Basel II has three pillars and aims to better align capital requirements with risks. Pillar 1 updates minimum capital requirements to use more risk-sensitive approaches for credit, market, and operational risk. Pillar 2 requires banks and supervisors to review risk management and capital adequacy. Pillar 3 promotes market discipline through disclosure. Vietnam is implementing Basel II in phases, with the goal of fully adopting the three pillar framework by 2018 to strengthen its banking system.