Vietnam called for enhanced cooperation and the establishment of common regional frameworks for emerging strategic technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, space technology and cybersecurity to create a secure digital business environment and improve ASEAN's overall competitiveness.
Vietnam's semiconductor ecosystem now comprises around 60 chip design companies, some 7,000 chip design engineers and 166 universities offering semiconductor-related training programmes. Initial registrations from 12 organisations indicate demand for the prototyping of approximately 30,000 chips.
The Dien Bien provincial People's Committee on June 23 authorised a controlled pilot programme for digital technology-based products and services using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), targeting a flight safety rate of over 99% during the trial period.
Vietnam should stop simply using technology and start truly mastering artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, clean energy and advanced materials; swap a resource-driven economy for one fired by innovation, knowledge and talent; and ditch cheap labour as its main calling card in favour of real technological competitiveness that lifts the country into higher-value global supply chains.
Vietnam should develop a “borderless national intellectual network”, enabling Vietnamese professionals living abroad to contribute as visiting professors, strategic advisers, research leaders or co-directors of key laboratories. Such a model would help tap into global expertise without requiring specialists to return home permanently., according to Assoc. Prof., Dr Nguyen Thanh Phuong of the Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics (DISIM) at the University of L’Aquila in Italy.
As of early June, Hanoi had attracted 74.6 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) through more than 9,250 valid projects. FDI inflows in the first six months were projected at 3.2 billion USD, surpassing the annual target by 116%, while nearly 16,000 new businesses were established in the first five months, up 34.4% year-on-year.
Monetary policy should remain proactive and flexible, with close coordination with fiscal policy, while carefully managing core inflation, money supply, credit growth, exchange rates, and interest rates to curb imported inflation and stabilise market expectations.
Regarding the semiconductor sector, Dung said Vietnam is promoting the development of a comprehensive ecosystem, gradually expanding its role in chip design, packaging, testing, materials production and equipment manufacturing, while focusing on high-quality human resources and attracting strategic investors.
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Le Hung from Gustave Eiffel University (France), many countries have invested heavily in cutting-edge technologies but have failed to achieve expected results. The main constraints, he said, are often not capital or human resources, but regulatory bottlenecks, policy policies and implementation mechanisms.
Developing nuclear power therefore requires a comprehensive ecosystem in which every component is supported by highly skilled personnel.
Strengthening international cooperation not only helps mobilise research resources but also enables Vietnamese scientists to integrate more deeply into global research networks, access advanced technologies and gradually enhance the country’s innovation capacity.
The expert said Vietnam should be particularly wary of what he described as the "technology protectionism trap" - investing heavily in developing products that serve only the domestic market but lack the competitiveness to succeed on the international markets.
Under the draft project, research infrastructure development will align with Vietnam’s science, technology and innovation strategy, focusing on strategic technologies. The system will follow a unified three-tier model, prioritising the upgrading, integration and shared use of existing facilities, while ensuring operational efficiency, accountability, data security, intellectual property protection and national interests.
Vice President of Hoseo University Sung Eun-hyun said her school is turning itself into a specialised semiconductors and AI training hub while seeking to expand cooperation with Vietnamese universities and colleges.
Recently, the Can Tho campus of the Saigon College of Technology held a seminar on information literacy in the digital age. The programme focused on practical skills such as searching for, filtering and evaluating online information, while also introducing students to regulations on cybersecurity, intellectual property rights, digital citizenship and the responsible use of generative AI.
Experts urged that developing post-quantum cryptography and protecting national digital infrastructure must begin immediately.
Development efforts should properly recognise and leverage the role of science and technology in creating new economic models based on emerging resources.
This is the largest prize ever offered in a Vietnamese AI competition, reflecting the bank’s long-term commitment to advancing science and technology, innovation and digital transformation in line with Politburo Resolution No. 57.
The VNA not only has a responsibility to communicate and promote the spirit of innovation across society but must also take the lead in applying technology, modernising journalism practices and developing practical, high-value media products for the public.
Under this blueprint, tourism is designated as a high-priority sector to enhance the use of digital technology to improve management capabilities, service quality, and the visitor experience.
As the only Vietnamese tech firm exhibiting directly at the event, Gremsy's participation highlights the growing ability of domestic enterprises to integrate into global technology value chains and compete in high-tech international markets.
Vietnam now sits among the global front-runners in the shift to IPv6, outpacing many far larger economies, with 95 million broadband subscribers actively using IPv6 services.
Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation states that these areas are becoming not only prerequisites but also a historic opportunity for the country to achieve prosperity and strengthen national competitiveness in a new era of development.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has signed a decision approving a plan to develop large domestic strategic technology enterprises in the 2026–2030 period, aimed at advancing digital infrastructure, digital human resources, digital data, strategic technologies and cybersecurity.
It has become part of Vietnam’s national digital transformation agenda under Politburo Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024, which seeks to establish data, technology, innovation and digital governance as new pillars of economic competitiveness.
Vietnam’s legal framework already enables intangible asset valuation, and international methodologies can be applied. Yet IP valuation remains a knotty problem for regulators, valuation firms, universities, research institutes and businesses, all of whom are hunting for clearer roadmaps.
Deputy PM Ho Quoc Dung stressed the need for close coordination among the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Justice and the Government Office to finalise and submit for issuance key decrees guiding the implementation of the Law on High Technology and the Law on Digital Transformation within this month, thus enabling them to be brought into practice as soon as possible.
The incentives are also expected to attract and retain scientists and technology experts while providing enterprises with additional resources to enhance competitiveness in strategic sectors such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, software and biotechnology.
