InnoEx 2025: Shaping the Future Economy from Data to Digital Assets

With the participation of more than 4,500 business leaders and international investment funds, InnoEx 2025 is not only a technology forum but also an opportunity for cooperation, capital raising, and market expansion for Vietnamese businesses to reach regional levels.

On August 21, the Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association (YBA) in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Startup Support Center (BSSC) and IBP Investment Promotion and Business Support Joint Stock Company organized the International Forum and Exhibition on Innovation - InnoEx 2025 with the theme "Shaping the Future Economy : From Data to Digital Assets."

InnoEx 2025 attracted over 30,000 visitors, including 4,000 CEOs and founders; 300 domestic and foreign exhibitors; especially more than 100 startups from Vietnam and internationally and over 70 international investment funds and hundreds of leading regional experts from many fields from traditional to emerging trends, from technology to finance, manufacturing, logistics, retail, etc.

Speaking at the event, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, emphasized that Resolution 57 on breakthrough, development, science , technology, innovation and national digital transformation, Resolution 68 on private economic development of the Party Central Committee are important driving forces of the national economy; affirming that this is an important basis for Ho Chi Minh City to orient development, improve competitiveness and promote international economic integration.

Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, spoke at the event. (Photo: Thanh Vu/VNA)

According to Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Ho Chi Minh City has a special position as a major economic center of the country, a gateway for international trade, especially after the merger, not only is it larger but also has a high-quality workforce, a dynamic and creative business community and intellectuals; affirming the aspiration and position of the region's innovation center - a reliable destination for domestic and foreign investors and businesses to find creative opportunities and solutions for the future.

With the InnoEx 2025 event, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy highly appreciated the spirit of connection and spreading the spirit of innovation, "Shaping the future economy from data to digital assets;" believing that the event is a place where young innovators, the young business community, technology enterprises, investment funds and international experts converge, thereby opening up many spaces for cooperation, contributing to the development of the City's innovation ecosystem.

"Every business must consider innovation as green development, sustainable development, and the foundation for building a brand. Domestic and foreign investors and investment funds choose the City as a destination for startups, research, and development. City departments, agencies, organizations, and the business community continue to improve the quality of support programs..." Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy emphasized.

To realize these orientations, making this event a brand associated with Ho Chi Minh City, with startups, and the young mindset of young people, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy committed to always accompany InnoEx in the period of 2025-2028; at the same time, she requested the pioneering business community to spread the spirit of innovation, turn new initiatives and models into inspirational stories, affirming Ho Chi Minh City as the center of innovation, high technology and finance in the region as well as the world.

Ms. Truong Ly Hoang Phi, CEO of IBP, Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association, spoke at the event. (Photo: Thanh Vu/VNA)

According to Ms. Truong Ly Hoang Phi, CEO of IBP, Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association, Vietnam in the process of deep integration has created a turning point in GDP growth from 20 billion USD in 1995 to 500 billion USD in 2025, along with per capita income from 300 USD to nearly 5,000 USD.

"Now facing the threshold of new opportunities 'Integrating digital, data, technology and creativity,' each decision of a business not only affects itself but also impacts the economy. Innovation is the key: From incremental innovation to radical/disruptive innovation, to achieve a leading position, not only "climbing the mountain" but also standing on top," Ms. Truong Ly Hoang Phi shared.

From the reality of favorable time, favorable location, and favorable people, CEO Truong Ly Hoang Phi recommends InnoX - a pioneering business community to expand international connections to bring Vietnam to the world with 2 Global Innovation Partner initiatives: Cooperating with global partners such as Qualcomm and the National Innovation Center (Vietnam Innovation Expedition).

The business community needs to leverage its internal strengths with the Innovation Fast Track and Corporate Innovation as a Service initiatives to help businesses of all sizes participate effectively; at the same time, improve leadership capacity and innovation knowledge through CEO Innovation Mastery, Lab2Market, and InnoEx Advisory Circle, creating a support network and practical experience.

"The biggest goal of a business is not only profit, but also survival and sustainable development, especially synergy and exploitation of the ecosystem. Choosing a fast or slow path; innovation, improvement, creativity (innovate) or not, is no longer an important question, but the important thing is to choose the path that helps the business reach the finish line fastest and InnoX is ready to accompany on that journey," shared IBP CEO Truong Ly Hoang Phi.

Many international businesses participated in the event. (Photo: Thanh Vu/VNA)

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association, InnoEx 2025 is one of the dialogue channels within the framework of the Vietnam Private Economic Forum, in coordination with the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association to receive initiatives and suggestions from the private business community and international organizations, in order to contribute to the process of building and implementing policies for innovation and private economic development.

With this role, InnoEx is not only a place where technology and breakthrough business models converge, but also a space for the business community to share perspectives, propose initiatives and seek solutions to promote competitiveness and sustainable growth in the context of global data-technology-market transformation./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/innoex-2025-dinh-hinh-nen-kinh-te-tuong-lai-tu-du-lieu-den-tai-san-so-post1057035.vnp