FPT Spotlights AI Sovereignty as the Next Frontier for AI-Native Enterprises at France-Vietnam Business Forum 2026

France-Vietnam Business Forum 2026 took place in Paris, France

FPT recently hosted the second edition of the France-Vietnam Business Forum in Paris, in collaboration with the Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF). The event gathered 150 business executives, industry leaders, and technology experts to address the defining priority of AI sovereignty and the emergence of AI-native companies. 

Building on the momentum of the inaugural forum in 2024 and the Vietnam-France Leaders Forum in 2025, this year’s event contributes to the strengthened synergies between the two nations. The dialogues further solidified Vietnam’s position as a global digital hub and a strategic partner for European enterprises, especially amid the growing importance of technology and innovation in this cooperation. Featuring representatives from FPT, IBM, Schneider Electric, CANAL+, Technip Energies, Saint-Gobain, and so on, the forum also provided actionable insights into how nations and organizations can maintain control over data, infrastructure, and critical capabilities while successfully scaling AI across complex global ecosystems.

According to H.E. Trinh Duc Hai, Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Vietnam and France share a powerful synergy by combining technological capabilities, market access, and dynamic innovation ecosystems, reinforced by the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established in October 2024. This framework is enabling a more ambitious and results-oriented phase of cooperation, where governments define the direction while enterprises turn policy into tangible outcomes. “If governments set the direction, it is companies that transform these policies into projects, results, and reality,” he said, underscoring the central role of businesses in translating bilateral ambition into concrete economic collaboration. 

Addressing the executive audience, Pham Minh Tuan, Executive Vice President and FPT Software Chief Executive Officer, FPT Corporation, highlighted the new phase of strategic digital cooperation between Vietnam and France, which has evolved beyond traditional diplomatic and economic ties into a partnership increasingly defined by AI, data infrastructure, and talent exchange. France brings strengths in mathematical research, governance frameworks, and advanced AI ecosystems, while Vietnam contributes speed, engineering scale, and a rapidly expanding digital economy powered by a young technology workforce. Together, both countries are positioned as complementary forces building a cross-border bridge for AI industrialization, further reinforced by initiatives such as the Vietnam–France Leaders Forum and expanding educational and enterprise collaborations.

Echoing a similar sentiment, Mr. Benoit Clocheret, Executive Chairman of Artelia and President of the Vietnam Committee of MEDEF International, emphasized that France–Vietnam cooperation is increasingly defined by a long-term, execution-driven partnership anchored in shared priorities such as artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and technological sovereignty. Sovereignty was framed not only as a policy objective but as something built through sustained business collaboration and industrial capability. This dynamic highlights a growing opportunity for Vietnamese companies to expand their presence into France and Europe, reflecting a more balanced and mutually reinforcing phase of bilateral economic engagement.

With AI redefining global competitiveness, discussions throughout the forum underscored that technological sovereignty has evolved into an urgent mandate for both nations and businesses. A major challenge for modern enterprises is transitioning beyond the initial experimentation to industrialize AI at scale, with built-in governance, security, and operational discipline, thereby generating tangible and sustainable value. FPT remains committed to making AI a core competitive advantage for both the corporation and its clients through an "AI-first" approach, leveraging the comprehensive FleziPT platform, a workforce of over 30,000 AI-augmented engineers, world-class AI Factories in Vietnam and Japan, and strategic partnerships with global AI leaders. These capabilities are further strengthened by FPT CASAN, a five-level AI transformation framework including Curious, Augmented, Standard, Automatic, and Native, which enables enterprises to move from fragmented AI pilots to structured, enterprise-wide adoption with measurable outcomes.

Mr. Pham Minh Tuan, Executive Vice President and FPT Software Chief Executive Officer, FPT Corporation, delivered a keynote on converting AI ambition into advantage

AI sovereignty without execution is incomplete. While global enterprises can perfectly define the principles of sovereignty through innovation and regulation, FPT helps turn those principles into scalable, compliant, real-world execution. We view sovereignty as a model of partnership, where France retains control, standards, and strategic ownership, while Vietnam contributes talent depth, engineering scale, and long-term capability building,” said Pham Minh Tuan, Executive Vice President and FPT Software Chief Executive Officer, FPT Corporation.

Since establishing its footprint in France in 2008, FPT has actively contributed to the longstanding ties between Vietnam and France. Trusted by industry leaders such as Airbus, La Poste, Air Liquide, Quadient, CANAL+, Sagemcom, SNCF, and Geopost, FPT has delivered impactful digital transformation across multiple sectors. Looking ahead, the company aims to rank among the top 50 IT companies in France, grow its local workforce to more than 500 professionals, and further expand its reach across French-speaking markets.