Favourable environment needed to promote AI research, application: summit

At the event, experts noted that artificial intelligence (AI) is a foundational technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, playing a crucial role in enhancing production capabilities and national competitiveness.

Jeff Dean, Chief Scientist at Google, highlighted that while AI offers numerous benefits in daily life, it also carries inherent risks. Therefore, AI models should be developed based on community principles, avoiding biases in their creation and promoting ethical and safe AI usage.

Nguyen Thanh Hung, Chairman of Sovico Group's Founding Committee, stated that AI is a core focus of its innovation efforts, currently being applied across various business operations such as maintenance, business optimisation, customer support for airline ticket purchases, fleet management, and technical inspections.

Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, said the Vietnamese government is well aware of the importance of AI and has enacted several policies to encourage its research, development, and application. The ministry is currently proposing a project on human resources development for the semiconductor industry by 2030, aiming to help the nation secure at least 5,000 engineers with advanced AI expertise.

The deputy minister shared that the ministry has tasked the National Innovation Center (NIC) with collaborating with domestic and international partners and experts to establish a centre for AI training, research, and application. The goal is to train 7,000 AI experts to international standards and incubate around 500 AI startups by 2030.

The summit, the first of its kind in Vietnam, was jointly organised by New Turing Institute (NTI) and Rethink Healthcare Foundation (RHF), with 1,000 attendees including top leading AI experts and pioneering AI researchers around the world. It focused on the three main topics of “Foundational Models of GenAI”, “Practical Applications of GenAI”, and “Opportunities for Vietnam”.