60 countries participating in the Paris AI Summit issued a joint statement on artificial intelligence. Vietnam's participation affirms its active role in the international AI community, opening up opportunities for cooperation and AI application for the country.
From February 10-13, 2025, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Bui Hoang Phuong led the Vietnamese delegation to attend the AI Action Summit in Paris, France. The event was chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, bringing together many senior leaders and major technology corporations such as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google.
Vietnam's participation affirms its active role in the international AI community, opening up opportunities for cooperation, learning and applying AI to domestic socio-economic development.
China, France and India are among the signatories to the AI Paris Declaration, which calls for greater coordination in the governance of artificial intelligence, calls for “global dialogue” and urges the avoidance of “market concentration” to give the best possible access to the technology.
Changing our approach to AI
The Paris conference focused on five key themes: AI for the public good, jobs, investment, ethics, and regulation. With a slew of AI investment announcements, this year’s conference marked a shift from safety discussions to concrete actions.
This is also the third time the world has held a summit on artificial intelligence, after the conferences in Bletchley Park (UK) and Seoul (South Korea). What is noteworthy is the change in approach: from "AI Safety Summit" to "AI Summit", and now "AI Action Summit".
This international conference brought together many heads of state, senior officials, CEOs and scientists from various countries, including the first foreign trip of US Vice President JD Vance and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing.
"We are living in a rare technological and scientific revolution," French President Emmanuel Macron said on France 2, the national television channel. He stressed that France and Europe must seize this opportunity, because AI will help us live better, learn better, work better, provide better health care, and our mission is to put AI at the service of humanity.
The AI Summit in Paris also saw the participation of major technology corporations such as Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, with the aim of promoting the development of AI in areas such as health, education, environment and culture.
Within the framework of the event, the global public-private partnership initiative "Current AI" was adopted as a platform to support large-scale projects serving the community's interests.
"This is the first time the world has had such a large-scale international discussion about the future of AI. I see this as a defining moment," said Linda Griffin, vice president of public policy at Mozilla.
Nick Reiners, senior analyst on geopolitical technology at Eurasia Group, also said that the conference offers an opportunity to shape AI governance in a new direction, away from concentrating power in a few private corporations and towards AI serving the public good.
Speaking at the conference, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the “need for rules” and a trustworthy framework to support AI development. The host country’s leader said the world needs to continue to promote international governance of AI.
During the event, Mr. Macron called on European countries to accelerate to avoid falling behind, by outlining a "clear action roadmap", attracting talent and prioritizing the use of low-emission energy.
In addition, the French leader is also confident that nuclear power is a sustainable energy solution for the development of artificial intelligence. “While a good friend on the other side of the Atlantic encourages more oil and gas drilling, here we don’t need to drill, electricity is ready, you just need to connect to the network,” said the French President.
The joint statement reflects the need to raise awareness of the impact of AI on the labor market and promote technologies that positively shape the future of the industry.
The signatories stressed the importance of strengthening coordination in AI governance and preventing market monopolies to make AI more accessible, highlighting the need to make progress in ensuring the security and trustworthiness of AI, with “sustainable” AI for society and the world being a top priority.
The US and UK did not sign the final statement of the conference, citing national interests and regulatory concerns, sources said. However, US Vice President JD Vance at the conference affirmed that Washington remains interested in international cooperation on AI, although he warned that international governance frameworks “must promote innovation rather than stifle AI”.
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