diff --git a/internal/agent/extractive_memory.go b/internal/agent/extractive_memory.go
index d247922b..08975a47 100644
--- a/internal/agent/extractive_memory.go
+++ b/internal/agent/extractive_memory.go
@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ var (
 
 	// Dates in common formats
 	reDate = regexp.MustCompile(`\b\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\b`)
+
+	// Vietnamese counterparts of the three semantic patterns above. Without
+	// these the fallback is inert on a Vietnamese deployment: measured against
+	// 195k chars of real Vietnamese session text, the English patterns produced
+	// 9 decision matches (all from stray English), 0 preferences and 0 technical
+	// facts — 97% of everything "saved" was incidental file paths. A fallback
+	// that exists so a failed LLM flush still preserves context has to work in
+	// the language the conversation is actually in.
+	//
+	// The cues are chosen to be unambiguous verbs/markers rather than bare
+	// keywords: "chọn" alone appears inside ordinary prose, "đã chọn" states a
+	// decision.
+	reDecisionVI = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(?:quyết\s+định|đã\s+chọn|chọn\s+phương\s+án|thống\s+nhất|chốt\s+lại|chốt\s+phương\s+án|đồng\s+ý|duyệt|sẽ\s+dùng|sẽ\s+sử\s+dụng)\s+.{5,120}`)
+
+	rePreferenceVI = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(?:tôi\s+muốn|em\s+muốn|anh\s+muốn|con\s+muốn|nhớ\s+là|lưu\s+ý|đừng\s+|không\s+được\s+|luôn\s+luôn|tuyệt\s+đối\s+không|ưu\s+tiên)\s+.{5,120}`)
+
+	reTechFactVI = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(?:API\s+là|endpoint\s+là|phiên\s+bản\s+là|cấu\s+hình\s+là|dùng\s+\S+\s+(?:để|cho)|chạy\s+trên|nằm\s+ở)\s+.{3,120}`)
 )
 
 // ExtractiveMemoryFallback extracts key information from conversation history
@@ -52,12 +69,24 @@ func ExtractiveMemoryFallback(history []providers.Message) string {
 
 	combined := strings.Join(texts, "\n")
 
-	// Extract by category, dedup with a set
+	// Extract by category, dedup with a set. Both language sets always run: a
+	// session can mix languages (Vietnamese prose quoting English error text or
+	// config keys), so picking one set by detected locale would drop the other
+	// half. dedup keeps an overlap from being stored twice.
 	decisions := extractUnique(reDecision, combined)
+	for _, d := range extractUnique(reDecisionVI, combined) {
+		decisions = appendIfAbsent(decisions, d)
+	}
 	preferences := extractUnique(rePreference, combined)
+	for _, p := range extractUnique(rePreferenceVI, combined) {
+		preferences = appendIfAbsent(preferences, p)
+	}
 
 	// Technical facts = regex matches + URLs + dates
 	techFacts := extractUnique(reTechFact, combined)
+	for _, f := range extractUnique(reTechFactVI, combined) {
+		techFacts = appendIfAbsent(techFacts, f)
+	}
 	for _, u := range extractUnique(reURL, combined) {
 		techFacts = appendIfAbsent(techFacts, u)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/agent/extractive_memory_vi_test.go b/internal/agent/extractive_memory_vi_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0072f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/agent/extractive_memory_vi_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/providers"
+)
+
+// The extractive memory fallback exists so a failed or NO_REPLY LLM flush still
+// preserves context. Its patterns were English-only, so on a Vietnamese
+// deployment it was inert: measured against 195k chars of real Vietnamese
+// session text from this host, the English patterns produced 9 decision matches
+// (all from stray English words), 0 preferences and 0 technical facts — 97% of
+// everything it "saved" was incidental file paths. Live symptom: repeated
+// `memory flush: extractive fallback produced no content`, and when it did fire,
+// 102 and 161 chars extracted out of a 490k-char session.
+func TestExtractiveMemoryFallbackExtractsVietnamese(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	msgs := []providers.Message{
+		{Role: "user", Content: "Mình cần chốt hạ tầng cho dịch vụ mới."},
+		{Role: "assistant", Content: "Nhóm đã quyết định dùng PostgreSQL làm cơ sở dữ liệu chính cho toàn hệ thống."},
+		{Role: "user", Content: "Nhớ là đừng deploy vào thứ sáu, để tránh rủi ro cuối tuần."},
+		{Role: "assistant", Content: "Ghi nhận. Endpoint là https://api.example.com/v2/health cho việc kiểm tra."},
+	}
+
+	result := ExtractiveMemoryFallback(msgs)
+	if result == "" {
+		t.Fatal("Vietnamese history extracted nothing; the fallback is inert on this locale")
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"Decisions", "PostgreSQL", "User Preferences", "thứ sáu"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(result, want) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q in extract:\n%s", want, result)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// English extraction must not regress: both pattern sets run on every session
+// because a Vietnamese conversation routinely quotes English error text and
+// config keys, and vice versa.
+func TestExtractiveMemoryFallbackStillExtractsEnglish(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	msgs := []providers.Message{
+		{Role: "assistant", Content: "We decided to use PostgreSQL for the main database"},
+		{Role: "user", Content: "I prefer short commit messages, always under 72 chars"},
+	}
+	result := ExtractiveMemoryFallback(msgs)
+	for _, want := range []string{"Decisions", "PostgreSQL", "User Preferences"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(result, want) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q in extract:\n%s", want, result)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// A mixed-language turn is the common real case here: Vietnamese prose around
+// an English tool name or error string. Both must survive the same pass.
+func TestExtractiveMemoryFallbackHandlesMixedLanguage(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	msgs := []providers.Message{
+		{Role: "assistant", Content: "Nhóm đã thống nhất chuyển sang pgvector cho phần embedding."},
+		{Role: "user", Content: "We decided to use Qdrant for the staging environment only"},
+	}
+	result := ExtractiveMemoryFallback(msgs)
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "pgvector") {
+		t.Errorf("Vietnamese decision dropped:\n%s", result)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "Qdrant") {
+		t.Errorf("English decision dropped:\n%s", result)
+	}
+}
+
+// The Vietnamese cues must be decision/preference markers, not bare keywords
+// that fire on ordinary prose — otherwise every turn produces noise that
+// crowds out the real facts inside the same bounded extract.
+func TestExtractiveMemoryFallbackVietnameseCuesAreNotOverEager(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	msgs := []providers.Message{
+		// "chọn" and "muốn" appear, but as narration rather than a stated
+		// decision or preference.
+		{Role: "user", Content: "Khách hàng thường so sánh nhiều lựa chọn trước khi mua sản phẩm."},
+		{Role: "assistant", Content: "Báo cáo cho thấy người dùng có nhu cầu tìm hiểu thêm về giá."},
+	}
+	result := ExtractiveMemoryFallback(msgs)
+	if strings.Contains(result, "Decisions") {
+		t.Errorf("narration was misread as a decision:\n%s", result)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(result, "User Preferences") {
+		t.Errorf("narration was misread as a preference:\n%s", result)
+	}
+}