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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.

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$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
Country Head — Fortune

Quang Pham
Capital Intelligence Forum Chair, Board Director — Vietnam Vanguard
Executive IC Member — ABB Private Equity

14:05 - 14:30

Keynote: From Capital Mobilisation to Efficient Capital Allocation

Warrick Cleine
Chairman, CEO — KPMG Vietnam & Cambodia

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?

Speakers:

  • Marc Knapper // U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam (2022 — 2026)

  • Michael Kokalari // Chief Economist — VinaCapital

  • Viet Phuong Hoang // CEO — S&I Ratings

  • Quynh Giao Trinh (Host) // Chief Executive Officer — PVI Asset Management (PVI AM)

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?

Speakers:

  • Thomas Nguyen (Host) // Chief Global Markets Officer — SSI Securities Corporation

  • James Lo // Executive Director, Segment Head, Institutional Treasury Management, Institutional Banking Group — DBS Bank (Hong Kong)

  • The Trieu Ngo // Deputy Secretary General — VBMA, Founder & CEO — Optima Wealth Partners

  • Quang Duy Bui // Deputy Head of Financial Institution (FI) Investments and Principal of Climate Finance — responsAbility Investments AG

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?

Speakers:

  • Will Ross // Chief Clients Officer — Dragon Capital

  • Ranganath Ananth // Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking — HSBC Vietnam

  • Hoai Giang Hoang // Chief Investment and CFO — Hanwha Life Vietnam

  • Uyen Tran (Host) // Partner, Investment Director — Vietnam Investments Group

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:

  • Hoang Long Nguyen // Vice Chairman — GELEX Infra

  • Teresa Woo // Senior Vice President, Head Of SEA Depositary Receipts — Bank of New York (BNY)

  • Dang Hung Phan // Director, Strategy & Development — DatViet VAC

  • Quang Pham (Host) // Capital Intelligence Forum Chair, Board Director — Vietnam Vanguard Executive IC Member — ABB Private Equity

Keynote

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Warrick Cleine MBE

Chairman and CEO | Managing Partner – Deals, Tax & Legal — KPMG in Vietnam

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Vietnam has no shortage of capital. The more important question is whether its financial system is structurally equipped to attract, allocate, and retain the right kind of capital—capital that is long-term, productive, transparent, and capable of supporting the country’s next phase of growth.

That question sits at the center of the Capital Intelligence Forum 2026.

Opening the afternoon program, Warrick Cleine MBE will offer a clear-eyed assessment of whether the financial architecture beneath Vietnam’s economic ambitions is ready for what comes next. His keynote will examine the conditions required to lower the cost of capital, strengthen investor confidence, improve capital allocation, and connect international financing more effectively with Vietnam’s businesses and strategic industries.

Based in Vietnam since 1997, Cleine is Chairman and CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia and a member of KPMG’s Asia Pacific Board and Global Council. For nearly three decades, he has advised governments, investors, and leading enterprises across periods of major reform, integration, and economic expansion.

In the 2025 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by King Charles III for services to British trade and investment in Vietnam.

At CIF 2026, Cleine will not simply celebrate Vietnam’s growth trajectory. He will examine whether the institutions, market structures, and financial capabilities beneath it can evolve at the speed and scale the country’s ambitions now demand.

Vietnam Vanguard Corporate Partners

Capital Intelligence Forum (CIF) is convened as part of Vietnam Vanguard’s year-round leadership and intelligence platform.

We are supported by corporate partners who engage with VV across forums, private roundtables, executive briefings, and leadership programs throughout the year.

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Speakers

  • A man in a blue suit with a pink patterned tie and a white shirt, standing in front of American flags, smiling with a red background.

    Marc Knapper

    U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam (2022 — 2026)

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    Quynh Giao Trinh

    Chief Executive Officer — PVI Asset Management (PVI AM)

  • Hoang Long Nguyen

    Vice Chairman — GELEX Infra

  • A man in a gray suit and glasses standing at a podium with the emblem of the National Assembly of Vietnam, speaking into microphones.

    Michael Kokalari

    Chief Economist — VinaCapital

  • Chief Global Markets Officer

    Tom Nguyen

    Chief Global Markets Officer — SSI Securities Corporation

  • Professional woman standing with arms crossed, wearing a black blazer and a white blouse with black polka dots, against a gray background.

    Hoai Giang Hoang

    Chief Investment and CFO — Hanwha Life Vietnam

  • Cuong Dang

    Cuong Dang

    Country Head — Fortune,
    Founder, CEO — Rēsu

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    Teresa Woo

    Senior Vice President, Head Of SEA Depositary Receipts — Bank of New York (BNY)

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    Will Ross

    Chief Clients Officer — Dragon Capital

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    Viet Phuong Hoang

    CEO — S&I Ratings

  • A smiling man in a black suit, white shirt, and dark tie, standing with arms crossed against a gray background.

    The Trieu Ngo

    Deputy Secretary General — VBMA, Founder & CEO — Optima Wealth Partners

  • A woman with short black hair, glasses, and wearing a magenta blazer, speaking into a microphone at a Vietnam Vanguard event.

    Lan Anh Do

    General Partner — ABB (Asia Business Builders) Private Equity

  • Man in pinstripe suit and glasses speaking into a handheld microphone during a panel or presentation.

    Quang Duy Bui

    Deputy Head of Financial Institution (FI) Investments and Principal of Climate Finance — responsAbility Investments AG

  • Quang Pham

    Quang Pham

    Capital Intelligence Forum Chair, Board Director — Vietnam Vanguard

    Executive IC Member — ABB Private Equity

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    Uyen Tran

    Partner, Investment Director — Vietnam Investments Group

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    Dang Hung Phan

    Director, Strategy & Development — DatViet VAC

  • James Lo

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

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    Tuan Ngo

    Managing Director, Head of Investment — VinaCapital Group

  • Sam Van is the Founder and CEO of SRO Partners

    Sam Van

    Founder and CEO — SRO Partners

  • A middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing glasses, a plaid blazer, white shirt, red dotted tie, and a red pocket square, standing against a plain gray background.

    Ranganath Ananth

    Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking — HSBC 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

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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.

Attendance is curated and subject to confirmation. A limited number of delegate passes are available for qualified participants.

International delegate access is available for institutional investors, regional executives, and overseas participants seeking high-level exposure to Vietnam’s capital, investment, and financial-market landscape.

Please submit your details below to request participation. Our team will review your submission and follow up with confirmation details where applicable.

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