Nguyen Van Duoc (C), chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, presents certificates of strategic membership for Vietnam International Finance Center-Ho Chi Minh City. For an IFC, this requires clear rules, transparent operations, and effective enforcement. For Vietnam, that role is widely expected to fall to Ho Chi Minh City. She emphasized that Ho Chi Minh City must combine ‘hardware’ such as transport, airports, and office infrastructure with ‘software’ like digital systems, payment networks, international connections, and efficient procedures. An aerial view of Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: Tuoitre News March 15, 2026 16:17 UTC