Event 1 - Vietnam Cloud Day 2025

Vietnam Cloud Day 2025: Ho Chi Minh City Connect Edition for Builders

Date & Time: Thursday, 18 September 2025 | 9:00 – 17:00 VNT

Location: Amazon Web Services Vietnam, 36th Floor, 2 Hai Trieu Street, Sai Gon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City

Registration Status: Closed


Event Overview

Vietnam Cloud Day 2025 was a comprehensive AWS event designed for builders and enterprise leaders, featuring keynote addresses from government speakers, AWS executives, and industry leaders. The event showcased AWS’s latest services and strategic initiatives for AI and cloud modernization through two main tracks: a live telecast track and in-person breakout sessions.


Agenda

Live Telecast Track

Time (VNT) Session Speaker
7:35 - 9:00 Registration -
9:00 - 9:20 Opening Hon. Government Speaker
9:20 - 9:40 Keynote Address Eric Yeo, Country General Manager, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar, AWS
9:40 - 10:00 Customer Keynote 1 Dr. Jens Lottner, CEO, Techcombank
10:00 - 10:20 Customer Keynote 2 Ms. Trang Phung, CEO & Co-Founder, U2U Network
10:20 - 10:50 AWS Keynote Jaime Valles, Vice President, General Manager Asia Pacific and Japan, AWS
11:00 – 11:40 Panel Discussion: Navigating the GenAI Revolution Moderator: Jeff Johnson, Managing Director, ASEAN, AWS

Panel Discussion Details: Navigating the GenAI Revolution: Strategies for Executive Leadership

This discussion delved into how executive leaders can effectively steer their organizations through the rapid advancements in generative AI. Executive panelists shared their insights and personal journeys on:

  • Fostering a culture of innovation
  • Aligning AI initiatives with business objectives
  • Managing organizational changes that accompany AI integration

Panelists:

  • Vu Van, Co-founder & CEO, ELSA Corp
  • Nguyen Hoa Binh, Chairman, Nexttech Group
  • Dieter Botha, CEO, TymeX

Breakout Tracks (In-Person Sessions)

Track 1: AI & Analytics Focus

Time (VNT) Session Speaker
13:15 - 13:30 Opening & Track Introduction Jun Kai Loke, AI/ML Specialist SA, AWS
13:30 - 14:00 Building a Unified Data Foundation on AWS for AI and Analytics Workloads Kien Nguyen, Solutions Architect, AWS
14:00 - 14:30 Building the Future: Gen AI Adoption and Roadmap on AWS Jun Kai Loke, AI/ML Specialist SA, AWS; Tamelly Lim, Storage Specialist SA, AWS
14:30 - 15:00 AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) - Shaping the Future of Software Implementation Binh Tran, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS
15:00 - 15:30 Tea Break -
15:30 - 16:00 Securing Generative AI Applications with AWS: Fundamentals and Best Practices Taiki Dang, Solutions Architect, AWS
16:00 - 16:30 Beyond Automation: AI Agents as Your Ultimate Productivity Multipliers Michael Armentano, Principal WW GTM Specialist, AWS
Session Details

Building a Unified Data Foundation on AWS for AI and Analytics Workloads

This session delved into strategies and best practices for constructing a unified, scalable data foundation on AWS. Participants learned how to leverage AWS services to create a robust data infrastructure that can handle the demands of modern data-driven applications. Key topics covered:

  • Data ingestion, storage, processing, and governance
  • Effective data management and utilization for advanced analytics and AI initiatives

Building the Future: Gen AI Adoption and Roadmap on AWS

AWS presented its comprehensive vision, emerging trends, and strategic roadmap for the adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies. The discussion covered key AWS services and initiatives designed to empower organizations in leveraging GenAI to drive innovation and efficiency.

AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) - Shaping the Future of Software Implementation

The AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) is a transformative, AI-centric approach reshaping the future of software implementation by fully embedding AI as a central collaborator in the entire software development lifecycle. Unlike traditional methods that retrofit AI as an assistant to existing human-driven processes, AI-DLC integrates AI-powered execution with human oversight and dynamic team collaboration to:

  • Drastically improve software development speed
  • Enhance code quality
  • Foster innovation

Securing Generative AI Applications with AWS: Fundamentals and Best Practices

This session explored the unique security challenges at each layer of the generative AI stack—infrastructure, models, and applications. Participants learned how AWS integrates built-in security measures such as:

  • Encryption
  • Zero-trust architecture
  • Continuous monitoring
  • Fine-grained access controls

These measures safeguard generative AI workloads, ensuring data confidentiality and integrity throughout the AI lifecycle.

