In preparing for the mutual evaluation of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) for Vietnam's anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), with the technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) organizes a mock interview workshop for APG mutual evaluation of Vietnam, which takes place between October 14-18, 2019 with the participation of all relevant Vietnamese Ministries and agencies.
The purpose of the Workshop is to have a mock evaluation based on the contents of the National Risk Assessment Report on money laundering and terrorism financing (NRA Report), the Technical Compliance Report (TC Report), and the Immediate Outcome Report (IO Report).
According to the Workshop agenda, the experienced experts of the ADB and other international experts will focus on the interview questions related to the results of the national risk assessment on money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF); the actions taken after Vietnam's national risk assessment on money laundering and terrorism financing; the issues of international cooperation, investigation, prosecution, trial of money laundering crimes and source crimes related to money laundering; the issues related to the combat against terrorist financing; the issues related to preventive measures of the reporting organizations, etc., so that each concerned Ministry and agency can fully and accurately prepare the answers for enquiries about Vietnam's legal system, the results of the implementation of Vietnam's legal system on combating money laundering and terrorism financing; therefore they can be better prepared for the official APG evaluation for Vietnam, which takes place from November 4-15, 2019.
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