Hikvision (Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology) · Vietnam

Top10VPN mapping of 6.3 million Hikvision/Dahua IP-camera networks across 191 countries outside China (Shodan scans, Sept 2021) found Vietnam has the largest share of any country outside China (13%, ahead of the US at 11%), with Ho Chi Minh City ranked first and Hanoi second among world cities. Hikvision devices carry facial-recognition, licence-plate and behaviour-analysis capabilities.

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Structured fields

Host country

Vietnam

Region

Southeast Asia

AI segment

Security / Smart City

Entry mode

Product / Service Export

Entry year

2021

Deployment status

Landed

Capital direction

China->host (outbound deployment)

Company group

Hikvision

Local partner

No primary local partner disclosed in this record.

Vietnam accounts for ~13% of Hikvision/Dahua IP camera networks detected outside China; Vietnam + US together = 25% (Top10VPN third-party estimate, Shodan scans September 2021)

Sources & notes

Record note: A mainland Chinese listed company (the study states that Chinese state-owned investors hold approximately 42% of its shares). Dahua Technology, a company headquartered in the same city, also ranks among the top in Vietnam coverage and is recorded together in this entry. The entry_year reflects the year of the mapping data; actual entry into Vietnam occurred far earlier than 2021 (inferred). Updated market-share data for 2024-2026 was not obtained in this round; the local security controversies surrounding security AI in Vietnam are faithfully recorded based on the cybersecurity and human-rights scrutiny documented in this study.

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