Plenary Sessions
Vietnam’s Cloud & Data Center economy is poised for rapid expansion, with the industry projected to reach US$1.03 billion by 2028. While one of the youngest markets in the region, the landscape of opportunities within Vietnam’s digital economy is vast and undergoing significant transformations driven by evolving regulations and the impetus for greater digitisation, with a growing online population, recorded at 77.93 million internet at the beginning of 2023.
Join us at the Ho Chi Minh Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2025 to be at the forefront of the discussions surrounding the game-changing developments within the industry, and capitalise on the opportunities they carry for all major players in Vietnam.
Vietnam is no longer a quiet contender. As hyperscalers reevaluate regional bets and enterprises search for new edge hubs, Vietnam’s combination of digital ambition, geopolitical neutrality, and growing cloud demand puts it squarely in the spotlight. But can it catch up to rising stars like Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines?
This opening panel challenges industry leaders to go beyond the surface and confront Vietnam’s toughest questions: Is the infrastructure ready? Can power, policy, and people scale fast enough? Or will red tape, reliability concerns, and regional competition hold Vietnam back?
Vietnam’s evolving digital laws, spanning data sovereignty, cybersecurity, and cloud compliance, are reshaping how businesses operate. This keynote explores what these changes mean for data center operators, cloud providers, and enterprises, and how to navigate regulatory risks while staying compliant in a rapidly digitizing market.
With the market projected to nearly triple by 2030 and construction investment expected to exceed USD 1.3 billion, Vietnam is rapidly positioning itself as Southeast Asia’s next digital infrastructure powerhouse.
Key Takeaways:
Vietnam’s digital economy is scaling rapidly, with strong momentum in data center investment, cloud adoption, and AI infrastructure. As electricity demand grows at a projected rate of 10–12% annually through 2030, the spotlight is on how energy planning and infrastructure will keep pace.
While cities like Ho Chi Minh are steadily improving grid reliability, the increasing complexity of digital workloads, particularly in hyperscale and AI environments, requires data centers to be built with resilient, redundant power architectures from the ground up.
This panel explores how power availability, diversification strategies (including renewables and PPAs), and sustainable design practices are influencing investment decisions. Can Vietnam deliver the energy resilience needed to support its digital transformation ambitions, while also meeting ESG targets and enterprise expectations?
Vietnam is undergoing a digital transformation—but beneath the surface, quite literally, lies the real enabler: subsea cables. As the country invests in new high-capacity systems like the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) and targets 15 cable systems by 2030, it is laying the foundation not just for faster internet but for a fully connected digital economy.
This keynote explores how subsea connectivity is empowering Vietnamese enterprises to scale faster, adopt cloud and AI more effectively, and engage in global digital trade with confidence. From cloud-native startups to traditional industries embracing automation, the bandwidth and reliability of subsea infrastructure are becoming critical to business performance, innovation, and international competitiveness.
AI is no longer confined to the cloud—it’s walking the factory floor. At HEINEKEN Vietnam, AI is not just a tool for data analytics or back-office automation; it’s embedded in physical machines that inspect, assist, and learn alongside humans in real industrial environments.
This keynote explores how AI-powered robotics is redefining what’s possible in frontline operations—from robotic dogs performing intelligent inspections to humanoid assistants tackling physically demanding tasks. Far from replacing people, AI is helping rehumanize work, freeing employees to focus on safety, creativity, and higher-value problem-solving.
Drawing on real-world deployments, Pathross shares how enterprises can harness AI not just to optimize processes, but to redesign them—shifting the narrative from job displacement to job transformation, and showing how even in beer, we can lead global innovation.
Key Takeaways:
The digital infrastructure stack—once divided between telcos, data center operators, and cloud providers—is rapidly converging. AI workloads, edge deployments, and data sovereignty demands are forcing tighter integration between compute, connectivity, and cloud platforms.
But convergence isn’t just technical—it’s strategic. As Vietnam positions itself as a regional digital hub, success will depend on how well infrastructure providers, enterprises, policymakers, and investors collaborate across silos to build scalable, secure, and AI-ready systems.
This closing panel brings together leaders shaping Vietnam’s digital foundation to explore how the next generation of infrastructure must be co-designed, co-invested, and cross-functional to unlock the full potential of the digital economy.
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