Beyond Automation: AI Agents as Your Ultimate Productivity Multipliers

This session presented a paradigm shift where AI agents aren’t just tools, but intelligent partners actively driving business forward. Key concepts included:

  • AI agents that learn, adapt, and execute complex tasks autonomously
  • Transformation of operations from manual processes to unprecedented efficiency
  • Exponential productivity multiplication through AI power

Track 2: Cloud Migration & Modernization Focus

Time (VNT) Session Speaker
13:15 - 13:30 Opening & Track Introduction Hung Nguyen Gia, Head of Solutions Architect, AWS
13:30 - 14:00 Completing a Large-Scale Migration and Modernisation with AWS Son Do, Technical Account Manager, AWS; Nguyen Van Hai, Director of Software Engineering, Techcombank
14:00 - 14:30 Modernizing Applications with Generative AI-Powered Tools Phuc Nguyen, Solutions Architect, AWS; Alex Tran, AI Director, OCB
14:30 - 15:00 Panel Discussion: Application Modernization - Accelerating Business Transformation Moderator: Hung Nguyen Gia, Head of Solutions Architect, AWS
15:00 - 15:30 Break -
15:30 - 16:00 Transforming VMware with AI-driven Cloud Modernisation Hung Hoang, Customer Solutions Manager, AWS
16:00 - 16:30 AWS Security at Scale: From Development to Production Taiki Dang, Solutions Architect, AWS
Session Details

Completing a Large-Scale Migration and Modernisation with AWS

This session focused on valuable lessons from thousands of enterprises who have migrated and modernized their on-premises workloads with AWS. Topics included:

  • Proven mental models and technical best practices
  • Modernization pathways that help organizations modernize while they migrate
  • AWS migration accelerators and latest migration and modernization tools
  • Case study showcasing how organizations established a robust foundation and strategic roadmap leveraging AWS cloud capabilities to achieve digital transformation goals

Modernizing Applications with Generative AI-Powered Tools

This session explored how Amazon Q Developer transforms the software development lifecycle (SDLC) through its agentic capabilities across:

  • AWS Console
  • IDE
  • CLI
  • DevSecOps platforms

Key capabilities demonstrated:

  • Q’s agents accelerate code generation and improve code quality
  • Seamless integration with existing workflows
  • Automatic generation of comprehensive documentation and unit tests
  • Improved code maintainability and reliability
  • Understanding of complex codebases and optimization suggestions
  • Automation of routine tasks across the development lifecycle

Panel Discussion: Application Modernization - Accelerating Business Transformation

Panelists:

  • Nguyen Minh Ngan, AI Specialist, OCB
  • Nguyen Manh Tuyen, Head of Data Application, LPBank Securities
  • Vinh Nguyen, Co-Founder & CTO, Ninety Eight

Transforming VMware with AI-driven Cloud Modernisation

This session showed how Vietnamese organizations are accelerating cloud adoption with VMware estates. Key topics:

  • How AWS Transform helps migrate fast, safely, and cost-effectively
  • Step-by-step playbook and downtime-aware patterns
  • Roadmap to modernize onto EKS, RDS, and serverless after landing
  • Ideal for IT leaders, architects, and ops teams planning large-scale VMware-to-AWS moves

AWS Security at Scale: From Development to Production

This session explored how to enhance cloud security posture across the entire development and production lifecycle. Topics covered:

  • AWS comprehensive security approach: identification, prevention, detection, response, and remediation
  • Security-by-design principles throughout the development process
  • Advanced detection and response capabilities
  • How generative AI enhances security analysis and automates operations
  • Building resilient architectures that evolve with emerging threats
  • Creating more secure, scalable cloud environments

Key Takeaways

  • Comprehensive understanding of AWS’s AI and cloud modernization strategy
  • Practical insights into enterprise-scale AI adoption and implementation
  • Best practices for data foundation, security, and application modernization
  • Real-world case studies and lessons from industry leaders
  • Hands-on knowledge of AWS services for GenAI, migration, and modernization