Industry Findings: Manufacturing expansion and the rise of large-scale logistics zones are driving adoption, particularly in electronics, textiles, and e-commerce fulfillment. Autonomous mobile robots, AI-enabled inspection tools, and automated sorting systems are becoming central to streamlining operations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. These conditions require vendors to deliver systems that can withstand rapid throughput fluctuations and mixed-process environments, improving the robustness and repeatability of deployed autonomy solutions.
Industry Progression: City-level permissive policies and a fast-maturing warehousing ecosystem are creating concentrated procurement windows for autonomy suppliers; Ho Chi Minh City authorised controlled testing of self-driving vehicles within Saigon Hi-Tech Park and QTSC (November 2024) and Vietnam hosted the Vietnam Warehousing & Automation Show (May 2025), producing local testbeds and buyer interactions — these combined moves shorten pilot cycles for delivery and warehouse AMR deployments and push vendors to prioritize low-cost, scalable solutions for high-velocity e-commerce corridors.
Industry Players: The market in Vietnam consists of numerous players, including VinFast, Viettel, Vingroup labs, FPT, Zalo/ VNG R&D, CATEC integrators, and domestic robotics startups such as Q-Bot etc. Rapid EV industrialisation is creating a production backbone for localized autonomy: VinFast’s announcement of a second overseas production plant (December 2024) and its ongoing regional production expansion provide the vehicle-scale manufacturing platform needed to integrate autonomous sensor suites at volume, which pushes suppliers that can deliver domestic sensor integration, ECU adaptation and localised software calibration to the front of procurement lists for fleet pilots and export projects.