Hà Nội had more than 11,000 digital technology firms, over 1,000 startups and 221 science and technology enterprises, giving it a strong foundation to accelerate digital transformation.
The UOB Business Outlook Study 2026 found that 85 per cent of businesses reported positive sentiment, up from 48 per cent in 2025 when confidence was affected by uncertainty surrounding US tariff developments and global trade tensions.
About 84 per cent of Vietnamese small businesses reported growth in 2025, up from 82 per cent a year earlier and the highest among 11 markets surveyed.
According to a survey conducted by Lazada and Kantar, Việt Nam and Indonesia are leading Southeast Asia in AI adoption in e-commerce, followed by Singapore and Thailand.
Recent research by IBM, Forbes and McKinsey highlights a steady increase in AI adoption within business governance, with 33 per cent of companies using AI in 2022, 55 per cent in 2023 and 72 per cent in 2024.
After Da Nang became the first Vietnamese city to be chosen as one of the recipients of the Smarter City Challenge Grant Programme in 2012, IBM began to provide support to the port city in tackling two of the most...