On the afternoon of December 5, the National Innovation Center (NIC) announced information about cooperation between Vietnam and NVIDIA to establish the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development Center, called VRDC (Vietnam Research and Development Center), along with the AI Data Center in Vietnam.
This cooperation is the result of an Agreement signed between the Government of Vietnam and NVIDIA during the second visit to Vietnam by Mr. Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
The agreement was signed between Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung - representing the Vietnamese Government and Mr. Jay Puri - Executive Vice President in charge of Global Operations of NVIDIA.
VRDC and AI Data Center will be the platform for NVIDIA and domestic partners to promote research, development and deployment of advanced AI technologies. These Centers will not only play a key role in supporting AI research and application development initiatives, promoting innovation and startups, but also creating job opportunities for talented people in Vietnam.
Vietnam is considered one of the countries with potential in developing and applying AI thanks to its young, dynamic, and technology-savvy human resources. The Vietnamese government has also identified AI as one of the priority areas in its national development strategy.
The cooperation agreement between Vietnam and NVIDIA promises to promote the development of AI in the country and region.
The new infrastructure provided through the VRDC and the AI Data Center will support Vietnam’s national AI strategy, laying the foundation for AI talent incubation and development using NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI technologies. This will help the country accelerate AI research, development and application in key industries such as healthcare, education, transportation and finance.
"We are committed to creating the most favorable environment for the world's leading technology companies, such as NVIDIA, to be able to deploy research and development projects in Vietnam," Minister Nguyen Chi Dung affirmed.
According to Minister Nguyen Chi Dung, the cooperation between the Vietnamese Government and NVIDIA is a strategic step, not only helping Vietnam improve its capacity for AI research and application, promoting the development of the high-tech industry in Vietnam, but also opening up new development opportunities for NVIDIA in the new era.
