Ho Chi Minh City needs AI in four major problem groups

NDO - On December 24, the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City coordinated with Ho Chi Minh City National University and related units to organize the workshop "Developing human resources in artificial intelligence (AI)" in 2024.

At the workshop, experts said that Ho Chi Minh City is actively implementing digital transformation and applying artificial intelligence (AI) in many areas of social life.

To succeed in this mission, building a high-quality AI workforce is crucial.

Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City, said that Ho Chi Minh City's current demand for AI has 4 major groups: the city needs AI to manage the current city and manage the smart city in the near future; needs AI tools to increase labor productivity for the state administrative apparatus; needs AI to increase labor productivity and efficiency for the city's businesses; needs AI for public services to serve people and businesses.

According to statistics, there are more than 50 universities and colleges in the city. Of these, about 35 schools have information and communication technology training programs.

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However, there are only 14 training programs in AI, data science and data engineering with training quotas of less than 1,000 university students.

Meanwhile, according to a survey on human resource needs in the AI ​​industry, nearly 60% of surveyed enterprises said that the current quality of AI human resources only meets part of the demand; 25% of surveyed enterprises said that there are enough AI human resources to meet the demand; 25.9% said that the quality of AI human resource training has not met the requirements of the labor market.

The above survey results show that AI human resources in Ho Chi Minh City still have many limitations in quality and quantity, not meeting the needs of businesses.

Therefore, this locality needs to focus on training and developing human resources, especially specialized skills and updating with new AI technologies.

Supportive policies from the state are also essential to promote the improvement of AI human resource quality.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Triet, Vice Rector of the University of Science (Ho Chi Minh City National University) spoke at the conference.

At the same time, Ho Chi Minh City also needs to promote cooperation with universities and research institutes to design specialized training programs on AI including areas such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision and practical applications of AI in industries.

Develop short-term online training content (AI popularization), encourage businesses and all people to participate in improving their skills in using AI to support daily activities.

Deploying the construction of a network of institutes and research centers to develop artificial intelligence at research and training facilities...

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