Vietnam Capital Intelligence Forum

July 16, 2026 | 13:30 - 18:00
Ho Chi Minh City

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Market context · September 21, 2026: Vietnam's FTSE Emerging Market reclassification. Vietnam CIF 2026 convenes ten weeks prior. · $3–5B projected near-term flows · $25B by 2030

On September 21, 2026 — ten weeks from this forum — Vietnam officially enters the FTSE Emerging Market index. Index-tracking funds managing trillions in assets will be mechanically required to hold Vietnamese equities for the first time.

The capital is coming. That question is settled.

What is not settled is whether Vietnam's financial architecture is built to absorb it, deploy it productively, and keep it. That gap — between capital availability and capital quality — is what CIF 2026 is built around.

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CIF is Vietnam Vanguard's annual forum on capital markets, institutional finance, and the structural conditions for long-term investment. It brings together senior practitioners from banking, fund management, securities, private equity, insurance, and international institutions — not for consensus-building, but for honest diagnosis.

Programming is editorially independent.

$25B

Projected capital flows into Vietnam by 2030 under continued structural reform — World Bank, April 2026

AGENDA

13:30 - 14:00

Pre-forum Registration & Early Networking

14:00 - 14:05

Opening Remarks

Cuong Dang — Chairman, Vietnam Vanguard

14:05 - 14:30

Keynote: From Capital Mobilisation to Efficient Capital Allocation

14:30 - 15:10

Institutional Reform — Reducing the Cost of Capital

Key discussion points:

What role does Sovereign Credit Rating play in reducing the economy-wide cost of capital?
How can policy stability and a predictable regulatory environment (Policy Predictability) give long-term investors the confidence they need?
How do administrative reform and faster project approval timelines directly impact investor IRR?
How can infrastructure quality and economic operational efficiency reduce systemic risk — and thereby lower the cost of capital?

15:10 – 15:50

The Future of Vietnam's Capital Markets — Depth, Liquidity, and the Role of Institutional Investors

Key discussion points:

After the bond market crisis, have transparency mechanisms — mandatory rating, IFRS, and legal enforcement — truly created market discipline, or are they still largely formalistic?
Stock market upgrade: a genuine opportunity to attract long-term capital, or just a short-term rally trigger? (800mil - 6billion >< 10 billion)
What structure does Vietnam need for a long-term capital market that meaningfully reduces over-reliance on bank credit?

15:50 – 16:10

Networking Break

16:10 - 16:50

Wealth Management - From conventional savings to professionalised investments

Key discussion points:

How can household savings be transformed into professional, disciplined investment?
Developing pension funds and long-term domestic capital in Vietnam: what conditions are necessary?
Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM) and Family Office models: international standards and the reality in Vietnam.
What role can the asset management industry play in raising corporate governance standards and reinforcing market discipline?

16:50 - 17:30

Investment Opportunities in the New Cycle — Public listings (IPOs), M&A transactions, and sector-specific investment opportunities

Key discussion points:

Public listings: which companies and sectors are ready to enter the market, and what does it take to meet institutional investor standards?
SOE divestments: how will privatisations of state assets reshape deal flow for domestic and international investors?
M&A deals: where are the most active deal pipelines, and what is driving transaction activity in the current cycle?
Which sectors — consumer, healthcare, agribusiness, and technology — are attracting the strongest institutional conviction, and why now?

Speakers (more being updated)

Warrick Cleine

Chairman, CEO — KPMG Vietnam & Cambodia
Hang Nga Nguyen

CEO — Vietcombank Fund Management (VCBF)
Hoang Long Nguyen

Vice Chairman — GELEX Infra
Thu Hien Nguyen

CEO — Techcom Securities (TCBS)
Pham Phu Khoi

Vice Chairman — LP Bank
Tom Nguyen

Chief Global Markets Officer — SSI
Conor O'Neill

Chief Financial Officer — Prudential Vietnam Assurance Private Ltd.
Pete Vo

Senior Managing Director — CVC Southeast Asia
Vuong Thanh Long

Executive Vice President, Head of Treasury — Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV)
Sam Van

Founder and CEO — SRO Partners
James Lo

Executive Director, Segment Head, Institutional Treasury Management, Institutional Banking Group — DBS Bank (Hong Kong)
Quang Pham

Executive IC Member, General Partner — ABB Private Equity
Rich McClellan

CEO — Vietnam International Financial Center
Cuong Dang

Country Head, Vietnam — Fortune

Previous Speakers

His Excellency Marc E. Knapper

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
Doan Viet Dai Tu

Co-Founder, Chairman — OpenAsia
Hue Nguyen

Senior General Manager — AEON Vietnam
Mai Huu Tin

Chairman, CEO — U&I Investment Corporation
Marc Woo

Managing Director — Google Vietnam (Google Asia Pacific)
Amb. Pham Quang Vinh

Vietnam Ambassador to the US (2014 - 2018)
Dr. Melvin Heng

Group CEO — Thomson Medical Group
Trong Kien Tran

Chairman, CEO — Thien Minh Group (TMG)
Ngoc Thao Tran

Vice Chairwoman — Phu Nhuan Jewelry (PNJ), CEO — PNJP
Il-Dong Kwon

Managing Director & Partner — BCG Vietnam

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By the Numbers

(from previous events)

1,600+

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total attendees

1,200+

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C-level executives and founders

1,000+

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leading companies

sectors including FMCG, real estate, manufacturing, tech, logistics, and capital markets

Attendees included:

Founders of $10M–$200M businesses
Next-gen successors from Vietnam’s top family enterprises
Senior execs from MNCs and high-growth startups
Institutional advisors, investors, and board-level mentors

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Participation & Access

CIF 2026 is an invitation-only forum for 150–200 senior decision-makers across banking, capital markets, fund management, private equity, insurance, and international finance.
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