Monday, December 21, 2020, 15:45 GMT+7 This image shows magnetic stripe (magstripe) cards issued by Vietnamese banks. Photo: Duc Thien / Tuoi Tre Chips of EMV, short for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa, standards will replace the magnetic stripes on cards issued by Vietnamese banks, starting March 2021. The adjustment was proposed in a bill to amend the State Bank of Vietnam’s Circular 19/2016 on bank card operations. According to the central bank, this regulation is meant to enforce the adoption of EMV chip cards, as some of the banks were found disregarding the roadmap toward uniform chip ...