Ho Chi Minh City is entering a new phase of development with an expanded urban, economic and social space. Increasingly close connectivity among urban areas, industry, logistics, seaports, services and innovation centres provides an important foundation for the city to reorganise its production space and create new growth momentum.

The debate over controlling artificial intelligence (AI) is intensifying as international technology forums, including the GovTech 2026 recently held in South Africa, warn that the risks posed by AI transcend all borders and that no country can address them alone.

In just a few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has moved beyond being a new technology to become a field that is attracting a powerful wave of investment and reshaping the global economy.

The implementation of the Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in public service should begin with specific, practical tasks whose effectiveness can be measured, while ensuring data security, risk control and adherence to the principle that AI should only support, not replace, the responsibilities of officials and civil servants.

Two 2024 VinFuture Grand Prize Laureates, Professor Yann LeCun and Professor Fei-Fei Li, together with Professor Daniela Rus, a Member of the VinFuture Prize Council, have been named by TIME magazine to the TIME100 AI 2026 list of the world’s 100 most influential figures in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Deepfake (which can simulate human face) are transforming the way information is created and disseminated in cyberspace, making fake news increasingly sophisticated and difficult to detect. Building a “digital shield”, improving the legal framework and proactively providing authoritative information are therefore essential to safeguarding national digital sovereignty.

In his concluding remarks at the meeting of the Central Steering Committee for the implementation of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on July 30, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasised the need for a fundamental shift from a development model based on low-skilled labour to one driven by creative labour, with a high-quality workforce serving as a key engine of growth.

On August 28 , the Ministry of Science and Technology officially launched the one-stop electronic information portal on artificial intelligence at ai.dda.gov.vn.

Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW, dated July 28, 2026, adopted at the third Plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee on renewing Viet Nam’s development model, sets out the task of strongly developing new growth drivers from high-tech industries.

An additional 7.1GW is augmenting future supply, while 1.4GW of new capacity has commenced operations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Southeast Asia accounts for around 50% of the region’s total capacity under construction. The investment surge in AI and hyperscale data centres is advancing into emerging markets, including Viet Nam.

With the theme “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism”, World Tourism Day 2026 reflects one of the defining transformations of our time.

The WAN-IFRA Viet Nam 2026 International AI Forum, held on August 14 in Ha Noi, became a gathering place for innovative thinking, where leading news organisations shared evidence-based lessons on integrating AI into the modern news flow.

The 2026 WAN-IFRA Viet Nam International AI Forum was held in Viet Nam for the first time on August 14, focusing on practical AI applications and emerging trends in agentic AI that are reshaping journalism.

Head of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Publicity Trinh Van Quyet led a delegation comprising officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Voice of Viet Nam (VOV), and Viet Nam News Agency (VNA), to visit the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Sydney on August 10 (local time).

The Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention under the Ministry of Public Security organised a ceremony at Phenikaa University in Ha Noi, on July 31, to launch the TinAI? Campaign and the 'True or False – Fact Check' bulletin in collaboration with the News Department of Vietnam Television (VTV).

In the development of cultural industries, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a core technology that is transforming the ways cultural products are created, produced and distributed, contributing to heritage preservation, the promotion of national identity, the enhancement of competitiveness and the expansion of international markets. However, the application of AI is also raising numerous challenges related to copyright, data and high-quality human resources.
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To actualise the strategic objective of cultivating and effectively deploying high-quality human resources, Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo mandates a comprehensive and decisive package of measures for education and training, prioritising postgraduate education.

Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Politburo member, Chairman of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee's Organisation Commission and Chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group, hosted a reception in Ha Noi on July 22 for Executive Acting Secretary-General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Hagiuda Koichi and his delegation.

Viet Nam is facing growing challenges in ensuring the quality and safety of agricultural products, particularly key export fruits such as mangoes and dragon fruit. Increasingly stringent requirements for controlling chemical residues and heavy metals in agricultural exports are compelling producers to adopt advanced technologies to assess product quality, including artificial intelligence (AI).

The government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has just unveiled multi-trillion-dollar mega-projects aimed at making the country a powerhouse in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Amidst the rapid advancement of information technology, AI is identified as a “strategic asset” shaping the RoK’s future development in the coming decades.