Vietnam’s government took interest in AI solution for its economy

Jul 16, 2018News

In the conversation with business executives in Industry 4.0 Forum held on 12th and 13th of July, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc put forward his interests and strategy for Vietnam.

Vietnamese Prime Minister (center) and MDI’s Director Nguyen Anh Tuan (standing fourth from the left, first row), with other Vietnamese leaders and experts.

On July 12th and 13th, the Board Central Economic and the Government of Vietnam hosted a platform on Economic breakthrough strategy in the era of Industry 4.0 with the presence of many Vietnamese leaders, economists and innovators in technology.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recommended Vietnam take the first steps in applying 4.0 technologies such as: cloud computing, robots, big data, artificial intelligence in services and agriculture, etc.

According to Prime Minister, Vietnam is considered a start-up nation with 3,000 start-ups and an ideal place for foreign investment, which is an appropriate environment to make use of technologies.

“The most important thing is not only to raise people awareness but also to come up with a strategy for Vietnam to succeed in the era”. He indicated the need of expertise and qualified human resource in order to successfully bring Industry 4.0 to Vietnam.

Towards that aim, on July 25th in Hanoi, some members of MDI, including Director Nguyen Anh Tuan, will have a conference to discuss breakthrough strategy for Vietnam’s economy.