13/11/2025
In recent years, RWA (Real World Assets – real assets digitized and put on the blockchain) has emerged as an important direction of global finance. At the international level, institutions such as BlackRock, JPMorgan, HSBC, Fidelity or a16z have entered this playing field; while in Vietnam, RWA is still quite new despite its great potential for development.
You can imagine it simply: a physical asset (e.g. gold, coffee, a portion of store revenue, or IP exploitation rights) after being verified, deposited, and reconciled will be “minted” into a corresponding digital certificate on the blockchain. That digital certificate — often called an RWA token — represents the rights attached to real assets. Thanks to that, assets can be divided, transferred quickly, traded 24/7, and when conditions are met, can be converted into goods/physical form.
Key Point: RWA is not “virtual currency”. It is a technological solution, a digital infrastructure layer for real assets, complying with the legal standards of each country to ensure legality, transparency and protect the legitimate rights of investors.
There are three main drivers. First, the ability to “unlock” assets for the masses: RWAs can facilitate the division of ownership of large-value assets into units that are accessible to a wide range of mainstream investors. Second, transparency and verifiability: data on inventory, cash flow, and asset status are linked to the accounting ledger system and can be audited on a cyclical basis, helping to reduce fraud and create standards for information disclosure. Third, the convergence of technology and traditional finance: when tokens represent real value and are compliant with standards, financial institutions can participate with a clearer risk appetite.
Normally, when it comes to crypto assets, many people often think of tokens such as BTC, ETH, BNB... to invest and expect profits according to the market. For RWA, the value fulcrum of RWA is real assets or cash flow, so price fluctuations are not only linked to supply and demand, but also asset quality and operational efficiency, legal documents, accounting standards and information disclosure procedures. This makes RWA closer to the way of thinking of the capital market: investors read documents, understand rights and obligations, assess risks, monitor reports, and then decide on allocation.
Vietnam is entering a period of economic dynamism and development, from gold and jewelry, Robusta coffee and pepper in the world's leading group, cashew nuts, tourism - commercial real estate, F&B chains with double-digit growth, along with the expanding digital content economy. However, the financialization aspect of assets is still not optimized. RWA is the "bridge" to bring assets to the open capital market, increase transparency, reduce transaction costs, and improve governance quality.
RWAs are not risk-free. The underlying asset price may fluctuate; the quality of the goods may decline; the operating cash flow may not be as expected; operational data may be erroneous if not properly linked; secondary liquidity may be thin at some stages. Therefore, every RWA product requires full documentation, regular disclosure mechanisms, independent third-party audits, and especially the compatibility of the contract with the on-chain operating mechanism.
RWA is not just a “technological trend”. It is a method of financializing real assets that helps unlock economic value, raise transparency standards, and connect Vietnam with global capital flows. With a rich asset base, accelerating technological capabilities, and large capital needs for production and business, Vietnam has the opportunity to lead the region in the field of digital assets if it follows the right roadmap: compliance first, standardization later, and sustainable expansion.
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