For the first time, Ho Chi Minh City civil servants received formal AI training.

(NLDO) - Ho Chi Minh City is leading the trend by opening a systematic AI training course for local officials and civil servants, especially civil servants at ward and commune levels.

On March 22, the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Home Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City organized the opening of a training course on artificial intelligence (AI) application for officials, civil servants and public employees in the city in 2025.

Civil servants attend a training course on AI applications; Photo: NGUYEN PHAN

This is the first class in the AI ​​human resource training pilot program, aiming to equip knowledge and improve skills in using AI tools at work. The program aims to improve efficiency and labor productivity, especially for cadres and civil servants in wards, communes and towns.

The training course was held in the context of implementing Resolution 57 of the Politburo as well as improving the quality of cadres and civil servants, and implementing the policy of streamlining the apparatus.

Mr. Nguyen Bac Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs, acknowledged that in the current context, without strong application of technology and AI, work will be overloaded.

Mr. Nguyen Bac Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs, said that in the near future, the organization of a two-level government will be abolished, and the work pressure on ward, commune and town officials and civil servants will be even greater. Therefore, this training course is very timely and practical.

According to Mr. Nam, the application of science and technology will solve work faster, more effectively, and less time-consuming. In the current context, if information technology is not strongly and fully applied, artificial intelligence will certainly be overloaded.

Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology Lam Dinh Thang is thinking about creating a virtual assistant for city officials and civil servants; Photo: NGUYEN PHAN

Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology Lam Dinh Thang informed that the city's AI training classes will be held every two weeks in the near future. Training will be conducted continuously until the city's civil servants and public employees can be fully instructed and trained.

At the same time, the city will improve the quality of training classes, continuously update new knowledge and applications of AI in work.

"We also organized a research group to synthesize AI tools into a real virtual assistant for city officials and civil servants," said the Director of the Department of Science and Technology.

He hopes that upon completing the training course, the trainees will apply the knowledge they have learned to gradually improve the quality and efficiency of their work; thereby better serving the people and businesses; and making a breakthrough in the city's administration in the future.

Training participants are civil servants of districts, wards and communes; departments, branches and sectors; civil servants who are leaders at all levels of the city.

The training course will provide an overview of the development trends of artificial intelligence, specific applications in administrative and office work, such as report creation, document management, work schedules, data analysis, and office automation... Especially the issue of information security in the use of AI.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/lan-dau-tien-cong-chuc-tp-hcm-duoc-dao-tao-ai-bai-ban-196250322142339523.htm