establishing sustainability in academics. All Vietnamese educational institutions in our network organise World Savings Day and use the DSIK Business Games.

The aim is to further implement the DSIK tools for sustainable finance, including the ESG Risk Radar, the Sustainable Finance Compass, and the Carbon Disclosure Reporting Tool, within local financial institutions such as the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Another project partner, the Singapore-based FinTech Thitsa Work, is also supported by the Vietnam office. It operates an e-learning platform with courses on financial and digital literacy as well as capacity building for banking experts, including sustainable finance, SME finance and governance and compliance.