This article measures the level of financial literacy in the rural areas of Vietnam. The financial literacy is usually concerned by financial institutions and government organizations. This is considered to be an indicator that contributes to the assessment of the quality and potential growth of the financial system. In the article the determinants of financial literacy in Vietnam are identified. In result the authors propose a designed financial literacy enhancement programme for implementation.

Pre-service teachers’ knowledge in the field of finances is crucial as it is a prerequisite to the development of students’ financial literacy. This paper describes a quantitative study focusing on testing pre-service mathematics teachers’ financial literacy at the start of their studies. 47 pre-service mathematics teachers were assigned a test of financial literacy within the frame of this study.