Plenary Sessions
Vietnam is no longer an emerging player—it is becoming Southeast Asia’s next digital powerhouse. With cloud adoption skyrocketing, AI infrastructure accelerating, and hyperscalers scouting for multi-hundred-megawatt campuses, the nation is rapidly stepping onto the global stage as one of the region’s most attractive destinations for digital infrastructure investment. Backed by strong government policy, booming enterprise demand, and a fast-maturing data center ecosystem, Vietnam is gearing up for its biggest leap yet.
VNCDC 2026 is where that future takes shape.
This year’s convention brings together the most influential voices in cloud, AI, and digital infrastructure—global technology leaders, regulators, power and cooling innovators, investors, and enterprise visionaries. Expect hard-hitting keynotes, candid panel debates, and deep technical dives into the trends that will define Vietnam’s next decade: AI-ready data centers, high-density design, liquid cooling breakthroughs, green energy mandates, sovereign cloud requirements, and the race to build hyperscale capacity.
With 35+ world-class speakers, 25+ cutting-edge exhibitors, and a powerful community of 1,000+ delegates across cloud, data center, enterprise IT, and government, VNCDC 2026 is the largest and most important cloud and data center event in Vietnam. Attendees will gain market-shaping insights, meet decision-makers driving billion-dollar investments, and discover the technologies and partnerships that will transform Vietnam’s digital future.
Join us at VNCDC 2026—the place where Vietnam’s next-generation cloud and data center landscape is revealed, reshaped, and reimagined. This is the event you cannot miss if you want to lead in the region’s fastest-rising digital economy.
As hyperscalers plan their next wave of AI-driven expansion, the bar for site selection in 2026 is higher than ever. This panel dissects the real checklist global cloud giants use when evaluating new markets—multi-hundred-megawatt power availability, accelerated permitting, scalable land, competitive energy pricing, fiber redundancy, sustainability commitments, and regulatory clarity. Industry leaders will assess where Vietnam currently stands against these criteria, how it compares with regional competitors, and what gaps must be closed to secure hyperscaler investment. The discussion delivers a clear verdict: does Vietnam truly make the cut for the next generation of global-scale data center builds?
From data sovereignty and cybersecurity to green energy reporting and power usage governance, Vietnam is preparing to introduce regulations that will significantly elevate the standards for data center operators. This keynote highlights the most important upcoming mandates, enforcement mechanisms, and compliance timelines—along with the government’s expectations for hyperscalers, domestic developers, and enterprise cloud users. Operators will walk away with a clear view of what’s changing, what’s required, and what will define regulatory success in 2026.
Global investors, hyperscalers, and enterprise customers are raising the bar on sustainability—and Vietnam’s data center market is about to feel the pressure. This keynote explores how emerging ESG requirements, from carbon reporting and renewable sourcing to water efficiency and heat reuse, will influence funding decisions, site selection, and long-term operational standards in 2026. Speakers will examine what “green compliance” now looks like for data centers, how quickly expectations are shifting, and what Vietnam must adopt to remain competitive as sustainability becomes a critical determinant of investment and hyperscale partnership readiness.
Vietnam’s data center market is reaching a turning point where traditional cooling can no longer keep up with GPU-density demands—and liquid cooling is moving from “experimental” to “inevitable.” In this fireside chat, we explore the breakthroughs that are accelerating Vietnam’s shift toward immersion and direct-to-chip cooling, from cost curves and supplier readiness to power density tipping points and regulatory acceptance. We’ll examine what early adopters are learning, the operational realities behind fully submerged environments, and the milestones Vietnam must hit before immersion becomes mainstream. This is a candid, technical conversation on when— and how—Vietnam will make the leap to true liquid-first data center design.
Vietnam’s AI and cloud boom is putting unprecedented pressure on power infrastructure. With grid constraints, rising energy demand, and sustainability expectations intensifying, data center design in Vietnam must now prioritize megawatts over square meters.
This session examines how local operators are rethinking power density, energy sourcing, and resilience — and what it means for enterprises that depend on scalable, future-ready infrastructure.
