In June 2026, Vietnam's Politburo issued Resolution 10-NQ/TW, formally shifting the country's foreign investment strategy from chasing capital volume to prioritising technology, innovation, and value creation. The resolution sets explicit targets: US$200–300 billion in newly registered FDI for 2026–2030, with 75 percent of that capital expected to come from developed economies with advanced technology and governance standards.

That commitment lands in a genuinely competitive moment. Vietnam posted strong FDI growth through the first seven months of 2026, but its manufacturing base still trails regional peers on localisation — Malaysia and Thailand have each built deeper domestic supply chains than Vietnam has to date. Malaysia is advancing on semiconductor sophistication and digital infrastructure; Thailand is rebuilding an industrial policy around advanced electronics; Indonesia continues to leverage scale and resource depth. Vietnam's traditional advantage, cost and labour availability, is no longer sufficient on its own, a reality underscored by the World Bank's July 2026 reclassification of Vietnam into the upper-middle-income category.

1T Summit 2026 examines what this new policy direction could mean in practice: how Vietnam can translate stronger FDI inflows into greater domestic capability, technology transfer and value creation, and how its position compares with other major Southeast Asian economies competing for the same capital, industries and talent. The focus is not on judging a policy still in its early stages, but on identifying the strategic choices, execution priorities and competitive conditions that will shape Vietnam's next phase of growth.

Learn more at https://www.1tsummit.vietnamvanguard.com