Automation is no longer a story reserved for billion-dollar manufacturers. As industrial robots become cheaper and more capable, 24/7 “lights-out” production is moving from a technological symbol to a new benchmark of competitiveness. For Vietnam, the core question is no longer whether robots are coming, but where the country intends to stand in the new supply-chain order: merely as a production site, or as a place that can integrate, optimize and create higher value from automation.