VIETNAM GLOBAL
INNOVATION CONNECT | 2026
VIETNAM GLOBAL
INNOVATION CONNECT | 2026
FUTURE TECH — VIETNAM'S DIGITAL LEAP
29 - 30.07.2026
Sihub - Startup & Innovation Hub of Ho Chi Minh City
Trương Định/123 Võ Thị Sáu, Xuân Hòa, Hồ Chí Minh, Viêt Nam
FUTURE TECH — VIETNAM'S DIGITAL LEAP
29 - 30.07.2026
Sihub - Startup & Innovation Hub of Ho Chi Minh City
Trương Định/123 Võ Thị Sáu, Xuân Hòa, Hồ Chí Minh, Viêt Nam
VIETNAM GLOBAL INNOVATION CONNECT | 2026
FUTURE TECH — VIETNAM'S DIGITAL LEAP
29 - 30.07.2026
Sihub
Startup & Innovation Hub of HCMC
Trương Định/123 Võ Thị Sáu, Xuân Hòa, TP. Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam
VGIC 2026 Overview
Lead · Connect · Foster
Vietnam Global Innovation Connect 2026 - VGIC 2026 is a premier innovation forum dedicated to advancing Vietnam’s next era of growth and transformation. VGIC 2026 embodies Vietnam’s ambition to strengthen its position as a global hub of innovation, technology, and knowledge-driven development. As a platform that brings together policymakers, business leaders, innovators, researchers, investors, and entrepreneurs from around the world, VGIC 2026 fosters meaningful dialogue, strategic partnerships, and actionable solutions to address the opportunities and challenges of the future. Join VGIC 2026 to connect, collaborate, and co-create sustainable values for future!
Theme: Smart & Sustainable Horizon: Driving Ho Chi Minh City’s Future through Tech & Innovation.
Lead
Positioning Vietnam as a leading innovation hub in Southeast Asia, driving digital transformation and smart, sustainable city development.
Connect
Bridging policy, technology, and investment to translate innovation into impact; leveraging AI, semiconductors, automation, blockchain, and green technologies to solve complex urban challenges.
Foster
Building a comprehensive innovation ecosystem that brings government, businesses, universities, startups, and investment funds together to drive knowledge- and technology-based economic growth.
VGIC 2026 overview
Lead · Connect · Foster
Vietnam Global Innovation Connect 2026 - VGIC 2026 is a premier innovation forum dedicated to advancing Vietnam’s next era of growth and transformation. VGIC 2026 embodies Vietnam’s ambition to strengthen its position as a global hub of innovation, technology, and knowledge-driven development. As a platform that brings together policymakers, business leaders, innovators, researchers, investors, and entrepreneurs from around the world, VGIC 2026 fosters meaningful dialogue, strategic partnerships, and actionable solutions to address the opportunities and challenges of the future. Join VGIC 2026 to connect, collaborate, and co-create sustainable values for future!
Theme: Smart & Sustainable Horizon: Driving Ho Chi Minh City’s Future through Tech & Innovation.
Lead
Positioning Vietnam as a leading innovation hub in Southeast Asia, driving digital transformation and smart, sustainable city development.
Connect
Bridging policy, technology, and investment to translate innovation into impact; leveraging AI, semiconductors, automation, blockchain, and green technologies to solve complex urban challenges.
Foster
Building a comprehensive innovation ecosystem that brings government, businesses, universities, startups, and investment funds together to drive knowledge- and technology-based economic growth.
Agenda
Agenda
DAY 1: 29/07/2026
Strategic Vision & Industrial Use Cases
Evening
- VGIC 2026 Summit Gala Dinner & Connect: Connecting Visionaries for Sustainable Impact.
DAY 2: 30/07/2026
Action, Entrepreneurship & Industry Immersion
Afternoon
- Industry & Company Visits (Offsite Group Tours): Visit Saigon Hi-Tech Park; Smart City Operations Center (IOC); Advanced Technology Laboratories at universities.
Evening
- VIP Dinner: Connecting leading technology experts, corporations, and government
Morning
- Pitchathon Competition: Pre-screened sustainable/smart city startups pitch to top regional VCs (Golden Gate Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, etc.).
