What works in Ho Chi Minh City
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Evidence snapshot for Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City has emerged as a major technology and innovation hub, anchored by two large tech parks: Quang Trung Software City has grown to 121 IT enterprises generating cumulative revenue of US$6 billion (including US$4.35 billion in exports) and employing ~22,000 people, while Saigon Hi-Tech Park expanded from 26 firms in 2011 to 160+ projects worth US$13.7 billion by 2025, with cumulative exports exceeding US$100 billion. Beyond technology, the Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project upgraded over 200 low-income areas across the city, directly benefiting 700,000+ people and issuing 95,000 micro-loans to poorest households. The city is also home to Sao Mai Center for the Blind, which has trained over 5,500 blind and low-vision people and 600+ assistive-technology trainers while developing accessible software that has been downloaded over 13,000 times.
Drawn from: Sao Mai Center for the Blind — Blind-Led Assistive-Technology Development in Vietnam · Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project — Participatory Infrastructure Upgrading for Low-Income Areas · Quang Trung Software City — Vietnam's Anchor Tech Park at 25 Years · Saigon Hi-Tech Park — Ho Chi Minh City's Technology Transfer & Commercialisation Engine · Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) — Vietnam's First High-Tech Zone · ELSA Speak — AI pronunciation coaching for EFL learners in Vietnam · MoMo — Vietnam's E-Wallet Super App Targeting the Unbanked · Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal — Ho Chi Minh City's World Bank–Financed Waterway Revival
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evidence of learning impact +24 pts 50 here · 26 average
Scalability & sustainability +24 pts 86 here · 62 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +23 pts 80 here · 57 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Sustainability / continuity +16 pts 94 here · 78 average
Innovation +9 pts 71 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -37 pts 0 here · 37 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Ho Chi Minh City. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Sao Mai Center for the Blind — Blind-Led Assistive-Technology Development in Vietnam · 96
Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project — Participatory Infrastructure Upgrading for Low-Income Areas · 86
Quang Trung Software City — Vietnam's Anchor Tech Park at 25 Years · 76
Saigon Hi-Tech Park — Ho Chi Minh City's Technology Transfer & Commercialisation Engine · 76
Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) — Vietnam's First High-Tech Zone · 71
ELSA Speak — AI pronunciation coaching for EFL learners in Vietnam · 60
MoMo — Vietnam's E-Wallet Super App Targeting the Unbanked · 56
Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal — Ho Chi Minh City's World Bank–Financed Waterway Revival · 40
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more