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December 3, 2026 | Ho Chi Minh City

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Tesla's $3 Million Landing in Vietnam is a Market Audit, on VinFast.
Perspectives
Tech & Semiconductors
Tesla's $3 Million Landing in Vietnam is a Market Audit, on VinFast.
Perspectives
Tech & Semiconductors

Tesla's $3 million Vietnam entry is a market audit, and VinFast is the auditee: its near-total share, its losses, and whether it can become Vietnam's Toyota.

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Perspectives
Tech & Semiconductors
AgriS Chases an Ingredients Multiple With Brands, Capital and R&D
Perspectives
Agriculture
AgriS Chases an Ingredients Multiple With Brands, Capital and R&D
Perspectives
Agriculture

AgriS trades like an $840M sugar producer. Branding, ESG capital and a Singapore R&D center make its case for a higher, ingredients-style multiple.

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Perspectives
Agriculture
Ten Hard Truths About Vietnam's Capital Markets
1T SUMMIT 2025
Finance
Ten Hard Truths About Vietnam's Capital Markets
1T SUMMIT 2025
Finance

Vietnam's capital markets are growing, but are they ready to finance the country's next decade? Drawing on insights from KPMG, SSI, Dragon Capital, HSBC, VinaCapital and other financial institutions at the Capital Intelligence Forum 2026, Vietnam Vanguard examines ten structural challenges — from excessive bank dependence and weak institutional investment to capital formation, market transparency and the shortage of investment-ready companies.

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1T SUMMIT 2025
Finance
The REIT Vietnam Never Built is Already Running, from Singapore
Real Estate
The REIT Vietnam Never Built is Already Running, from Singapore
Real Estate

Vietnam has no working REIT market. Singapore-listed funds built one anyway, out of Vietnamese warehouses — and the regulatory gap keeping it that way is narrower than it looks.

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Real Estate

Vietnam’s next stage of growth requires a new generation of leaders, institutions, and execution capacity.

The country’s economic rise is real. But the next phase will require more than growth. It will demand stronger companies, deeper leadership benches, more serious governance, and institutions that can keep pace with national ambition.

Vanguard exists to help close that gap.

We are building a platform for the people responsible for what comes next — those scaling businesses, shaping industries, allocating capital, and helping define Vietnam’s long-term relevance.

Built for Vietnam’s next era of leadership.

Vanguard operates through three engines: confidential forums, curated convenings, and original insight. Together, they help leaders think better, connect more meaningfully, and build with greater institutional depth.

1. Confidential Forums

Confidential peer forums for leaders navigating growth, succession, governance, and scale.

This is the private core of Vanguard. High-trust rooms where serious leaders compare notes, challenge assumptions, and sharpen judgment with peers facing similar decisions.

  • Vanguard Circles

  • CxO Initiative

  • Private Dinners & Briefings

2. Curated Convenings

Curated events and conferences that bring the right people into the room around the issues shaping Vietnam’s future.

These are not open-market conferences built for volume. They are filtered gatherings designed for quality of conversation, quality of room, and relevance of audience.

  • Vanguard Connect

  • Vanguard Summit

  • Flagship sector forums

  • Executive briefings and selective public dialogues

3. Original Insights

Original analysis, interviews, and editorial perspectives focused on leadership, capital, institutions, and Vietnam’s next era.

Vanguard does not just host conversations. It helps frame them — with editorial work designed to sharpen how serious leaders think about the country’s future.

  • Vanguard Originals

  • Insights & Reports

  • Leadership analysis

  • Recognition and benchmark platforms

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Who Vanguard is For

  • Successors — The next generation stepping into Vietnam’s family businesses and conglomerates.

  • Professional C-Suites — Senior executives responsible for scaling companies, systems, and leadership capacity.

  • Entrepreneurial Builders — Founders evolving from founder-led growth to durable institution-building.

  • Returnees — Overseas Vietnamese and global executives bringing outside experience back to Vietnam with long-term intent.

Join the platform built for serious leaders.

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