# Startup & founder events in Ho Chi Minh City

Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily.

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5 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026.

## 🚶Curious Walking Club - Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 #5 | Friends of Screate Labs

- Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 18:00 (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Le Van Tam Park, Hai Bà Trưng, Tân Định, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
- Organizer: [Friends of Screate Labs](https://foundercal.com/organizers/friends-of-screate-labs)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/curious-walking-club-ho-chi-minh-city-5-friends-of-screate-labs-ZmpdoHooDU1xVd5
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9014?p=md

Curious Walking Club is a global 5K+ walking ritual started by Hien Nguyen & Friends of Screate Labs in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing founders, builders, and curious minds together, now expanding across cities.Every Thursday, from 6:00 - 7:30 PM, we walk 5K+ in cities around the world, meet…

## Founders Running Club :: Ho Chi Minh City

- Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 06:00 (Asia/Saigon)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Every Half Coffee Roasters, Tầng 01, 02, Chung Cư C1, Khu III/Tháp A/62 Đ. Hoàng Thế Thiện, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam
- Organizer: [Founders Running Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-running-club)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-running-club-ho-chi-minh-city-WsfBHyLGWSC9PiD
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2771?p=md

Let’s lace up for another FRC meetup, a space for like-minded folks interested in startups, entrepreneurship, and running. No registration required, come as you are! This isn’t a pitch session or networking grind. It’s for founders and friends who value real connections over transactions. Whether…

## [ShopX Coffee Chat] Buildathon: AI Ads Intelligence System

- Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 09:00 (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh)
- Type: Hackathon
- Venue: Pearl Plaza, 561A Điện Biên Phủ, Thạnh Mỹ Tây, Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
- Organizer: Personal
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/shopx-coffee-chat-buildathon-ai-ads-intelligence-system-0ROHiA3CTypMw30
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7913?p=md

Buildathon is coming to Saigon!What if you could turn an ecommerce challenge into a working AI solution, all in one day?Join Buildathon: AI Ads Intelligence System, co-organized by GemPages and FireGroup, where builders come together to explore how AI can make ecommerce advertising smarter, faster,…

## n8n Builders Challenge – Ho Chi Minh City

- Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 09:00 (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh)
- Type: Hackathon
- Venue: MindX Technology School (Phạm Ngũ Lão), Tầng 9, Tòa nhà International Plaza, Số 343 Phạm Ngũ Lão, Bến Thành, Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
- Organizer: [n8n Community Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/n8n-community-events)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/n8n-builders-challenge-ho-chi-minh-city-IKDSTXJue3CibGI
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9477?p=md

Tham gia n8n Builders Challenge – Ho Chi Minh City, hackathon dành cho cộng đồng yêu thích AI, Automation và n8n. ⚠️ Đây là sự kiện hackathon với các hoạt động thực hành trực tiếp. Người tham gia vui lòng mang theo laptop cá nhân để có thể tham gia xây dựng workflow, thực hiện thử thách và có trải…

## Vietnam Innovation Summit 2026

- Date: 13 October 2026 – 15 October 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Riverside Palace, 360D Bến Vân Đồn, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City
- Organizer: [InnoLab Asia](https://foundercal.com/organizers/innolab-asia)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/vietnam-innovation-summit-2026-2026-10-13
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2958?p=md

Vietnam's flagship open-innovation summit and the anchor of the HCMC startup-ecosystem calendar, run by InnoLab Asia. Three days, 200+ startups, regional funds, accelerators and corporates from 30+ countries, with structured business-matching across AI, fintech, healthtech and green tech. Worth it…