Vietnam’s first-ever digital investment platform to debut in Ho Chi Minh City

The debut affirms the city’s push to overhaul investment promotion towards a more modern, transparent and technology-led model that uses digital tools and artificial intelligence to deliver sharper support for investors.

Wednesday, July 08, 2026 08:47

A corner of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is set to launch a pilot version of its digital investment promotion platform on July 9, offering a live demonstration of its data system, support tools and core functions to state management agencies, businesses, investors, industry associations and international organisations.

The platform is engineered to enforce a standardised project pipeline through a unified data architecture. It digitises the way investment requests are received and coordinated, assigns clear responsibilities to each agency and unit, keeps traceability records to harden accountability and generates real-time data dashboards for management and decision-making.

The move feeds into a wider campaign to unlock sci-tech and innovation breakthroughs, making digital transformation a key driver of double-digit economic growth and sharpening local competitiveness in the new growth phase./.

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