In 2026, Ho Chi Minh City’s global innovative startup ecosystem ranking climbed 12 places from 2025 to 98th in the world, putting the city in the global Top 100 for the first time and marking its highest ranking to date.

Viet Nam has officially broken into the global Top 50 startup ecosystems for the first time marks a new stage in the country’s innovation journey. Yet the next benchmark will not be sheer numbers of startups, but the capacity to build firms that master core technologies and generate fresh competitive value for the economy.