INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRES · CAPITAL MOBILISATION · MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE
Vietnam Financial Forum 2026
09–10 JUL 2026Ariyana Convention Centre · Da Nang
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WHY IT MATTERS
A private-sector-led platform bringing global institutional investors, market operators and financial leaders together to advance Vietnam's role as a regional financial hub and move the VIFC mandate from strategy toward execution.
012 conference days
023 parallel specialist tracks
0329 substantive agenda blocks
0480+ listed speakers and contributors
AGENDA & CONTENT
The programme at a glance
Compiled from the official agenda and speaker directory
National vision and welcome to VFF 2026
National and Da Nang leaders open the inaugural forum, followed by the Steering Committee, YBA Da Nang and VIFC host welcome.
Why Vietnam, Why Now?
A global financial-centre perspective on Vietnam's opportunity, readiness and institutional priorities.
The Next Generation of Financial Centers
How international financial centres are evolving around specialisation, technology, connectivity and trusted governance.
A Domestic Market Perspective on the VIFC
Techcombank connects the VIFC proposition with Vietnam's domestic financial system and real-economy growth.
Inside VIFC: Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang
The two VIFC operating teams present what is taking shape, their respective roles and current implementation priorities.
Assessing the Current State of VIFC Buildout
A candid assessment of governance, market infrastructure, green finance and implementation readiness.
A Global Investor Perspective
Warburg Pincus presents how international institutional investors assess Vietnam's opportunity and constraints.
What would it take to bring $1B into Vietnam?
Institutional investors and market analysts examine scale, risk, liquidity, project quality and investable pipelines.
IFCs & The Future of Tech-enabled Finance
An invitation-only discussion connecting established financial centres, fintech agencies and regulatory innovation.
Building a Trade & Supply Chain Finance Hub
IFC and market practitioners set out a strategic pathway for trade, supply-chain and commodities finance from Da Nang.
Solving Real Bottlenecks in Vietnam Trade & Supply Chain Finance
Banks, platforms and global finance operators examine working-capital gaps, data, risk and cross-border execution.
Commodities Finance & Trading
A focused panel tests whether commodities finance can become a distinctive VIFC capability.
Scaling Climate Finance in Emerging Markets
The climate-finance track opens with global experience in building investable environmental markets.
Making Climate Finance Work in Vietnam
Development and private investors examine risk allocation, project pipelines and scalable climate-finance structures.
Who Pays? Capital for Energy, Industry & Infrastructure Transition
The panel maps capital flows and responsibilities across energy, industrial transition and infrastructure.
Building Vietnam's Financial Talent Ecosystem
A sequence of practitioner inputs covers standards, universities, diaspora, AI and fintech skills, credential portability and action priorities.
Building the Pipes: Market Infrastructure, FX & Derivatives
The second day opens with the infrastructure required for a functioning international financial centre.
Building the System for a Successful VIFC
Custody, market operators, wealth infrastructure and technology leaders discuss the operating system behind the centre.
Vietnam Innovation & Private Capital Report 2026
The report frames the state of Vietnam's private-capital market and the channels needed for future growth.
Private Capital Channels: VC, PE & Growth Equity
Regional investors compare venture, private-equity and growth-capital opportunities and bottlenecks.
Where Will the Next $100B Go?
Investors and operators examine infrastructure, energy and industrial growth as destinations for large-scale capital.
Global Trends in Digital Payments and Blockchain
Payment, custody, ledger and legal experts examine the digital rails shaping international finance.
Digital Assets as a Capital Gateway for VIFC
Industry builders connect policy, compliant infrastructure and digital-asset use cases with Da Nang's VIFC mandate.
Third-party Supporting Services for the Financial Sector
Legal, asset-management, collateral, data, open-finance and trade-credit services are mapped as essential financial plumbing.
Fundraising Masterclass
A practical luncheon session on building an investable proposition and approaching international capital.
What It Takes to Attract International Capital
A wealth-management perspective on credibility, structuring and market access.
Mobilizing US & International Institutional Capital
Fund managers, securities leaders and global advisers discuss how Vietnam can build confidence and durable allocation channels.
Structuring Funds in VIFC: What Will Actually Work?
Legal, fund-management and market practitioners test structures that can operate credibly under the VIFC framework.
VIFC Topic Tables: From Forum to Community
Hosted working tables turn the conference into ongoing communities around trade finance, climate, private capital, digital assets and talent.
KEY MESSAGES
What matters beyond the stage
01
Build the pipes before promising the flows
Custody, settlement, FX, derivatives, data, legal services and dispute resolution are foundational market infrastructure.
02
Capital responds to credible execution
International allocators need investable pipelines, governance, liquidity and reliable counterparties—not only an attractive macro story.
03
Specialisation can differentiate VIFC Da Nang
Trade finance, climate finance, digital assets and technology-enabled services offer focused routes to relevance.
04
The two VIFC locations need an operating relationship
Clear complementarity between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang will strengthen Vietnam's collective financial-centre proposition.
05
Talent is infrastructure
Standards, universities, international credentials, diaspora executives and future-facing fintech skills must grow with the market.
06
The forum should become working communities
The closing topic tables create a practical bridge from conference dialogue to accountable sector collaboration.
AN ECOSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
VFF gives Da Nang's startup ecosystem a direct interface with the institutions that will shape VIFC-DN. The opportunity is to route qualified fintech, trade-finance, climate-finance and digital-asset ventures into regulatory dialogue, institutional partnerships, market pilots and capital—not simply conference visibility.
SWISS EP
Bring founder and startup-support perspectives into the finance-first programme, connect relevant ventures with institutional and regulatory counterparts, and help convert relationships into compliant pilots, market access and investment readiness.
