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HCM City Financial Centre Unveils 10 members with $3B in commitments by 2030

Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietnam International Financial Centre has unveiled 10 members with announced investment commitments totaling $2.7 billion, outlining the scale of pledged investment linked to the centre.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The 10 members have total investment commitments of US$2.7 billion by 2027 (per vietnamnews.vn).
  • The members’ total investment commitments are $3 billion by 2030 (per vietnamnews.vn).
  • HCM City has announced 12 investment projects in areas including seaports, logistics, urban development and high technology (per vietnamnews.vn).

The brief

The Vietnam International Financial Centre in HCM City has named its first 10 members, whose combined investment commitments are US$2.7 billion by 2027 and $3 billion by 2030, Vietnam News reported. The centre’s executive authority recognised the 10 holding companies as inaugural members during the ongoing Autumn Economic Forum.

The centre unveiled the membership on October 28, and a ceremony at the forum marked the recognition decisions. The commitments have two stated milestones: US$2.7 billion by 2027 and $3 billion by 2030. Vietnam News reported those totals for the 10 companies collectively.

It did not allocate the combined figures among the members, so the reported totals do not indicate what any one company is expected to contribute. One named company, Saigon Marina IFC, plans to raise $816 million. The stated purpose is to develop the financial centre’s technological and physical infrastructure.

The report describes this as a fundraising plan, distinct from the overall investment commitments attributed to the 10 members. VinaCapital International Partners has committed to mobilise $200 million. Its stated destinations are a proposed 99-storey Iconic VIFC tower and a gas-to-power project in Tây Ninh Province.

The account does not specify how that sum would be divided between the two projects. Separately, HCM City has announced 12 investment projects, including multibillion-dollar developments across seaports, logistics, urban development and high technology.

Vietnam News presents those projects alongside the financial centre’s membership and investment plans; it does not identify them as part of the 10 members’ commitments.

The stated figures therefore cover several distinct categories: the members’ combined commitments over two milestones, Saigon Marina IFC’s infrastructure fundraising target, VinaCapital International Partners’ commitment for two proposed projects, and HCM City’s 12 announced projects. The account does not give individual investment values or developers for the city’s projects.

The next concrete milestones named in the report are the members’ commitments by 2027 and 2030.

Why it matters

  • The commitments could give Ho Chi Minh City a larger pool of capital to finance projects in ports, logistics, urban development and high technology, easing funding constraints for businesses and infrastructure builders. If the announced investment is deployed, firms and residents could benefit from expanded transport and urban capacity, while Vietnam gains a stronger domestic channel for financing growth; the pledges themselves do not guarantee that projects will proceed.

What to watch next

  • Whether the 10 members meet the stated US$2.7 billion commitment milestone by 2027.
  • Whether the 10 members meet the stated $3 billion commitment milestone by 2030.
  • Whether Saigon Marina IFC raises the planned $816 million for technological and physical infrastructure.
  • How VinaCapital International Partners allocates its committed $200 million between the proposed tower and gas-to-power project.

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Timeline

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  1. On July 2, 1976, the National Assembly renamed Saigon–Gia Dinh as Ho Chi Minh City.
    Background · from our historical context
  2. The Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam, enacted on December 29, 1987, provided an early legal route for foreign capital.
    Background · from our historical context
  3. Vietnam’s Investment Law, passed on June 17, 2020, established the country’s framework for investment projects and incentives.
    Background · from our historical context
  4. Vietnam’s National Assembly adopted Resolution 98/2023/QH15 on special mechanisms for Ho Chi Minh City.
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  5. Vietnam’s National Assembly passed Resolution 222/2025/QH15 on establishing an international financial centre in Vietnam.
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How we got here

Before the investment announcements, Vietnam had established a special legal framework for Ho Chi Minh City through National Assembly Resolution 98/2023/QH15, adopted on June 24, 2023, and effective August 1, 2023.

The framework followed the Politburo’s Resolution 31-NQ/TW of January 2022, which set out a development direction for Ho Chi Minh City through 2030 and a vision to 2045. Vietnam’s Investment Law, passed on June 17, 2020, established the country’s framework for investment projects and incentives.

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