Vietnam’s Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan has held talks with Mr. Vikram Rao, NVIDIA Vice President and Head of ASEAN, on strengthening cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI).
At the meeting, the NVIDIA representative said Vietnam had made significant progress in developing its AI ecosystem, with growing participation from businesses, educational institutions and technology partners.
NVIDIA is already working with Vietnamese companies including FPT, Viettel and GreenNode to develop AI infrastructure and capabilities. The company proposed four key areas for expanded cooperation.
First, NVIDIA proposed supporting Vietnam in developing a sovereign large language model (LLM). The company said it is developing open-source models, including Nemotron, and providing tools, data and solutions to help countries build models tailored to their own languages, data and needs.
Second, the two sides discussed expanding AI infrastructure and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) capacity. NVIDIA estimates that Vietnam currently has about 10,000-15,000 GPUs, compared with 50,000-60,000 in South Korea, which plans to increase capacity to 200,000-250,000 GPUs over the next five years. NVIDIA recommended that Vietnam develop a national AI computing capacity plan serving government agencies, businesses, universities and research institutions.
The other priorities are developing AI talent and startups, and connecting Vietnam’s AI ecosystem with global markets, initially through ASEAN.
Minister Quan said the proposals align with Vietnam’s strategy for science, technology, innovation and digital transformation. He called for the ministry and NVIDIA to develop a joint action plan with clear tasks, resources and implementation timelines.
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