- Incubation Experience Sharing
Afternoon
- Parallel Discussion Sessions: Tech in Action & Real-World Use Cases.
- Parallel Discussion Sessions: Tech in Action & Real-World Use Cases.
Morning
- Opening: Theme "Vietnam - A New Era of Ascendancy, Positioning HCMC as a sustainable global tech hub".
- Plenary Session: Global Governance & Policy Frameworks for HCMC.
DAY 1 : 29/07/2026
Strategic Vision & Industrial Use Cases
Evening
- VGIC 2026 Summit Gala Dinner & Connect: Connecting Visionaries for Sustainable Impact.
DAY 2 : 30/07/2026
Action, Entrepreneurship & Industry Immersion
Afternoon
- Industry & Company Visits (Offsite Group Tours): Visit Saigon Hi-Tech Park; Smart City Operations Center (IOC); Advanced Technology Laboratories at universities.
Evening
- VIP Dinner: Connecting leading technology experts, corporations, and government
Morning
- Pitchathon Competition: Pre-screened sustainable/smart city startups pitch to top regional VCs (Golden Gate Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, etc.).
- Incubation Experience Sharing
Afternoon
- Parallel Discussion Sessions: Tech in Action & Real-World Use Cases.
- Parallel Discussion Sessions: Tech in Action & Real-World Use Cases.
Morning
- Opening: Theme "Vietnam - A New Era of Ascendancy, Positioning HCMC as a sustainable global tech hub".
- Plenary Session: Global Governance & Policy Frameworks for HCMC.
Register to attend VGIC 2026
Time : July 29 & 30 2026
Venue : Sihub - Startup & Innovation Hub of HCMC
Trương Định/123 Võ Thị Sáu, Xuân Hòa, TP. Hồ Chí Minh
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Time : July 29 & 30, 2026
Venue : Sihub - Startup & Innovation Hub of HCMC - Trương Định/123 Võ Thị Sáu, Xuân Hòa, TP. Hồ Chí Minh
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Speakers and Guests
Global Vietnamese Intellectual Elite - Top 100 experts, scientists, and senior leaders of Vietnamese with international influence.
VGIC 2026 is proud to attract and gather the TOP 100 INNOVATORS – globally influential Vietnamese and Vietnamese-origin people innovators, including experts, scientists, senior leaders, and winners of prestigious domestic and foreign technology and innovation awards.
Nguyễn Đức Khương 
Professor, Chairman of AVSE Global; Executive Director of EMLV Business School; Director of International Development at De Vinci Higher Education Group. Ranked 7th among the world's top 200 young economists by the RePEc project (Research Papers in Economics).
Nguyễn Bích Yến 
Senior expert at Soitec Group with over 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, holding 200 patents globally and over 350 scientific publications. Dan Noble Fellow, IEEE Fellow, and Frederik Philips Award 2024.
Lê Quang Đạm 
Director of Marvell Technology Vietnam, Senior Scientist at Broadcom. Holds a PhD in Signal Processing (Artificial Intelligence) from Laval University (Canada), and a Master's degree from the University of Moncton (Canada).
Vũ Minh Khương
Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew School Research Excellence Award (2012) and the Lee Kuan Yew School Teaching Excellence Award (2009, 2011).
Nguyễn Đình Quý 
R&D Director at Mitsubishi Electric, Boston, USA; Director of Innovation Network, AVSE Global; Co-founder, VietSearch. PhD and Bachelor's from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. "Vietnamese Talent" Award 2019, "Golden Book of Creativity" 2021.
Vương Bá Quý
CEO/Founder, InnoSearch. PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, honors graduate from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Former technology and product manager at Meta and Google. First Prize, Vietnamese Talent 2007.
Quy Võ 
Director of dHealth, Director of V-Space Global. Voted as "Most Influential Woman in Blockchain in Europe" and "Digital Innovator of 2020" in Switzerland.
Lê Anh Đức 
Artificial Intelligence Expert, Google Asia Pacific.
Lưu Anh Tuấn 
Associate Professor, Executive Director of the AI Research Center at VinUniversity, Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and recipient of the Singapore MITI Innovation Award (2013).
