Friday, November 28, 2008

Money transfers made easier

Western Union on Nov. 25 began officially providing money-transfer services at the Vietnam Post Corporation offices nationwide.

In the first period, Western Union services will be provided at over 600 of the 3,000 Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost) offices across the country. In the next 18 months, this will be expanded to 1,700 VNpost locations.

Customers can receive money via Western Union in either Vietnamese dong or US dollars from 7:30am to 7pm everyday.

The cooperation between VNPost and Western Union will make sending and receiving money safer and faster.

Users only need to fill out a form and present some form of identification to use the service, a private account is not required.

Western Union has offered money transfer services in Vietnam for the last 14 years, cooperating with banks and enterprises to set up a network of 4,500 transaction centres across the country.

This is the first time they offered services at VNPost locations.

Western Union is the leading money transfer company in the world with more than 200,000 transaction sites located in 195 countries and territories.
Source: VNA

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