Vietnam to announce updated AI strategy and AI Law by end of 2025

Vietnam issued its first AI strategy in 2021. But AI is developing at an exponential rate, so later this year, Vietnam will announce an updated AI strategy and AI Law.

Mr. Bui The Duy - Deputy Minister of Science and Technology - shared at the seminar - Photo: NGUYEN BAO

That was the sharing of Mr. Bui The Duy - Deputy Minister of Science and Technology - at the seminar AI for humanity: AI ethics and safety in the new era , taking place on the afternoon of December 2, within the framework of VinFuture 2025 Science and Technology Week.

According to Deputy Minister Bui The Duy, the announcement of the updated AI strategy and the AI ​​Law is not only a legal framework but also a declaration of national vision, identifying that AI must become Vietnam's intellectual infrastructure, contributing to social welfare, sustainable development and enhancing national competitiveness.

"AI today is not just 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," Mr. Duy emphasized.

Mr. 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 the condition to ensure safety and transparency in AI applications.

According to him, for AI to develop, the domestic market must be large enough; without applications, there is no market, and Vietnamese AI businesses cannot mature.

Therefore, the State will promote the application of AI in industries and state agencies, and the National Technology Innovation Fund will allocate 30-40% of support resources, including AI vouchers for small and medium-sized enterprises, so that the Vietnamese market can truly become the cradle of strong AI enterprises.

Along with opportunities, Mr. Duy said AI also 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.

"AI and AI problems are also an inseparable pair of "and". AI creates challenges, but AI also helps solve those challenges: from training human resources to detecting ethical violations. AI matures through the problems it creates, and our responsibility is to live together and govern wisely," said Mr. Duy.

NGUYEN BAO - CHIEU QUAN

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/viet-nam-cong-bo-chien-luoc-ai-cap-nhat-va-luat-ai-vao-cuoi-nam-2025-20251202170735287.htm