Vietnam is expanding its digital-economy strategy around data, artificial intelligence infrastructure and regulated digital assets, with new national targets for computing capacity arriving as the country develops a framework for tokenized assets.
The government approved a National Digital Economy and Digital Society Development Program for 2026–2030 in June, setting a target for the digital economy to account for 30% of gross domestic product by 2030. The programme identifies data, digital platforms and artificial intelligence as core drivers and calls for faster investment in data centres, cloud computing, high-performance computing and AI infrastructure.
That strategy was followed in July by a separate National Data Strategy that gives the infrastructure push a longer-term framework. At the same time, Vietnam is developing a regulated digital-asset market and has begun putting real-world asset tokenization on the agenda of major industry and policy forums.
Under the National Data Strategy for 2026–2030, approved by Decision 1308/QĐ-TTg on July 18, Vietnam aims to build a unified national data ecosystem and develop shared computing infrastructure alongside national and sectoral databases. The government describes data as a strategic resource and a critical factor of production for the digital economy.
The strategy specifically calls for greater use of AI and high-performance computing in data analysis, forecasting, policymaking and public services. It also seeks greater domestic control over AI technology, high-performance computing infrastructure and core data platforms while maintaining cybersecurity and national data sovereignty.
By 2045, the government says Vietnam aims to achieve self-reliance in cloud computing, high-performance computing infrastructure, AI infrastructure, AI models and data security. It also wants the country to become a regional hub for cross-border data storage, processing, connectivity, sharing and transit.
The national strategy sets a broader ambition of placing Vietnam among the world’s top 30 countries in data governance, data use and AI development by 2045.
The government’s June programme places the infrastructure investment within a wider economic plan. Vietnam wants the digital economy to contribute 30% of GDP by 2030, while also expanding digital infrastructure, data governance, AI adoption and the country’s digital-technology industry.
The plan calls for 100% of households to have fibre-optic broadband access and for 5G coverage to reach 99% of the population by 2030. It also targets at least five data exchanges and support for 500,000 small and medium-sized businesses adopting digital technologies and AI solutions.
The government is also targeting the development of at least five Vietnamese digital-technology companies operating at a level comparable with leading international firms, according to the programme.
Private and state-linked technology projects are adding physical capacity to those government plans.
ITC said in June that it had begun phased deployment of Viettel’s next-generation supercomputing and AI infrastructure under a project valued at more than VND1 trillion. The company said the system is intended to support AI research, development and deployment in Vietnam, including large language model training and data processing within the country.
Separately, Sembcorp Development received investment approval in March for a proposed hyperscale and AI-ready data-centre campus in Ho Chi Minh City’s Saigon Hi-Tech Park. The planned site covers about 4.5 hectares and is designed to scale to as much as 90 megawatts of computing capacity, with development planned in phases.
FPT has also announced plans for a $200 million AI factory using Nvidia technologies and H100 GPUs. The company said the facility would provide cloud GPU services and support applications including generative AI and autonomous driving.
Alongside the AI infrastructure push, Vietnam has been developing a formal legal framework for digital assets.
In September 2025, the government issued Resolution 05/2025/NQ-CP establishing a five-year pilot for a crypto-asset market in Vietnam. The resolution covers the offering and issuance of crypto assets, the organization of digital-asset markets, service providers and state management of the sector.
The pilot does not amount to an unrestricted cryptocurrency market. It establishes a government-supervised framework for testing digital-asset activities, with rules covering market participants and oversight.
Real-world asset tokenization has emerged as a separate area of attention as Vietnam develops its digital-asset ecosystem.
The Vietnam RWA Summit, held in Hanoi on July 18–19, described itself as the first international summit in Vietnam dedicated to real-world asset tokenization. Its programme included sessions on tokenized assets, digital-asset regulation, liquidity, tokenization infrastructure and the development of a real-world asset market for 2026–2030.
The event also included a session focused on real estate and the potential impact of tokenization, as well as discussions of Web3 infrastructure and digital financial services. The organisers said the summit had content patronage from Vietnam’s State Securities Commission under the Ministry of Finance and participation from government and financial institutions.
Those discussions indicate growing interest in using blockchain-based systems to represent interests in real-world assets, but tokenization remains an emerging market in Vietnam rather than a fully established financial sector.
The connection between the two policy areas became especially visible at Conviction 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City on August 14–15.
The national-level forum, held under the direction of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, devoted August 14 to blockchain and digital assets, with a focus on tokenization, digital finance, blockchain infrastructure and institutional adoption. Its August 15 programme focused on enterprise AI, AI infrastructure, sovereign AI and next-generation productivity systems.
The organisers said the forum was intended to bring policymakers, financial institutions, enterprises, technology companies and investors together around the technologies and infrastructure shaping Vietnam’s digital economy. Its blockchain programme specifically included real-world asset tokenization and institutional blockchain infrastructure, while the AI programme addressed AI infrastructure and sovereign AI.
The back-to-back focus on digital assets and AI does not mean the two sectors have been formally merged into one government programme. Rather, it reflects the broader direction of Vietnam’s digital-economy agenda: building domestic data and computing capacity while establishing rules and infrastructure for new digital financial markets.
AI infrastructure and digital assets are only two parts of the country’s wider digital-economy plan. The government’s 2026–2030 programme also covers broadband, 5G, digital identity, digital skills, data exchanges, online public services and the development of domestic technology companies.
The National Data Strategy adds another layer by treating data infrastructure, AI computing and data security as strategic national capabilities. Together, the policies show a government seeking to expand the physical infrastructure needed for AI while building regulatory and technological foundations for new digital forms of finance.
For now, the stages are different. AI and data-centre infrastructure projects are already under development, while real-world asset tokenization remains largely in the regulatory, pilot and market-building phase. Vietnam’s next challenge will be turning those separate initiatives into functioning digital infrastructure and commercially viable services without weakening financial and data-security safeguards.
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