Chief Minister Andrew Barr will meet education, tourism and business leaders in Vietnam this week on the ACT's first dedicated trade mission to the country of more than 102 million people.
Mr Barr, whose trip will cost about $14,000, said Vietnam was one of the region's "most dynamic economies" and a priority market for the ACT, where education is the largest export industry.
"We want more Vietnamese students to choose Canberra's schools, colleges and universities and to become lifelong ambassadors for Canberra," Mr Barr said.