Not only excited by the image of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and NVIDIA Chairman visiting the night street in Ta Hien Street (Hanoi), the public in general and domestic and foreign technology enterprises in particular were very happy when Vietnam joined hands with the world's leading technology corporation.
A boost for Vietnam's AI development
The signing of the agreement to establish an AI Research and Development (R&D) Center and an AI Data Center in Vietnam on December 5 is a new step to realize the agreement between the Vietnamese Government and NVIDIA Corporation one year ago. At the same time, Mr. Jensen Huang, Chairman of NVIDIA Corporation, also announced the cooperation with Vingroup when acquiring VinBrain - an AI startup of this corporation.
Mr. Dao Trung Thanh, Deputy Director of the Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence Institute ABAII, enthusiastically commented that Vietnam is in the acceleration phase of digital transformation, with many national policies on AI and digital infrastructure. The fact that NVIDIA - a world-leading name in AI - chose this time to establish an R&D center and an AI data center shows that the policy environment, human resources and infrastructure in Vietnam are attractive enough and ready for a breakthrough. In particular, the event has affirmed Vietnam's position in the global AI value chain.
Mr. Thanh emphasized: "Previously, Vietnam was mainly mentioned as a developing market, with strengths in young technology human resources. NVIDIA's entry into the market is not just a normal foreign investment project, but also affirms that Vietnam is gradually gaining a position in the global AI value chain. NVIDIA's presence will attract more attention from other technology corporations and create a spillover effect in the region."
Vietnam is taking great strides towards technological breakthroughs.
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In fact, an NVIDIA AI research center or data center is not simply a technical facility but also a foundation for forming a deep AI ecosystem in Vietnam. Domestic experts, researchers and businesses will have the opportunity to access core technology, databases, advanced training models and international standard AI development processes. This contributes to narrowing the knowledge gap, improving the quality of human resources and accelerating domestic innovation. "When AI infrastructure becomes more ready, the deployment of AI in key areas such as finance, healthcare, education, transportation, etc. will be accelerated. NVIDIA's center will both provide computing capacity and support research, helping businesses and state agencies apply AI more effectively. From there, productivity and operational efficiency will increase, promoting national competitiveness," expert Dao Trung Thanh emphasized.
Sharing the same view, Dr. Dang Minh Tuan, Director of the CMC Institute for Technology Application Research, said that the Government's cooperation with NVIDIA and the corporation's acquisition of a Vietnamese AI company shows that Vietnam in general and Vietnamese enterprises in particular have the prestige and capacity to cooperate in the field of AI. At the same time, it shows that foreign investors themselves also assess that the operating environment in Vietnam is favorable, with telecommunications infrastructure, infrastructure, etc. having the conditions to meet the development of new technologies. From this cooperation, domestic enterprises themselves will also be confident and have more opportunities to expand cooperation with large corporations in the world, thereby growing faster and accessing new technologies faster. In the opposite direction, Vietnam will also contribute back to research, innovation, and AI development activities in the world.
The region's new tech valley?
In fact, attracting a large-scale R&D center will make many related industries grow and rise to the top. For example, Thailand, a backward agricultural country, has become one of the most developed powers in the agricultural sector since establishing a plant variety research center. Previously, NVIDIA established two R&D centers in Silicon Valley (USA) and in Taiwan - the hometown of Mr. Jensen Huang. Therefore, Vietnam's opportunities after joining hands with this AI "giant" are wide open.
Expert Dang Luong Mo said that Taiwan and the US are the two leading names in chips and semiconductors, the presence of NVIDIA is inevitable and makes them grow together. The most basic difference is that NVIDIA came to Taiwan when this territory already made chips, knew how to manufacture microchips and had commercial products. However, the appearance of NVIDIA also helped the Taiwanese microchip industry grow much stronger. In Vietnam, with the presence of the AI research center and AI data center of the world's leading chip company, we can expect investment in chip making in the future. Previously, Japan invested heavily in R&D centers and then had more than 20 years of leading the world in chips. From 1980 to 2022, Japan produced and supplied 50% of the world's chips. China also poured thousands of billions of dollars into semiconductor research to have the technological achievements it has today.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and NVIDIA Corporation Chairman Jensen Huang at the signing ceremony on December 5.
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Mr. Vu Thanh Tung, Director of Sales and Product Development of GreenNode, VNG Digital Business (GreenNode is a cloud partner of NVIDIA) emphasized that this is a big turning point and good news for the Vietnamese technology industry, especially compared to other markets in the region and neighboring countries. R&D centers of large technology companies are considered the cradle for developing talent, products, ecosystems, and orientation for the next technology waves. A clear proof is that the rise of technology and AI infrastructure in China cannot be without the large contribution of the R&D center built by Microsoft more than 30 years ago. Or Israel has more than 400 R&D centers of multinational technology corporations.
In other words, the more R&D centers appear in a country, especially in technology, the more developed those countries are in terms of technology in particular and economy in general. "The placement of NVIDIA's R&D center in Vietnam shows that Vietnam is being considered a new technology valley in the region. Vietnamese personnel in the field of in-depth research on AI and data are being evaluated on par with the world. This will promote the wave of automation technology in many fields such as healthcare, self-driving car technology, green energy management ... and open up many new opportunities in education, startups as well as help Vietnam have a better position on the world technology map", Mr. Vu Thanh Tung shared more.
