Posts Tagged ‘ The Card ’

Vietnamese police bust fake ATM card ring 

January 9, 2012
Vietnamese police bust fake ATM card ring 

  Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested one Vietnamese and three Malaysian men for allegedly using fake ATM cards to withdraw money from local banks. They are believed to be members of a transnational crime ring. The first arrest, of Co Kim Thach, a 39-year-old resident of District 5, was made on December 30, [...]

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Malaysian man caught using fake credit cards in Hanoi 

May 31, 2011
Malaysian man caught using fake credit cards in Hanoi 

  Hanoi police arrested a Malaysian suspected of using a fake credit card to buy a laptop and four iPhones at an electronic mart in Hanoi on Thursday. This is the second time this month that a Malaysian has been caught using fake credit cards. Choi Mingkian, who had rented a room in a hotel [...]

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Changing cards a source of trouble for bank customers

January 12, 2010
Changing cards a source of trouble for bank customers

LookAtVietnam – Bank debt card holders are complaining they’ve been experiencing problems changing cards as requested by their banks. After hearing that his bank had begun issuing new Connect24 card with new bank identification number (BIN), Nguyen Xuan Toan, a customer of Vietcombank hurried along to change his card.Toan was concerned when he was told [...]

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The biggest-ever “thank you” for teachers

November 13, 2009
The biggest-ever “thank you” for teachers

LookAtVietnam – The card  “Gratitude to teachers” made from 15,000 pink lotuses came into sight on the afternoon of November 12. The card has been designed to celebrate the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day on November 20. Nearly 4,000 students and learners joined the work by making lotuses and writing their thanks to teachers to show their deep [...]

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Ninh Thuan to withdraw ‘insulting’ teacher ID

September 24, 2009

The Department of Education and Training in Ninh Thuan Province will withdraw a teachers’ ID card that has been slammed by officials, teachers and the general public as disrespectful and insulting. The education department of Phan Rang – Thap Cham City in the south central province evoked outrage after it issued cards identifying teachers as [...]

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Central Bank will encourage but not compel move to ‘smart’ bank cards

August 28, 2009
Central Bank will encourage but not compel move to ‘smart’ bank cards

LookAtVietnam – The State Bank of Vietnam has reassured commercial banks that they can decide themselves when to phase in chip card technology. The director of the Payment Department at the State Bank of Vietnam said categorically that the central bank is still conducting a survey on Vietnam’s bank card market, and it has not [...]

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Vietnam preparing to employ chip-card technology

August 11, 2009
Vietnam preparing to employ chip-card technology

The State Bank is laying the foundation for the issuance of ATM cards with chips instead of magnetic cards for enhanced security. A source from the State Bank of Vietnam said that the bank is surveying the processes of card issuance and payment being carried out in Vietnam. The purpose of the survey is to set [...]

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Public telephones become dinosaurs

April 15, 2009
Public telephones become dinosaurs

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten thousand public telephone boxes across the nation not only produce no profit, they have become drawcards for vandals and children to play in – and shelters for those caught in the rain. This has been brought about by the rapid development of mobile phones, says Nguyen Chau Son, vice director of [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...