Vietnamese enterprises are at a turning point. As data regulations tighten and AI workloads surge, the choice between sovereign cloud and global hyperscalers has become a strategic decision — not just an IT one. Should businesses prioritize data control and local compliance, or scale rapidly with global innovation and AI capabilities?
This session cuts through the noise to examine the real trade-offs in cost, security, performance, and long-term competitiveness — and what the smartest enterprises in Vietnam are doing to balance both worlds.
Zero Trust is no longer a security framework—it’s the survival standard for cloud-first enterprises operating in an era of AI-driven threats, sprawling multi-cloud architectures, and relentless regulatory scrutiny. This keynote breaks down how Vietnam’s leading organizations are rethinking identity, access, network segmentation, and workload protection to secure rapidly expanding digital ecosystems. Attendees will hear the latest attacker playbooks, the controls that actually stop breaches, and the practical steps to move from legacy perimeter models to continuous verification. In 2026, it’s simple: adopt Zero Trust, or accept Zero Chance.
As data becomes a strategic national asset and AI reshapes economic competitiveness, sovereign data and sovereign AI are emerging as critical pillars of national resilience, security, and growth. For Vietnam, the challenge—and opportunity—lies in building an ecosystem that balances data localization, trusted cloud infrastructure, and global-scale innovation.
This panel examines how Vietnam can design a pragmatic sovereign data and AI strategy that attracts investment while safeguarding national interests. Discussions will explore policy frameworks, trusted cloud models, domestic AI capability development, cross-border data flows, and the role of hyperscale-ready infrastructure in enabling sovereign AI at scale.
With regional competition intensifying, the panel asks a decisive question: Can Vietnam move beyond compliance-driven data sovereignty to become a regional leader in trusted, AI-ready digital infrastructure?
As AI systems move rapidly into mission-critical decision-making, the absence of clear guardrails is becoming one of the biggest risks facing enterprises and governments alike. This session examines how organizations are addressing AI safety, governance, and responsibility in an era of accelerating model complexity, opaque decision logic, and tightening regulatory scrutiny. Speakers will explore emerging governance frameworks, accountability models, data integrity controls, and infrastructure-level safeguards required to deploy AI responsibly at scale. The discussion will also connect global best practices with Vietnam’s regulatory direction—answering a pressing question for 2026: can innovation move fast without breaking trust?
AI is moving beyond experimentation and pilots into full-scale deployment across Vietnam’s leading industries. This track focuses on how enterprises in banking, manufacturing, retail, telecom, logistics, and the public sector are operationalizing AI—redesigning infrastructure, data pipelines, governance models, and talent strategies to turn intelligence into measurable business impact. Sessions will explore real-world AI use cases, lessons from scaling GPU workloads, hybrid and edge AI architectures, cost-performance trade-offs, and the operational realities of running AI at scale in Vietnam’s regulatory and infrastructure environment.
Vietnam’s rapid shift toward high-density, GPU-accelerated data centers has created a talent gap that is widening faster than the industry can respond. In this closing panel, leaders from cloud, colocation, and enterprise IT unpack the critical shortages across electrical engineering, advanced cooling operations, AI workload management, automation, and cybersecurity—and what must happen now to build a future-ready workforce. We examine why traditional skillsets no longer match AI-era requirements, how operators can re-train and retain technical teams, and what partnerships between government, universities, and industry are essential to avoid a talent bottleneck that could stall Vietnam’s digital ambitions. The message is clear: without the right people, Vietnam cannot power the next generation of AI infrastructure.
As Vietnam enters a critical growth window, the next five years will determine whether its data center market can move from early momentum to true AI-scale execution. This closing panel brings together policymakers, hyperscalers, data center operators, investors, and enterprise leaders to debate Vietnam’s outlook from 2026 to 2030—covering capacity expansion, AI-driven power density, hyperscale campus development, and geographic diversification beyond Tier-1 cities. Panelists will openly assess the constraints that could slow growth, including grid readiness, renewable integration, subsea resilience, talent availability, and regulatory alignment, while identifying the conditions required to unlock sustained investment. The session closes VNCDC 2026 with a realistic, multi-stakeholder view of whether Vietnam can compete at regional AI scale—or where it must move faster to stay in the game.
