Vietnam on financial grey list over weapons-proliferation risks
Published on: Friday 23 June 2023
Vietnam was added to the watch list of the FATF international financial crime watchdog, which said the nation has nonetheless committed to proving it effectively prevents the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Myanmar, Iran and North Korea are the only countries on the group's "black list". Vietnam is one of the few states with good relations with North Korea, which is actively pursuing a nuclear weapons programme despite widespread global denunciations and internatio