1. In Vietnam, according to survey data from MEDIA AI LAB, up to 85% of media organizations have used or are experimenting with AI. The current role of AI focuses on automating repetitive tasks. Instead of spending hours transcribing interviews, audio-to-text tools now accomplish this in minutes. AI also supports multilingual translation, summarizing hundreds of pages of reports, and automatically writing simple news articles. In fact, major news agencies like Reuters and AP have long adopted this technology to free reporters from "static" news tasks.
At VnExpress, Vietnam's leading online newspaper, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Nguyen Thu Huong stated that AI has been deeply involved in processes such as: automatically classifying and tagging content, suggesting headlines based on historical click-through rate (CTR) data, and assisting editors in standardizing manuscripts.
As a result, processing times are significantly shortened, allowing publishing frequency to remain high even without a corresponding increase in staff. Beyond text, AI is ushering in an era of multimedia creativity. From a raw text document, AI can assist in creating illustrations, converting it into automated podcasts (Text-to-Speech), or producing short videos for social media platforms.
However, the emergence of AI has brought about two opposing viewpoints. On one side is excitement about an era of superior productivity, while on the other is a vague fear of the disappearance of the identity of mainstream journalism. Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, and President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, believes that the pace of AI's entry into Vietnam is extremely rapid, no longer lagging behind the rest of the world as many people mistakenly believed. AI is present in every aspect of life, especially in journalism, significantly reducing human labor.
In modern news production processes, AI has become a true "assistant." It helps journalists transcribe interviews in minutes, translate multiple languages, and summarize reports hundreds of pages long. Ms. Nguyen Thu Huong, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of VnExpress, assesses that AI is impacting journalism in two ways. On the one hand, it lowers the entry threshold, making the information market more susceptible to saturation; on the other hand, it provides a huge competitive advantage for newsrooms with good data infrastructure.
Sharing this view, Mr. Le Quoc Minh argued that journalistic content is operating in entirely new ways with the concepts of "liquid content" or "adaptive content," which can "flow" across multiple platforms and adapt to the specific needs of each reader.
The presence of AI forces journalists to change roles, from raw producers to "command optimization engineers" or senior editors focused on fact-checking. However, AI intelligence also brings unprecedented professional risks, the biggest being "AI hallucination," where machines fabricate information with extreme confidence and persuasiveness.
Ms. Nguyen Thu Huong warned: "AI creates the illusion of well-presented truth. The busier reporters are, the tighter the deadline, the higher the risk of being persuaded by these fabricated figures." She emphasized that the confidence in the AI's writing style is not proof of accuracy, and journalists need to maintain a skeptical mindset even when things seem fine. Furthermore, copyright issues have become a pressing concern. Mr. Le Quoc Minh pointed out that AI systems are scanning journalistic content to train models without paying any fees. Simultaneously, without oversight mechanisms, AI could create "echo environments" that only reinforce existing social biases.
2. In the AI era, data is both an asset and the biggest vulnerability. Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh - Chairman of the Vietnam Network for Innovation and Cybersecurity Experts (ViSecurity), Deputy Head of the Data Security and Personal Data Protection Committee, National Cybersecurity Association, and Director of SCS Cybersecurity Joint Stock Company, emphasized an unpleasant reality: "Nothing is free. Free AI platforms all require user data input." When a reporter uploads an unreleased interview recording to AI for summarization, that data immediately becomes training material, and the risk of leakage is only a matter of time.
Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh advised newsrooms to issue clear guidelines: What types of data are allowed to be shared, and what types are absolutely forbidden. If a journalist is unfortunately subjected to a cyberattack or their work information is leaked, they should immediately change their password, use a clean device, activate two-factor authentication, and report the incident to the technical department to isolate the compromised account.
"Technology or AI should only be tools to assist humans, rather than making them entirely dependent on it," said Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh.
Although AI can write news articles in 5 seconds, there are values that belong to the "forbidden zone" of machines. These are empathy, intuition, and engagement. AI cannot cry with the subjects, nor does it have the real-life experience to feel human pain or happiness. Ms. Nguyen Thu Huong provided a very clear criterion to distinguish between using AI as an assistant and letting AI lead thinking: "Who asks the first question?"
If a reporter opens up the AI and asks, "How should this story be approached?", that's letting the AI guide their thinking. Conversely, if the reporter has a hypothesis beforehand and uses the AI to test it, that's using a true assistant. She warned that over-reliance on AI would dull journalistic intuition, which is formed from hours and years of observation and diligent on-site interviews. Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh also believes that the identity of journalism lies in credibility, deep expertise, and social critique. AI can process data, but it cannot replace reporters in conducting in-depth investigations, creating "real-life" reports, or offering insightful critical perspectives.
Journalism cannot stand aside from the technological game, but neither can it "leave it all to algorithms." The future newsroom is not a battle of "man versus machine," but a harmonious collaboration, high-tech journalism that retains a passionate heart. As Ms. Nguyen Thu Huong concluded: "AI will not replace good journalists. But journalists who use AI well will replace journalists who cannot adapt." To retain readers, journalists must be the "most reliable filter," using AI to elevate themselves to higher levels of work, where human values remain paramount.
Source: https://cand.vn/khi-ai-buoc-vao-toa-soan-post814773.html
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