Early issuance of national AI ethics code

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming modern life, from education and healthcare to communication and governance. Rapid advances in AI offer growth opportunities, but also pose global ethical and safety challenges. Issues of fairness, responsibility and public trust are now at the heart of international dialogue to ensure AI is used for the common good.

Scene of the panel discussion “AI for humanity: AI ethics and safety in the new era”. Photo: Minh Son.

On the afternoon of December 2 in Hanoi, the seminar “AI for humanity: AI ethics and safety in the new era” took place. The event, within the framework of the VinFuture 2025 Science and Technology Week, gathered scientists, politicians and inventors to discuss responsible AI development, aiming at humanistic values.

In his opening speech at the seminar, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy affirmed that AI is a historic opportunity for Vietnam to make a breakthrough. According to Mr. Duy, Vietnam has become the 32nd largest economy in the world and has all the conditions to enter the AI ​​era, with double-digit growth, strengthening governance capacity and national defense.

AI today is not only an applied technology, but is becoming an essential infrastructure like electricity, telecommunications or the Internet; any country that masters AI will have a superior advantage in socio- economics and security - defense.

Therefore, Vietnam is building a national AI supercomputing center, an open data ecosystem and a Vietnamese AI infrastructure towards autonomy, while at the same time implementing comprehensive AI at a rapid pace, making AI a universal "intelligent assistant" for all people to improve social productivity and expand access to knowledge, a step forward that previously only high-ranking leaders had access to.

Deputy Minister Bui The Duy affirmed that Vietnam is determined to develop AI technology according to the open philosophy: Open standards, open data, open source code. “Open” is the way to receive global knowledge, master technology, develop Make in Vietnam and contribute back to humanity. “Open” is also a condition to ensure safety and transparency in AI applications.

For AI to develop, the domestic market must be large enough; without applications, there will be no market and Vietnamese AI enterprises cannot mature. Therefore, according to Deputy Minister Bui The Duy, the State will promote the application of AI in industries and state agencies, and at the same time, the National Technology Innovation Fund will allocate 30-40% of support resources, including AI vouchers for small and medium enterprises, so that the Vietnamese market can truly become the cradle of strong AI enterprises.

Deputy Minister Bui The Duy also pointed out that AI poses challenges in ethics, employment and social trust. Therefore, Vietnam develops AI in a fast - safe - humane direction, in which AI supports humans but humans are still the subjects who make the final decisions.

In the coming time, Vietnam will issue a National AI Ethics Code, AI Strategy and AI Law with the following key viewpoints: Risk-based management; ensuring transparency and accountability; putting people at the center; encouraging domestic AI development; developing AI as a driving force for rapid and sustainable growth; and protecting national digital sovereignty based on AI data, infrastructure and technology.

In the digital age, technology is global but data is local. Important applications must operate on Vietnam's AI infrastructure, harmoniously combining global and national platforms. This is an opportunity for developing countries, where the advantage lies not only in core technology but also in the context, culture, data and problems of each country.

Deputy Minister Bui The Duy also affirmed that Vietnam's AI path is defined by the word "And": Global and local; cooperation and autonomy; technology and application; elite and mass; open data and protected data. AI development must be based on four pillars: institutions - infrastructure - human resources - AI culture, connected and complementary to each other.

AI and AI problems are also an inseparable “and”. AI creates challenges, but AI also helps solve them: from training human resources to detecting ethical violations. AI matures through the problems it creates, and it is our responsibility to live with them and govern wisely.

“The Vietnamese AI Manifesto is: Humanity - Openness - Safety - Autonomy - Cooperation - Inclusion - Sustainability” - Deputy Minister Bui The Duy affirmed.

Ngoc Linh

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