Just before the Lunar New Year of the Horse, the Vietnam International Finance Centre in Ho Chi Minh City (VIFC-HCMC) officially launched, marking the beginning of a comprehensive economic ecosystem encompassing finance, fintech, maritime, logistics, and aviation.
The most important highlight of this strategy is the establishment of a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency fund. This is expected to act as a "magnet" attracting foreign capital, while also serving as a long-term investment channel into priority sectors such as technology, infrastructure, and energy.
The ambition to bring Vietnamese agricultural products to the international market using digital technology.
Speaking on behalf of the seven founding members, Don Lam emphasized the development strategy based on two pillars: traditional financial services and, in particular, the digital asset sector.
Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City will take the lead in piloting "tokenization" (digitizing assets) for Vietnam's key commodities such as coffee, pepper, rice, and even carbon certificates.
"Establishing commodity exchanges using blockchain technology will help Vietnam regain its pricing power. Instead of depending on intermediaries abroad, Vietnamese farmers and businesses can independently buy and sell at transparent prices and with better profit margins through cooperation with international exchanges such as Nasdaq," Don Lam analyzed.
Besides agricultural products, green securitization mechanisms and tokenized carbon credit trading platforms are also on the roadmap, promising to unlock unlimited growth potential for Vietnam's financial market.
Mr. Don Lam - representing one of the seven founding members of the International Finance Center in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Organizing Committee).
Technology is the "key" to 10% growth.
Truong Gia Binh (representingFPT ), co-founder of a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency fund, affirmed that technology is the only way for Vietnam to maintain a growth rate of over 10% per year for the next two decades.
"In today's world, global value chains and technology are two factors shaping the future. This is a challenge, but also a historical task that we must undertake," Mr. Binh emphasized.
Assessing the feasibility of this model, in an interview with Dan Tri newspaper , Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Huu Huan - Vice Chairman of the VIFC-HCMC Executive Agency - stated that the tokenization of real world assets (RWA) is an irreversible trend in global finance.
According to Mr. Huan, the essence of this process is to digitize asset ownership for faster, more transparent trading, custody, and distribution to international investors at a lower cost than traditional markets.
"With its position as a major agricultural exporter and a developing carbon market, Vietnam possesses abundant underlying assets for implementation. The technology and global market structure are ready; the remaining issue is finding a suitable pilot roadmap," Mr. Huan stated.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/trung-tam-tai-chinh-tphcm-lap-quy-so-ty-usd-token-hoa-nong-san-20260215120341289.htm
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