After NVIDIA cooperated to set up two AI centers in Vietnam, world media outlets all published articles affirming that this corporation is increasing its presence in Southeast Asia and Vietnam's opportunities in the semiconductor and chip sectors. For example, Bloomberg said that Mr. Jensen Huang's trip to Vietnam took place in the context of Southeast Asian countries competing for large technology investments with the orientation of becoming data centers and AI. Bloomberg also reiterated Vietnam's goal of achieving annual revenue of more than 100 billion USD from the semiconductor industry by 2050.
AFP quoted Mr. Jensen Huang as saying that NVIDIA is helping Vietnam build its "first AI cloud" as well as promote AI-powered robots and smart cities. The US chip designer said it has invested more than $250 million to cooperate with some of Vietnam's leading technology companies to deploy AI in the cloud, automotive and healthcare industries. The article also highlighted that shocks to the global supply chain and concerns about US dependence on China for strategic resources are driving investment in Vietnam's growing semiconductor industry.
Vietnam's digital economic era, AI has opened up...
Also expressing his joy at the event of Vietnam cooperating with NVIDIA Corporation, Mr. Do Khoa Tan (Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Electronics Enterprises Association) said that the demand for chips in general in the world is currently very high, including AI chips. Even many enterprises and countries "cannot buy them even with money" and have to wait in line. NVIDIA is leading the world in supplying AI chips and many enterprises and many markets need them. In this field, the R&D center parallel to the data center can be considered the two key departments to decide the success of AI chip production. Every country/territory, every large corporation is racing to invest in research and development of chips in general and AI chips in particular, but it is not easy to succeed. Vietnam's cooperation with NVIDIA in the two most important stages is a unique opportunity to train human resources for the AI field in particular and technology in general.
"After NVIDIA, Vietnam will have more opportunities to attract FDI capital in general and technology capital in particular. Especially thanks to R&D centers on AI or AI data, human resource training activities will be strongly developed. Without these centers, domestic universities and even research institutes will only be groping around, learning while going, which will take a long time. While NVIDIA itself has a large market in the world and has technology and production, human resources in Vietnam will learn and absorb very quickly. Vietnam's biggest advantage is its human resources, which are inherently strong in mathematics and intelligence, so they are more suitable for training in the AI industry. From there, Vietnam will have enough foundation and confidence to promote the development of the digital era," said Mr. Do Khoa Tan.
According to expert Dao Trung Thanh, cooperation with NVIDIA is not only about research centers or data, but also about chips. Vietnam will have the opportunity to access standards, manufacturing processes, and hardware optimization knowledge, thereby improving design and manufacturing capabilities, and gradually mastering part of the regional semiconductor value chain. The AI data center will provide a high-performance computing platform and an optimal model training environment. Instead of having to depend on foreign infrastructure, having localization capabilities will help reduce costs, shorten development time, and help businesses and scientific and technological research organizations accelerate the process of testing and deploying solutions. In the immediate future, Vietnam needs to soon complete the policy and legal framework to support research, development, and commercialization of AI technology, while building a transparent legal corridor in line with international standards.
At the same time, Vietnam needs to increase investment in high-performance computing infrastructure, domestic data centers and core technology platforms. This is important because it helps reduce dependence on foreign infrastructure, improve research and development efficiency, and open up opportunities for many startups and enterprises to participate in creating AI solutions. Next is improving the quality of human resources. This is the key to creating long-term momentum for AI development in particular and technology in general. At the same time, Vietnam needs to create a legal corridor to increase connectivity between entities in the technology ecosystem; form a multi-dimensional cooperation network to help share data, transfer technology, replicate pilot models, thereby improving and perfecting optimal AI solutions. On the other hand, encouraging AI applications with high practical value, solving important social problems such as smart urban management, healthcare, personalized education, and traffic safety will help AI penetrate into life, increase its usefulness and support from the community.
Continue to promote potential, encourage Vietnamese enterprises to innovate
International cooperation such as with NVIDIA is very good and we need to continue to promote it. It also focuses on perfecting the relevant legal framework to facilitate development units in AI in particular and technology in general. In addition to attracting FDI capital, the Government needs to have policies to encourage domestic enterprises. Because Vietnamese enterprises are inherently small-scale and have low technology, even if they make efforts and innovate, it will be difficult to catch up with the world's large technology corporations. At least domestic enterprises must be given the same incentives as foreign enterprises in the technology field, not being disadvantaged right at home. Dr. Dang Minh Tuan , Director of CMC Institute for Technology Application ResearchLink for development
One of the fundamental components that determines the effectiveness of AI models is data. Therefore, businesses need to pay attention to digitization and better data management, especially personal data policies. In addition, the domestic business community as well as the startup community investing in AI should cooperate to support and build a culture of innovation and testing new technologies. At the same time, linking investment in education, especially in the STEM field (at universities and research institutes), should also be focused on so that Vietnam can move faster in this field. Mr. Vu Thanh Tung , VNG Digital BusinessVietnam's chip and semiconductor industry will accelerate
NVIDIA is the world's leading technology corporation in AI and especially has chips that many countries want to own. Chips are like weapons in the AI race between the superpowers. The GPU graphics processor is the heart of the AI system. Most of the current language models such as GPT-4o or Claude, Gemini must be trained with NVIDIA chips. Elon Musk's Grok artificial intelligence needs to use 100,000 such chips. Usually each chip costs from 30,000 - 50,000 USD. Thus, the cost of the chips alone must be around 3 - 5 billion USD. Therefore, with the presence of NVIDIA, the expectation is that Vietnam's chip and semiconductor industry will accelerate. Mr. Dao Trung Thanh , Deputy Director of the Institute of Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence ABAIIThanhnien.vn
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vuon-minh-trong-ky-nguyen-ai-185241206221728107.htm
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