- On September 23, 2025, NVIDIA AI Day in Ho Chi Minh City attracted over 800 participants, including developers, startups, researchers, and businesses. The event featured 15 discussion sessions on physical AI, agentic AI, generative AI, and AI factories serving innovation from regional to global scales.
- Chuck Tybur (NVIDIA) highlighted core success factors for sovereign AI: an AI strategy linked to economic development and national security; a multi-component AI ecosystem (scientists, businesses, government); a workforce ready with AI skills; localized models and data; and locally owned and operated AI factories.
- Mr. Vo Xuan Hoai, Deputy Director of the National Innovation Center of Vietnam, affirmed: “Vietnam places AI at the heart of its economic strategy.” This aligns with the goal of building an innovation ecosystem and asserting technology’s role in growth.
- Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) once assessed Vietnam’s strong STEM capabilities as a solid foundation for future technology.
- As of September 23, 2025, Vietnam’s AI ecosystem includes: over 61,000 developers using NVIDIA platforms; over 180 startups under NVIDIA Inception; 9 independent software vendors; over 21,000 trainees participating in the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute; and 39 businesses collaborating with NVIDIA.
- Event highlights: 10 startups connecting with the NVIDIA Partner Network; training on agentic AI and optimizing generative AI models; a workshop on building a sovereign AI vision for Vietnam.
- Vietnamese businesses are strongly adopting AI: GreenNode is developing a Vietnamese LLM; FPT is building an AI factory with H100/H200 GPUs; VNPT AI is integrating NVIDIA DeepStream into image and voice processing models; Zalo is developing LLMs to serve Vietnamese language and cultural needs.
- Upcoming plans: build 3 national data centers and become one of the top 4 AI-leading countries in Southeast Asia by 2030. FPT asserts that AI, especially sovereign AI, is a driving force ensuring security, technological sovereignty, and global competitiveness.
📌 On September 23, 2025, NVIDIA AI Day in Ho Chi Minh City attracted over 800 participants, including developers, startups, researchers, and businesses. As of September 23, 2025, Vietnam’s AI ecosystem includes: over 61,000 developers using NVIDIA platforms; over 180 startups under NVIDIA Inception; 9 independent software vendors; over 21,000 trainees participating in the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute; and 39 businesses collaborating with NVIDIA. Companies like FPT, VNPT, Zalo, and GreenNode are leading the deployment of AI factories, localized LLMs, and industrial applications, helping Vietnam aim to be among the top 4 AI-leading countries in Southeast Asia by 2030.
