AI also emerges as a key enabler for Vietnam's ambition to build financial and technology hubs. Applications can boost efficiency, automate workflows, cut costs, and sharpen data analytics, which are essential pillars of a modern financial system.
Vietnam aims by 2030 to achieve a mid-level position in space science and technology development within Southeast Asia, and after 2030 to build national capabilities to independently develop satellite technologies and apply space data to address global challenges and national security needs.
The Vietnam I4 Impact Awards 2026 ceremony will celebrate standout achievements in sci-tech and digital transformation with demonstrable positive societal effects. Solutions that reshape business models, streamline governance, or elevate quality of life are poised to emerge as top contenders.
According to the circular taking effect on March 10, the framework imposes specific obligations on entities and individuals involved in AI activities. In particular, the AI use must ensure safety, reliability, while preventing harm to human life, health, dignity, honour, and mental well-being.
With their complementary advantages in infrastructure, talent and policy environments, Vietnam and the EU are well positioned to build effective AI cooperation models in the future.
The agreement is expected to significantly strengthen trade and investment links between Vietnam and Switzerland, as well as between Vietnam and EFTA members, while enhancing regional supply chains and promoting sustainable growth.
The PM stressed that the goal is to transform these special economic zones into key growth engines for their respective localities, regions and the entire country.
Analysts say political stability and clearer reform orientations are laying the foundation for the country’s next growth phase while reinforcing investor confidence amid global uncertainty.
Turning science, technology, innovation and digital transformation into the main drivers of a new growth model requires substantial efforts. In the coming period, the focus must shift from merely carrying out tasks to delivering tangible and measurable outcomes, while concentrating resources on addressing strategic national challenges, said Party General Secretary To Lam.
The ambassador highlighted that Vietnam and the US are highly complementary. Vietnam offers a dynamic economy, a young and increasingly skilled workforce and rapidly growing innovation ecosystem, while the US offers frontier technologies, world class research institutions, capital and leading global companies.
With a population of more than 100 million people, strong economic growth, and an increasingly favourable investment environment, Vietnam is regarded as one of the most dynamic markets in Asia.
Vietnam is ramping up investment in research infrastructure for strategic technologies to implement the Politburo's Resolution 57-NQ/TW, aiming to drive rapid, sustainable economic growth through breakthroughs in science, technology, and digital transformation.
Vietnam’s participation in the World Nuclear Energy Summit reflected its support for international initiatives promoting the development and peaceful use of atomic energy, particularly nuclear power.
Vietnamese companies have also gradually joined the global value chain by improving their capabilities in chip design, production and related services. Notably, a semiconductor chip manufacturing plant project developed by the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) has already commenced.
The Ministry of Science and Technology has launched a Facebook page “Thong tin Khoa hoc va Cong nghe” (Information about Science and Technology), designed as a supplementary communication channel alongside its official fanpage.
The use of technology in this election is not merely a short-term measure but reflects Ho Chi Minh City’s broader commitment to comprehensive digital transformation and smart urban governance, reinforcing public trust in the democratic process and administration.
The deployment and development of 5G networks in Vietnam not only bring technological benefits but also drive sustainable economic growth, enhance national competitiveness, and support industrialisation and modernisation.
Digital platforms such as the national population database and the VNeID application have been widely applied to streamline election management and improve accuracy in voter registration, helping citizens exercise their civic rights more conveniently.
According to the Vietnam Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Earth Sciences, the tremor occurred at 11:35:06 (Hanoi time) with coordinates of 14.864 degrees North latitude and 108.210 degrees East longitude, at a depth of about 8.1 km. The event was assessed as having a level-0 disaster risk.
Cooperation among enterprises has continued to expand, while several AI application scenarios have already been implemented in Vietnam, contributing to industry development. Collaboration between universities has also deepened, alongside stronger exchanges in talent training.
The workshop featured four in-depth discussion sessions with nearly 20 speakers from Vietnam and Europe, covering AI applications in digital transformation, economic development, trade, energy, nuclear medicine and biotechnology.
As the digital economy and knowledge-based sectors expand, institutions must evolve accordingly, regulating not only traditional economic relationships but also new resources such as data and intellectual capital.
The southern metropolis targets more than 90% population coverage with 5G services, with mobile broadband speeds of 100–500 Mbps. Authorities also plan to integrate 5G infrastructure with IoT solutions and AI to support smart industry and urban management.
Taken together, the new AI Law and its implementation roadmap not only complete Vietnam’s legal architecture for AI, but also lay a structured foundation for risk management, innovation and ecosystem development, aiming to ensure coherent and effective enforcement in the years ahead.
Under a newly signed cooperation agreement, Ericsson will provide network automation platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies while working with Viettel to conduct real-world trials. The collaboration marks a new step forward, combining Viettel’s large-scale network operation expertise with Ericsson’s strengths in automation solutions and advanced technologies.
This marks the ninth time Viettel has participated in the event, reaffirming Vietnam’s growing technological capabilities and its proactive role in the global digital landscape.
After one year of implementing Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo, alongside notable achievements, the Central Steering Committee for science and technology development, innovation, and digital transformation has identified persistent shortcomings and bottlenecks requiring urgent attention - most notably a shortage of high-quality human resources in strategic technology fields.
Products are already making their way into the US market, but this is not merely a story of applying new technology in practice, but a gradual process of mastering core details and affirming international capabilities in the UAV industry, one of Vietnam’s strategic high-tech sectors.
