Forum «France-Vietnam Forward 2026»

   France's tech scene and Vietnam's job market meet in Ho Chi Minh City under one roof on a single day: a business summit on innovation and a job and education fair run in parallel, on one registration. In one day you can look at new technology and talk to recruiters face to face.

   The business half is the French Tech Summit, the leading forum for technology between France and Vietnam. The programme lists keynote speeches by experts and business leaders, high-level roundtables on major technological challenges, an exhibition area and a Startup Village showcasing the most promising French and Vietnamese startups.

   What the organisers have announced so far:

• — dedicated sessions on five sectors: Industry, Transportation, Construction, HealthTech and FinTech
• — Challenge for Impact by ZEBOX, a startup competition run together with FPT and CMA CGM
• — an exhibition area with technology companies, startups and innovation partners
• — CVs handed straight to recruiters from French and international companies
• — university and school stands, plus career workshops and job-focused sessions

   The other half is the Job & Education Fair. It connects Vietnamese candidates with employers and education providers: you can hand your CV to a recruiter, ask about internships and study programmes, and sit in on a career workshop. Some employers have already opened vacancies for the day, among them Aden, Artelia and Sanofi, while the university partners announced include RMIT University, Saigontourist Hospitality College and HCMUT-TBI.

   The forum is built for several audiences at once: company executives and entrepreneurs, investors, HR managers and recruiters, university representatives, and students or recent graduates hunting for an internship or a first job. If you work anywhere along the France-Vietnam line, in business, technology or education, most of the people who do the same will be in the room.

   The event grew out of French Tech Summit Vietnam 2025: in 2026 the two flagship projects are brought together on one day and one site for the first time. The same day closes the France-Vietnam Innovation Year led by the Embassy of France in Vietnam. The organiser is the France-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI France Vietnam), founded in 1989 on the initiative of businessmen based in Ho Chi Minh City: today it brings together more than 250 member companies and belongs to the CCI France International network of 120 chambers in 95 countries. It is co-organised with La French Tech Vietnam and Team France Export.

   Attendance is free but registration is required, and the organisers take entries until 4:00 PM on 15 October, the day of the forum itself. The venue has not been named yet: both the announcement and the poster say venue to be confirmed, and only the city is known. The address will be published closer to the date, so it is worth checking before you set off.

   If you have spent the year watching French technology companies and schools move into Vietnam, this is the day to catch them all in one place and talk in person.