AI industry 'blossoms' at universities

With many schools training in AI (Artificial Intelligence), having spaces or opportunities for students to practice and develop practical skills is extremely important.

In Vietnam, the development of artificial intelligence is oriented to become an important goal in the process of accelerating the country's technological progress. During the discussion with Nvidia Corporation leaders held in September 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung asked Nvidia to support Vietnam in developing sovereign artificial intelligence and building national AI solutions.

AI is considered a national strategic technology with many programs and projects to promote the development of sovereign AI and build Vietnamese LLM models. To build sovereign AI, the Government is focusing on 5 main priorities, including developing AI human resources with the goal of training more than 50,000 AI engineers by 2030.

AI is considered a national strategic technology. Photo source: Zalo

Realizing the importance of developing high-quality human resources in the AI ​​industry, many universities have implemented the construction of training majors in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2025, many universities have implemented the opening of more majors related to AI such as Ho Chi Minh City Banking University, Gia Dinh University, etc.

Many famous universities in the technology sector have quite high entrance scores for Artificial Intelligence majors. In 2024, the Artificial Intelligence major, University of Information Technology (Ho Chi Minh National University), has the highest standard score of 28.3 points. Similarly, at the University of Natural Sciences (Ho Chi Minh National University), the Artificial Intelligence major in 2024 has a standard score of 27.7 points (based on the method of considering high school graduation exam results).

Not only in schools in the field of engineering and technology, many economic schools have also included Artificial Intelligence in their training programs such as Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Law opening the Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence majors and in 2020, Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics (UEH) opened the Artificial Intelligence major in 2023 or in 2024, National Economics University (NEU) also opened the Artificial Intelligence major.

Many famous universities in the technology sector train in Artificial Intelligence. Photo source: Collected

The fact that Artificial Intelligence is included in the training programs of many universities across the country shows that the educational orientation is consistent with the development orientation of the country. However, training in Artificial Intelligence requires large investments, from the team of lecturers, experts to facilities. In addition, schools need to create spaces and playgrounds for students to apply the AI ​​knowledge they have learned into practice; connect students with technology businesses to understand how domestic AI products are being built... These are all difficult but necessary "problems" in the context of human resource training in the AI ​​industry being focused on promoting.

Zalo AI Challenge - a practical artificial intelligence competition for young people

As an annual artificial intelligence arena organized by Zalo, Zalo AI Challenge 2025 gives young people with a passion for technology the opportunity to solve practical AI problems.

With the theme “AI as an efficient partner”, Zalo AI Challenge 2025 has a total prize value of up to 12 thousand USD. The competition officially opens registration on October 27, 2025 and the submission deadline ends on November 20, 2025.

Contestants of Zalo AI Challenge 2023 Photo source: Zalo

This year, Zalo AI Challenge brings two practical tests, contributing to solving urgent problems in Vietnamese society. With the topic “AeroEyes - Finding and Rescuing with AI-Powered Drones”, the teams will build an algorithm to control the drone to perform a specific task in a real environment from images recorded by the drone, simulating a search and rescue mission in the real world. The challenge “RoadBuddy - Understanding the Road through Dashcam AI” aims to build a driving assistant capable of understanding video content from dashcams to quickly answer questions related to traffic signs, signals, and driving instructions.

Zalo AI Challenge 2025 topic with high practicality Photo source: Zalo

Dr. Chau Thanh Duc - Deputy Organizing Committee, Director of Research & Development at Zalo AI, shared: “Zalo AI Challenge is organized to introduce to the Vietnamese AI community the latest trends in the world through highly applicable and practical problems. The competition is not only a playground for young people to challenge themselves, but also a place to connect AI enthusiasts, together promoting cooperation and developing the Vietnamese AI community.”

Young people who want to try their hand at the largest AI arena in Vietnam can visit the website challenge.zalo.ai for more detailed information about the competition. Zalo AI Challenge 2025 promises to continue to be a launching pad for young Vietnamese talents, contributing to spreading the spirit of innovation and affirming Vietnam's position on the global artificial intelligence map.

Zalo AI Challenge is an annual competition organized by Zalo with the aim of promoting AI research on a large scale, encouraging talented young people in the field of AI to participate in solving practical problems to bring artificial intelligence to serve human life. The competition was first held in 2018, and has attracted thousands of domestic and foreign teams to participate and test their abilities every year.

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