On September 11, 2026, within the framework of the 3rd Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue event in 2026 (FD 2026), Nam A Bank continues to affirm its role as a pioneering financial organization standing side by side with the City government in multilateral foreign affairs activities, promoting green transformation and connecting international infrastructure - finance.
With the theme "Local Foreign Affairs: Driving Force for Innovation and Sustainable Growth", FD 2026 takes place from September 10 to 12, 2026 in Vung Tau ward, Ho Chi Minh City. The event is chaired by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee with an impressive international scale, gathering nearly 500 domestic and international delegates, including representatives from 36 local delegations, international partners covering continents and leaders of ministries, sectors and the domestic and foreign business community.
FD 2026 has important strategic significance when organized in the new urban development space of Ho Chi Minh City. The event aims to concretize the orientation of transforming friendly foreign relations into practical socio-economic development resources, helping Ho Chi Minh City and localities attract investment, advanced technology, modern management knowledge and high-quality human resources.
The series of events includes key activities: Mayors' Conference, thematic discussions and Public Diplomacy Programs and Field Visits.
As one of the main speakers of the event, Mr. Ha Huy Cuong - Deputy General Director of Nam A Bank presented an important presentation with the theme: "Green finance as a lever to transform the seaport - logistics ecosystem: The role of local foreign affairs in connecting businesses with resources and international markets".
Speaking at the event, Mr. Ha Huy Cuong emphasized: In the context of global trade restructuring, green standards are not only environmental requirements but have become mandatory conditions for Vietnamese goods and transport ships to access large markets. However, the green transformation process of seaport infrastructure, warehouses, logistics centers and means of transport requires very large and long-term capital.
Green finance needs to be approached in the direction of sharing and supporting businesses to implement the transition process, instead of just funding projects that have fully met green criteria. Banks need to participate right from the stage of structuring investment plans, integrating indicators on energy efficiency, emissions and environmental - social risk management (ESG) into the appraisal process," Mr. Ha Huy Cuong shared.
In particular, Nam A Bank also proposed an ecosystem approach, typically the Bank's parallel sponsorship of the NECS cold storage ecosystem linkage chain and QTM International Seaport. Connecting credit capital flows with cargo flows, cash flows and operating data across cold storage, seaports and logistics services will help optimize costs, increase transparency in traceability and improve comprehensive competitiveness for the supply chain.
To make green finance truly become a development lever, Nam A Bank has proactively played the role of a bridge to bring high-quality international capital flows into the Vietnamese economy. The bank continuously expands its global strategic partner network with leading financial institutions such as J.P. Morgan, IFC, ADB, FMO, Proparco, Symbiotics, BlueOrchard, responsAbility...
To date, the Bank has successfully raised the total value of international capital mobilized to nearly 350 million USD. This resource is prioritized by the Bank for green credit portfolio, supporting the SMEs business community, renewable energy projects, energy saving and infrastructure transformation towards the Net Zero 2050 target.
Participating in FD 2026 this time, Nam A Bank affirms its commitment to closely coordinate with local government agencies, business associations and international partners to turn foreign cooperation agreements into practical financing projects. The proactiveness of financial institutions such as Nam A Bank not only supports logistics infrastructure businesses to meet international standards but also contributes to realizing the goal of making Ho Chi Minh City a leading green service, logistics and financial center in the region.
