{"id":254503,"date":"2025-09-25T21:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:10:18","slug":"vietnam-puts-ai-at-the-center-of-its-economic-strategy-deputy-director-of-the-vietnam-national-innovation-center-says-at-nvidia-ai-day-ho-chi-minh-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254503\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vietnam Puts AI at the Center of Its Economic Strategy,\u2019 Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center Says at NVIDIA AI Day Ho Chi Minh City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\u2018Vietnam Puts AI at the Center of Its Economic Strategy,\u2019 Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center Says at NVIDIA AI Day Ho Chi Minh City | NVIDIA Blog<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1x1-00000000.png\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"display:none;\" alt=\"country_code\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AI is making advancements across the globe and across industries, creating impacts that will last across time.<\/p>\n<p>To help foster AI innovation for everyone, everywhere, NVIDIA hosts specialized events \u2014 including AI Days \u2014 for and in different pockets of the world. These events draw in hundreds of enthusiasts, developers, researchers and startups to explore the latest technologies making AI breakthroughs possible.<\/p>\n<p>The latest stop: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ho-chi-minh-city-hotel-view-scaled.jpg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tNVIDIA AI Day Ho Chi Minh City took place on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, more than 800 attendees joined NVIDIA AI Day Ho Chi Minh City to learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/what-is-sovereign-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sovereign AI<\/a> \u2014 including 15 breakout sections on physical, agentic and generative AI, as well as AI factories that are enabling innovation at the regional, national and global scales.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ho-chi-minh-city-check-in-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tAttendees check in at NVIDIA AI Day Ho Chi Minh City.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Tybur, head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/about-nvidia\/partners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA Partner Network<\/a>, gave opening remarks, highlighting the importance of sovereign AI. He said key components for sovereign AI success include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\">An AI imperative, understanding domestic AI capabilities are critical to economic growth, national security, cultural preservation and innovation<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\">An AI ecosystem of developers, scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, enterprises and government organizations<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\">An AI-ready workforce comprising a wide range of AI skills and talent<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\">AI models and data tailored to a region\u2019s language, culture and needs<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\">AI factories that are locally owned, operated and governed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chuck-tybur-ho-chi-minh-city-scaled.jpg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tChuck Tybur, head of the NVIDIA Partner Network, presents on the key components of sovereign AI.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ho Chi Minh City showcases \u201cdynamic economic growth, relentless innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit,\u201d Tybur said at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVietnam puts AI at the center of its economic strategy,\u201d added Vo Xuan Hoai, deputy director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center. The center supports and develops the nation\u2019s startup and innovation ecosystem, contributing to the development of science and technology in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/deputy-director-pull-quote-scaled.jpg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"\u201cVietnam puts AI at the center of its economic strategy,\u201d said Vo Xuan Hoai, deputy director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center.\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\tWhy It Matters<\/p>\n<p>The latest AI trends in Vietnam showcase how the technology is driving digital transformation across government services, finance, smart manufacturing, healthcare and creative industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVietnamese people have achieved remarkable excellence in STEM fields, with many young students excelling in mathematics, science and technology,\u201d said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, <a href=\"https:\/\/vinfutureprize.org\/news-insights\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-a-tremendous-honor-to-receive-the-vinfuture-prize\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during his visit to Vietnam<\/a> last year. \u201cThis provides a solid foundation for developing future technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The numbers help showcase the Vietnam AI ecosystem\u2019s ongoing growth:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ho-chi-minh-city-infographic-scaled.jpg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"Infographic that shows, as of Sept. 23, 2025, there are 61,000+ Vietnam-based developers using the NVIDIA platform, 180+ Vietnam-based NVIDIA Inception startups, nine Vietnam-based independent software vendors working with NVIDIA, 21,000+ enrolled in the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute and 39 Vietnam-based enterprises working with NVIDIA.\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\tEvent Highlights<\/p>\n<p>In addition to breakout sessions by topic, the event included meetups for 10 startups, NVIDIA Partner Network members and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/gpu-cloud-computing\/partners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA Cloud Partners.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plus, hands-on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute<\/a> training labs covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-vn\/ai-days\/session-catalog\/?tab.allsessions=1700692987788001F1cG&amp;search=&amp;search.sessiontype=16573103299710016qZX#\/session\/1754475179071001FZvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The fundamentals of agentic AI<\/a>: A brief introduction to agent abstraction, emerging frameworks and key insights shaping the latest AI and software innovations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-vn\/ai-days\/session-catalog\/?tab.allsessions=1700692987788001F1cG&amp;search=&amp;search.sessiontype=16573103299710016qZX#\/session\/1754478742136001wloU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Generative AI model compression<\/a>: How to distill, quantize and prune for efficient large language models (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/glossary\/large-language-models\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LLMs<\/a>), optimized inference and lower deployment costs. The session also discussed potential trade-offs in accuracy, latency and hardware using NVIDIA solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sovereign-ai-panel-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tA panel on building Vietnam\u2019s sovereign AI vision, capabilities and opportunities.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\tIndustry in Motion<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam-based NVIDIA partners and customers are advancing the nation\u2019s role in the next industrial revolution fueled by AI.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>GreenNode<\/b> is building large-scale Vietnamese LLMs with high-quality, culturally tailored datasets and scalable, secure deployment capabilities.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>FPT<\/b> is showcasing end-to-end AI development with a domestic AI factory, using NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPUs for secure, accelerated model training, fine-tuning and deployment of enterprise AI agents.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>VNPT AI<\/b> is advancing its AI capabilities by integrating the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/deepstream-sdk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA DeepStream<\/a> software development kit with in-house AI models including for computer vision, automatic speech recognition, LLMs for real-time video analytics and intelligent video-query applications.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Zalo<\/b> is developing sovereign LLMs tailored to the country\u2019s unique linguistic and cultural needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\tWhat\u2019s Next<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward, Vietnam aims to build three national data centers and be among the top four leading AI nations in Southeast Asia by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNowadays, in the tech era, sovereignty also extends to technology,\u201d said Tuan Minh Pham, CEO of FPT Software and executive vice president of FPT Corporation. \u201cOur mission is not only to develop the country or protect our independence in cyberspace but also to ensure national security, the privacy of our people and resilience against external factors. I believe that AI and sovereign AI are very important to propel Vietnam further and support the country in speed and scalability to catch up with developed nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tuan-minh-pham-pull-quote-scaled.jpg\" class=\"full-width-layout__image\" alt=\"&quot;AI and sovereign AI are very important to propel Vietnam further and support the country in speed and scalability to catch up with developed nations,&quot; said Tuan Minh Pham, CEO of FPT Software and executive vice president of FPT Corporation.\" loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>Next up: Attendees of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/ja-jp\/ai-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA AI Day Tokyo<\/a>, running Sept. 24-25, will discover the latest AI breakthroughs, connect with peers and experts, and get involved in opportunities for innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Vietnam Puts AI at the Center of Its Economic Strategy,\u2019 Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":254504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-254503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115266992927818332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}