TL;DR For a mid-2026 visit: the free Vietnam – All Things Data, AI & Digital Social Mixer (Jun 11) [1] is the easiest entry point; the World Datacentre Summit (Jun 19, $999) [3] and the Vietnam Cloud & DC Convention (Aug 20, $395 or free for enterprise/gov) [4] are the two main paid conferences. For the single biggest annual gathering, FPT Techday (November, ~10,000 attendees) [14] is the flagship. Community groups — GDG HCMC [15] and AI Tinkerers [17] — run free events year-round.
Upcoming — June to September 2026
| Date | Event | Focus | Venue | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11 | All Things Data, AI & Digital – Social Mixer [1] | AI / data networking | CREO Bar & Cafe, HCMC | Free |
| Jun 17 | Future of AI and Engineering [2] | AI + engineering | The American Center HCMC | Free |
| Jun 19 | World Datacentre Summit Vietnam [3] | DC / cloud / infra | Holiday Inn & Suites | $999 |
| Jul 15 | Vietnam PFA 2026 [6] | Tech + investment | SECC, District 7 | TBD |
| Aug 20 | Vietnam Cloud & DC Convention [4] | Cloud / AI / DC | Reverie Saigon, La Scala | $395 (free end users/gov) |
| Sep 4 | HackerX HCMC [7] | Tech hiring / devs | HCMC (venue TBD) | Employer pass |
| Sep 18 | CDO Vision HCMC [5] | CDO / AI strategy | TBD | Invite-only |
Vietnam Cloud & DC Convention: 35+ speakers, 25+ exhibitors, 750+ senior attendees (40% international). Free sponsored pass available for end users, telcos, and government participants [4]. Speakers include VNPT Cloud, CMC Telecom, FPT Digital, Alibaba Cloud, and Uptime Institute.
CDO Vision: Vendor-free, outcomes-focused, capped at 30+ CDOs and AI leaders. Request an invitation via info@aim.media [5].
Annual Conference Calendar
Plan your travel around these recurring events:
| Month | Event | Scale | Venue / Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb | GenAI Builders Meetup [8] | ~50, selective | Bình Thạnh (rotates) |
| Apr | AI Revolution Summit [9] | 200+ C-suite execs | Holiday Inn & Suites |
| May | Smart City Asia [10] | Exhibition | SECC, District 7 |
| May | Test Automation Summit [11] | ~300, 10+ talks | Sofitel Saigon Plaza |
| May | GStar Summit (NTI / VietAI) [12] | 1,000+, 20 speakers | Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera |
| Jun | World Datacentre Summit [3] | 250+ DC / infra pros | Holiday Inn & Suites |
| Aug | Vietnam Cloud & DC Convention [4] | 1,000+ delegates | Reverie Saigon |
| Sep | CDO Vision HCMC [5] | 30+ CDOs | TBD |
| Nov | FPT Techday [14] | ~10,000 | Thiskyhall, Thu Duc City |
| Dec | DevFest HCMC (GDG) [15] | Developer community | Varies |
GStar Summit is run by the New Turing Institute (formerly VietAI). The 2026 edition drew 1,000+ attendees [13] with keynotes from Dr. Ed H. Chi (VP Research, Google DeepMind) and Prof. Po-Shen Loh (Carnegie Mellon) [12]. Co-organized with Pacific Gateway Partners.
Test Automation Summit theme in 2026: “Human-Centric Quality: AI-Driven, Sustainable, and Secure Testing.” Ticket VND 3,000,000 (~$120). Speakers from Bosch, Parasoft, NashTech, Katalon, and Endava [11].
AI Revolution Summit targets C-level decision-makers: 89% of 2026 attendees controlled budgets of $50K–$1M; solutions provider pass $499 [9].
FPT Techday is Vietnam’s largest private-sector tech forum; rotates between HCMC and Hanoi. The 2024 HCMC edition at Thiskyhall Thu Duc City drew 2,500 leaders under the theme “Future Now” [14].
Community Groups (Year-Round)
| Group | Cadence | Members | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDG Ho Chi Minh City [15] | Irregular + DevFest | 1,990 | Google / Android / web devs |
| GDG Cloud HCMC [16] | Irregular | Active | GCP, cloud-native |
| AI Tinkerers HCMC [17] | Monthly | 101k global network | Hands-on AI / LLM builders |
| CNCF Cloud Native HCMC [18] | Meetups | Growing | Kubernetes, cloud-native |
| AWS Vietnam User Group [19] | Sporadic | 638 | AWS practitioners |
AI Tinkerers HCMC bans slides — every session is live code demos only [14]. Monthly topics include Codex, agent frameworks, and LLM fine-tuning. Registration is selective. Part of a 220-city global network with 101,000+ members [17].
GDG HCMC runs sporadic events (Build with AI, Women’s Day panels) between its anchor DevFest in December. Corporate partners include Thoughtworks, JetBrains, and VNG Corporation [15].
Key Venues
- SECC — 799 Nguyễn Văn Linh, District 7. Largest exhibition halls in HCMC; Smart City Asia, Vietnam PFA [10]
- Reverie Saigon, La Scala Ballroom — District 1. Vietnam Cloud & DC Convention [4]
- Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel — District 1. GStar Summit [12]
- Sofitel Saigon Plaza — 17 Lê Duẩn, District 1. Test Automation Summit [11]
- Holiday Inn & Suites Saigon Airport — World Datacentre Summit, AI Revolution Summit [3][9]
City Context
HCMC is Vietnam’s dominant tech hub: 50% of the country’s startups, 40% of incubators, and 44% of venture investment in a $7.5B ecosystem [20]. Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) alone anchors 30,000 ICT workers [20]. Government Resolution 57 on science, technology, and AI is accelerating both public-sector conferences and private investment through 2027, making the event calendar denser each year.