From founding VietNamNet, Vietnam’s pioneering online newspaper, to leading the Boston Global Forum (BGF) as Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO, Nguyen Anh Tuan has been a pioneer at the intersection of technology, governance, media, and global leadership.
He is Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation; Co-Founder of the AI World Society (AIWS), the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, the World Leader for Peace and Security Award, and the World Leader in AIWS Award; and Chief Architect of the AI Wisdom Society, developed together with the AI World Society. He is also a Distinguished Member of the Wilson Center’s Institute for Strategic Competition Steering Committee.
Tuan has developed pioneering frameworks for the AI Age, including AIWS Trust Infrastructure, AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure, AIWS Government 24/7, and AIWS Lumina. These initiatives seek to build trustworthy AI systems, protect civic information integrity, strengthen democratic governance, and elevate human values through a culture of Love, Creativity, and Nobility.
He is co-author, with Governor Michael S. Dukakis, of America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age. Governor Dukakis wrote: “I am proud to have co-authored this book with Nguyen Anh Tuan. He is an exceptional thinker of the AI Age, and my good friend, with a profound vision for how technology can serve humanity, strengthen trust, and uphold the values that define a free and democratic society.”
Tuan is also co-author, with Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, of AI World Society: 30 Years of U.S.–Vietnam Partnership, from Nha Trang to Boston (1995–2025). In 2026, through BGF and AIWS, he conceived and led the America 250: AI Pioneers initiative, honoring 50 distinguished leaders, scientists, innovators, and thinkers shaping the future of AI and human civilization.
Earlier in his career, Tuan founded VietNamNet and served as its Founder, CEO, and first Editor-in-Chief from 1997 to 2011. He was also Founder and CEO of VASC Software and Media Company and VietNet, Vietnam’s first Internet service provider based on TCP/IP.
For his AI World Society Initiative, Vietnam National Television named him Person of the Year 2018. He was also honored by the Vietnamese Government as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Young Vietnamese Faces in 1996.
Tuan was a Harvard Kennedy School Fellow in 2007, served on the Harvard Business School Global Advisory Board from 2008 to 2016, and chaired the International Advisory Committee of the UNESCO-UCLA Chair on Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education.
He created Global Cybersecurity Day, produced the BGF-G7 Summit Initiative and AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative, and co-authored the Ethics Code of Conduct for Cyber Peace and Security and the Social Contract for the AI Age. He also served as Editor of the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
His work stands at the intersection of technology, governance, and human values — building the architecture through which the AI age may serve, rather than diminish, the dignity of persons.
A detailed Special Profile on Nguyen Anh Tuan’s intellectual leadership and global influence was published as part of the America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age Conference at Harvard University. The profile was written by Yasuhide Nakayama, Member of the Diet of Japan and Former State Minister of Japan.
Download the Special Profile: Nguyen Anh Tuan Special Profile
