At Hanoi's 100-Year Vision Master Plan Announcement and Investment Promotion Conference 2026, held in late June, Hanoi City unveiled 276 projects seeking investment in key sectors. The event also witnessed the signing of 50 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) across urban infrastructure, healthcare, education, investment, finance, science and technology, and digital transformation.

The Department of Finance, the agency tasked by the City People's Committee with organizing the conference, stated that intensified investment promotion activities convey the capital's development message for a new phase. These efforts also create an additional channel connecting the city with domestic and international investors and businesses.

Representatives of businesses and investors at the event. Photo: Organizers

"With a long-term development vision, Hanoi commits to continuing to build a transparent, favorable, secure, and competitive investment environment. We will always listen, accompany, and create the most favorable conditions for investors and partners to realize their potential and expand cooperation," a city representative stated.

From the business perspective, Truong Gia Binh, Chairman of FPT Corporation's Board of Directors, pledged FPT's commitment to accompanying Hanoi in building an innovation ecosystem, developing science and technology, training high-quality human resources, and promoting digital transformation.

In addition to domestic capital, Hanoi continues to strongly attract strategic investors from Japan, South Korea, the US, and markets strong in technology, finance, supporting industries, smart cities, and innovation.

Investors receiving congratulatory flowers at the conference. Photo: Organizers

JETRO, the Japan External Trade Organization, an investment and trade promotion agency under Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, expects to continue acting as a bridge between Japanese businesses and Hanoi. Ozasa Haruhiko, Chief Representative of JETRO Hanoi, emphasized that JETRO would continue to accompany the city in promoting investment and trade cooperation, contributing to improving the capital's investment and business environment, and fostering connections between Japanese investors and Hanoi.

Na Ki Hong, General Director of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., shared Samsung's experience in development, innovation, and building an industrial ecosystem, suggesting directions for Hanoi in improving the quality of investment attraction. For many years, Samsung has been one of the largest foreign investors in Vietnam and an early foreign investor in Hanoi. It has expanded investment activities in manufacturing, science and technology, and research and development (R&D), thereby contributing to transforming the growth model and enhancing competitiveness.

NVIDIA's presence at the conference indicated Hanoi's investment attraction trend shifting towards high technology in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, digital infrastructure, and high-quality human resources. These sectors can generate significant value if connected with universities, research institutes, technology businesses, and policy testing mechanisms.

Sumitomo, a major Japanese conglomerate, is also expected by Hanoi to continue developing industrial park infrastructure, smart city, and sustainable development projects. Its experience in implementing large-scale projects in Vietnam positions the group well in areas requiring long-term capital, complex management capabilities, and a stable development vision.

The keen interest from investors, major corporations, and international organizations, expressed through their speeches and presentations at the conference, demonstrated the responsibility, dedication, and commitment of the investor community and partners to the city. This collective effort aims to create new growth drivers, enhance competitiveness, and realize the capital's development vision in a new phase of transformation.

Hanoi aims to maintain investment attraction momentum in the coming quarters, focusing on semiconductor technology, artificial intelligence, urban infrastructure, and finance-banking. The city launched the Hanoi Investment Map software, enabling investors to conduct transparent and modern digital field surveys. Alongside the 50 signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs), the conference underscored Hanoi's commitment to creating an attractive, secure investment environment, working closely with the business community to quickly transform commitments into concrete projects, contributing to the capital's rapid, sustainable growth goals in this new development phase.

Yen Chi