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Robots prepare coffee and play football at GRECO 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City

Visitors at GRECO 2026 in central Ho Chi Minh City watched robots prepare coffee, play football and dance.

Visitors watch a robot at GRECO 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City
Photo: Dân trí

The fourth Ho Chi Minh City Green Growth Products and Services Exhibition, GRECO 2026, opened on October 26. ITPC and other organizations held it as part of the 2026 Autumn Economic Forum.

The exhibition runs until October 29, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., at Nguyen Hue Walking Street. It covers about 11,000 square meters and has nearly 70 organizations and companies with 190 booths. Organizers expect about 100,000 visitors.

The 600-square-meter robotics area was organized by AICAP, AIBRAIN, AIROBO and CDRA with representatives of more than 30 Chinese robotics and AI companies and research institutes.

Visitors can see Unitree and AgiBot humanoid robots, the Tieu Pi robot, the K1 robot that can kick a ball, a quadruped robot, and delivery and cleaning robots. They can control a robot by voice, play chess and drink coffee prepared by a robot.

Humanoid robots opened the ceremony with a dance to Vietnamese music. AICAP announced cooperation with CDRA, AIBRAIN and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, and AICAP and CDRA signed a procurement agreement involving projected demand for 1,000 robots.

Humanoid robots perform at GRECO 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City

AICAP Chairman Do Thanh Son said seeing new equipment is only the first step and that effective use also requires knowledge, personnel and support. He said Vietnamese engineers' software and control-algorithm abilities are comparable to commercial solutions in the region.

Nguyen Loc Ha, standing vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, said GRECO 2026 should connect businesses, technology and the market. The exhibition features AI, semiconductor chips, robots, automation, 3D printing, new materials, the circular economy, renewable energy and high-tech agriculture. He said cultural and community activities would spread green living and sustainable consumption.

Sources: Dân Trí