Hồ Anh Văn 
Associate Professor Hồ Anh Văn, Head of the Soft Robotics Laboratory, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST).
Phan Mạnh Tân 
PhD in Information Technology, Head of Digital Transformation Technology for Asia Pacific at HCL Technologies. Champion of Olympia 2002.
Speakers and guests
Top 100 Innovators — Global Vietnamese Intellectual Elite
Experts, scientists, senior leaders, and recipients of prestigious technology awards both domestically and internationally.
Nguyễn Đức Khương
Professor, Chairman of AVSE Global; Executive Director of EMLV Business School; Director of International Development at De Vinci Higher Education Group. Ranked 7th among the world's top 200 young economists by the RePEc project (Research Papers in Economics).
Nguyễn Bích Yến
Senior expert at Soitec Group with over 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, holding 200 patents globally and over 350 scientific publications. Dan Noble Fellow, IEEE Fellow, and Frederik Philips Award 2024.
Lê Quang Đạm
Director of Marvell Technology Vietnam, Senior Scientist at Broadcom. Holds a PhD in Signal Processing (Artificial Intelligence) from Laval University (Canada), and a Master's degree from the University of Moncton (Canada).
Vũ Minh Khương
Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew School Research Excellence Award (2012) and the Lee Kuan Yew School Teaching Excellence Award (2009, 2011).
Nguyễn Đình Quý
R&D Director at Mitsubishi Electric, Boston, USA; Director of Innovation Network, AVSE Global; Co-founder, VietSearch. PhD and Bachelor's from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. "Vietnamese Talent" Award 2019, "Golden Book of Creativity" 2021.
Vương Bá Quý
CEO/Founder, InnoSearch. PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, honors graduate from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Former technology and product manager at Meta and Google. First Prize, Vietnamese Talent 2007.
Quy Võ
Director of dHealth, Director of V-Space Global. Voted as "Most Influential Woman in Blockchain in Europe" and "Digital Innovator of 2020" in Switzerland.
Lê Anh Đức
Artificial Intelligence Expert, Google Asia Pacific.
Lưu Anh Tuấn
Associate Professor, Executive Director of the AI Research Center at VinUniversity, Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and recipient of the Singapore MITI Innovation Award (2013).
Hồ Anh Văn
Associate Professor Hồ Anh Văn, Head of the Soft Robotics Laboratory, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST).
Phan Mạnh Tân
PhD in Information Technology, Head of Digital Transformation Technology for Asia Pacific at HCL Technologies. Champion of Olympia 2002.
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+10.000
Global experts Network
+30
Countries
+500
Trusted partners
AVSE Global – Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts is a Paris-headquartered organization of Vietnamese scientists and experts with a global reach, pioneering in strategic advisory, top executive education programs, and science and policy forums, bringing innovative solutions for the sustainable development of Vietnam, through connecting collective intellectual strengths of Vietnamese talented experts and intellectuals worldwide with strong aspirations to contribute to the country’s progress.
Annually, AVSE Global organizes 10+ international policy seminars and forums, 20+ executive training programs, 10+ major consulting projects on socio-economic planning and development, and 50+ strategic and in-depth reports across key topics such as education and training, talent attraction, economic development, urban planning, innovation, digital transformation, and energy.
+2,000
Connected experts
+300
Core member
+10.000
Global experts Network
+30
Countries
+500
Trusted partners
AVSE Global – Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts is a Paris-headquartered organization of Vietnamese scientists and experts with a global reach, pioneering in strategic advisory, top executive education programs, and science and policy forums, bringing innovative solutions for the sustainable development of Vietnam, through connecting collective intellectual strengths of Vietnamese talented experts and intellectuals worldwide with strong aspirations to contribute to the country’s progress.
Annually, AVSE Global organizes 10+ international policy seminars and forums, 20+ executive training programs, 10+ major consulting projects on socio-economic planning and development, and 50+ strategic and in-depth reports across key topics such as education and training, talent attraction, economic development, urban planning, innovation, digital transformation, and energy.
+2,000
Connected experts
+300
Core member
A look back at VGIC 2025
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A look back at VGIC 2025
Some images and statistics