Alibaba Cloud SME AI Growth Day Vietnam 2026
Alibaba Cloud SME AI Growth Day Vietnam 2026 — Build it. Scale it. Own it.
Vietnam's AI builders are moving fast. But most are still building on the same Western tools everyone else is using — with the same limitations, the same costs, and the same ceiling.
Qwen just changed the equation. And on 22 April, you'll see exactly what that means for your stack, your product, and your market.
💢 The Problem Nobody's Talking About
Here's the uncomfortable truth about building AI products in Southeast Asia right now:
Most teams are racing to ship — but they're doing it with tools that were built for someone else's market, priced for someone else's budget, and optimised for someone else's language.
You're patching together APIs, paying USD pricing on VND revenue, and hoping your English-first model handles Vietnamese well enough. Meanwhile, the teams in China already solved these problems — with open-source models that are faster, cheaper, and built with multilingual performance baked in from day one.
The gap isn't talent. It's access.
🎯 What This Event Is
That's exactly why we're bringing Alibaba Cloud SME AI Growth Day to Ho Chi Minh City.
This isn't a vendor roadshow. It's a full-day showcase of what happens when Vietnamese builders get their hands on one of the world's top-ranked open-source AI models — and actually ship with it.
On 22 April, here's what the day looks like:
🔧 Alibaba Cloud and Qwen engineers share what's actually working in production — the keynote, the technical deep-dive, and the real deployment lessons
🎤 Opening & Vision — Alibaba Cloud sets the stage with a direct perspective on where AI is heading in Vietnam and Southeast Asia
🔑 Keynote: Building and Scaling AI with Qwen — Real capabilities, real use cases, and what it actually takes to move from prototype to production
⚙️ Technical Deep-Dive: Powering AI at Scale — Infrastructure, deployment, and best practices straight from Alibaba Cloud engineers
⚡ Ecosystem Lightning Talks — Startups and partners share what they've built and what's working on the ground
🤝 Panel: From Prototype to Production AI — Enterprise leaders and builders get honest about deploying AI and finding collaboration opportunities
🛠️ Hands-On Lab 1: Coding with Qwen — Build and experiment with AI-assisted coding, guided live by Alibaba Cloud technical experts
🎨 Hands-On Lab 2: Image & Video with Wan — Explore generative image and video use cases hands-on with Wan
🏆 Final Demo Day: Top 3 Teams Showcase — The highest-ranked teams from Qwen AI Build Day pitch their solutions live, in front of the room
✅ What You'll Walk Away With
🔓 Unfiltered technical access — Hear directly from Qwen and Alibaba Cloud engineers on capabilities, architecture, and how to actually deploy at scale. No sales pitch. No fluff.
📐 A live blueprint for AI in production — Watch the Top 3 finalist teams demo real AI solutions built on Qwen. See what worked, what broke, and how they shipped anyway.
🛠️ Hands-on experience with Qwen and Wan — Two guided labs covering AI-assisted coding and image and video generation. You build, you experiment, you leave with something real.
💬 Direct conversations with enterprises — The format is designed for builders and enterprise teams to actually talk, explore PoCs, and identify real collaboration opportunities.
🌱 Early access to Vietnam's AI builder network — Be in the room when the Vietnam AI Ambassador Program officially launches. Get connected before it scales.
🌏 A front-row seat to a regional shift — China's AI ecosystem didn't build Qwen for the West. Southeast Asia is the next frontier. Being here on 22 April puts you ahead of that curve.
🙋 Who This Is For
This event is for you if:
👨💻 You're a developer or technical founder who wants hands-on exposure to Qwen and is tired of hitting the ceiling on Western AI tools
🏢 You're a startup or SME exploring how to build AI into your product without burning your runway on expensive APIs
📊 You're an enterprise team or decision-maker who needs to understand what AI adoption actually looks like in Vietnam — and wants to meet the builders who are already doing it
🔗 You're an ecosystem player — investor, accelerator, or partner — who wants to be plugged into Vietnam's emerging AI builder community before it goes mainstream
This event is NOT for you if:
❌ You're looking for a passive conference experience — sit, listen, collect a tote bag, leave
❌ You want theoretical AI discussions with no real-world grounding
❌ You're not serious about building, adopting, or enabling AI in Vietnam or Southeast Asia
🎤 Who's In the Room
Speakers Lineup:
Mark Khaw — Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud International
Jason Lin — Global AI Programs Marketing & GTM, Alibaba Cloud International
Dr. Ferdin Joseph — Senior Training Advisor, Alibaba Cloud International
David Yam — Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud International
Zenda Nguyen — Group CIO, NovaGroup
Alexander Ziehe — Vice President SEA, Hettich Group
Laura Nguyen — Partner, GenAI Fund
Kai Yong — Partner, GenAI Fund
Truong Nghe — IT Director & CSO, Generali Vietnam Life Insurance
Michael Lin — COO, Phuc Long
Martin Koerner — Group Commercial Director, The Anam
Kevin Ngo — Director of User Growth Center, F88
🏆 Winning Teams Showcase from Qwen AI Build Days — The winning teams from Qwen AI Build Day on 21 April. Working solutions built under a live hackathon, demoed on stage. (Teams to be announced)
(📣 Additional speakers to be announced. Follow this page for updates.)
Presented by:
⚡ GenAI Fund — the team behind Vietnam's most active AI builder programs, connecting founders, engineers, and enterprises across Southeast Asia
☁️ Alibaba Cloud — the cloud and AI infrastructure powering some of Asia's fastest-growing companies, and home to Qwen, one of the world's top-ranked open-source large language models
🚀 Secure Your Spot
The Vietnamese AI ecosystem is at an inflection point. The tools are here. The builders are ready. The enterprises are watching.
The only question is whether you'll be in the room when it happens.
Reserve your spot now — seats are limited. →
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📅 Date: 22 April 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM ICT
📍 Location: Nhà Hàng Riverside Palace, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
💰 Cost: Free
Powered by: Alibaba Cloud & GenAI Fund