Vietnam

Vietnam is planning to establish a national artificial intelligence (AI) development fund, with the State budget funding at least VND30,000 billion ($1.14 billion), according to the Ministry of Science and Technology's draft decree for the fund.

Farmnet, the Vietnam-based trading arm of agricultural supply chain firm TechCoop, has received a $11.75 million senior secured loan from Symbiotics, a Geneva-based impact investment firm.

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, will invest $58.3 million more in its Vietnamese subsidiary Fushan Technology (Vietnam), according to a filing of the Taiwanese electronic giant sent to the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) on Wednesday.

HDBank, associated with Vietnamese female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, has signed a strategic partnership with the London Stock Exchange to support Vietnamese businesses in accessing international capital markets, alongside plans to issue up to $300 million in green bonds.

POSCO Future M will invest at least $400 million in Song Cong 2 Industrial Park in Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam, in order to build its first large-scale battery materials manufacturing facility in Vietnam.

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer of Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup, aims to raise its localization rate from 60 percent to 80 percent in 2026.

Victory Giant Technology, a Chinese manufacturer of printed circuit board (PCB), posted a revenue of RMB3.23 billion ($473 million) in Vietnam in 2025, according to the firm's "Global Offering" filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) on April 10.

Vietnam’s telecommunication giant Viettel Telecom (VTT) and China-based AI company iFLYTEK have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with to develop voice artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for the Vietnamese market, with a focus on speech processing and localization.

Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange Joint Stock Company (CAEX) has secured investment agreements with OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital, with the partners set to contribute funds to help the company meet the minimum capital requirement of VND10 trillion ($380 million).

Vietnam's top conglomerate Vingroup will invest $6.5 billion in India's state of Maharashtra, including $1.5 billion in electric mobility.