Lê Trường Duy, Director of HCMC C4IR, said the Autumn Economic Forum 2026 (AEF 2026) will take place from October 26 to 29 in Ho Chi Minh City, expecting over 1,500 delegates with 21 discussion sessions and 16 side events. At the forum, 12 investment projects from domestic and foreign businesses, with total registered capital of over USD 13 billion and focused on logistics, energy and infrastructure, will be announced. The organizers have received confirmations from 22 international delegation representatives and leaders of 10 international organizations, including the UN, IMF and IFC. The article also notes that HCMC's 2025 GRDP reached about VND 3.03 million billion, or 23.5% of Vietnam's GDP, and that in the first nine months of 2026 the city attracted over USD 17.8 billion in FDI, 4.2 times the same period last year.
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Original headline: Chưa đầy 1 tuần nữa, hơn 13 tỷ USD vốn đầu tư dự kiến sẽ đổ bộ vào đầu tàu kinh tế có quy mô lớn nhất Việt Nam
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