This marks the city's highest ranking ever and places it among the top five most innovative startup ecosystems in Southeast Asia for the first time following a recent report of “Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025” by Startup Blink.
According to Startup Blink, Ho Chi Minh City has risen its global ranking for four years in a row, especially in the Fintech sector, which has shown rapid growth.
The city currently enters the global top 30 for Blockchain and gets the second place in Southeast Asia.
Director of the municipal Department of Science and Technology Lam Dinh Thang stated that the city’s rise in Startup Blink’s rankings is a well-deserved recognition of the collective efforts by the entire political system and the innovative startup ecosystem in Ho Chi Minh City. The city aims to place its startup and innovation ecosystem in the top 100 most dynamic global ecosystems by 2030.
To achieve this goal, the city is focusing on three main fields of policy, infrastructure and human resources.
