Vietnam to host blockchain and AI week 2025

The average speed of the national mobile broadband network remained stable, with download speeds reaching 76.86 Mbps and upload speeds reaching 26.98 Mbps.

Under the MoU, AMD will support several key initiatives spearheaded by HCM City’s authorities, including piloting policies, co-hosting innovation events, and evaluating the investment environment within the Saigon Hi-Tech Park.

By 2040, AI will become a core factor of Vietnam's economic growth, according to a report released by the National Innovation Centre.

The centre is a joint initiative between Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology, with PTIT and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) serving as co-leads, and global telecommunications giant Nokia as founding industry partner.

The new centre, staffed by a team of scientists, researchers, and AI specialists working in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, forms part of Qualcomm’s global AI research group.

As a flagship initiative of the community project “Digital Literacy for All”, the programme forms part of a national scheme to equip 20 million young people with digital business skills.

The organisers hope the competition will help shape a generation of exceptional engineers who will make significant contributions to Vietnam’s scientific and technological progress in this era of transformation.

In the digital age and amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution, IP plays an increasingly critical role, not only in safeguarding inventions but also in reducing copyright infringement and curbing piracy.

Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu laid stress on the significance of the Hanoi Convention, particularly to the Asia – Pacific, to handling legal gaps in international cooperation against rapidly increasing global cybercrime.

The week features a rich lineup of activities, including a plenary conference on blockchain and AI development, thematic seminars on future technology trends and investment visions, applications of blockchain and AI in business, the Super Vietnam PitchFest, as well as forums for blockchain and AI.

According to the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, dated December 22, 2024, on making breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation, this is considered a decisive factor in the development of nations. It is seen as a prerequisite and the best opportunity for Vietnam to become prosperous and powerful in the new era of the nation’s rise.

Vietnam’s demographic advantage, including a youthful population of 100 million in a “golden age”, further bolsters its ambitions. Its dynamic workforce, with a natural inclination toward science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), is a key asset in attracting private investment to innovation-driven sectors.

Vietnam views sci-tech as a decisive factor in national development and a key tool for achieving sustainable development goals, and is ready to boost sci-tech cooperation with Venezuela for mutual prosperity.

The Government will always accompany companies, including CMC, and request ministries, agencies, and Hanoi authorities to further support them by promptly removing any obstacles to their growth, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Following participation in the summit and thematic panel sessions, the Vietnamese delegation joined a ministerial roundtable on digital trust, where Deputy Minister Public Security Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc delivered an address outlining Vietnam’s efforts in implementing its national strategy on AI research, development and application until 2030.

He noted that in the first five months of this year, ministries, sectors, units and agencies have promptly performed assigned tasks, particularly government and parliamentary bodies.

Support in digital transformation will help to reduce input costs, improve management capacity, and ensure legal compliance for small and household businesses.

Amid the strong wave of digital transformation in the global, Vietnamese digital technology enterprises are steadily asserting their position by mastering technology, developing creative “Made-in-Vietnam” solutions, and continuously innovating to expand into regional and international markets.

The project aims to meet the human resources demand of the Ninh Thuan 1 and Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power plants by 2030.

The goal is to establish a startup and innovation ecosystem comparable to Singapore’s, and once that is achieved, investors will choose to invest and launch their ventures here instead of going to Singapore, he told the "Startup and Investment" talk show held in the city last week.