According to the Government Newspaper, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Mr. Nick Clegg discussed the future of innovation, including the latest trends in artificial intelligence (AI), as well as how Meta and Vietnamese partners can cooperate to continue building an innovation-focused relationship, thereby promoting the application of AI and digital economic growth in Vietnam.
Stating that Meta is very honored to participate in the "Innovation Challenge" program of Vietnam organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, as well as participating in many other effective cooperation activities in Vietnam, Mr. Nick Clegg also shared about Meta's cooperation and investment plans in Vietnam in the coming time.
In particular, Meta will expand production of Meta's latest mixed reality device - Quest 3S in Vietnam by 2025. This is expected to create about 1,000 jobs in Vietnam, while also showing Meta's trust in Vietnam's human resources.
In particular, in the coming months, Meta will deploy the virtual assistant "Meta AI" in Vietnamese, with the hope that Vietnamese businesses and people can access this tool for many different purposes, thereby strongly promoting innovation.
Meta's leaders pledged to continue supporting and expanding investment programs, encouraging innovation, and supporting growth for small and medium enterprises in Vietnam in the coming time; at the same time, they made a number of proposals related to specific planning for frequency bands and recommendations on the legal framework to create more favorable conditions for the business environment.
Welcoming Mr. Nick Clegg's visit, especially his participation in activities of the National Innovation Day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Vietnam wishes to continue promoting and deepening relations with the US in all fields.
The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to investment projects from the US; always creating the most favorable conditions for foreign enterprises in general, and US enterprises in particular, such as Meta, to succeed in Vietnam in the spirit of "harmonizing interests, sharing risks", "listening, understanding, sharing vision and action, working together, winning together, enjoying and developing together, sharing joy, happiness and pride".
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the practical and effective contributions of Meta as well as Mr. Nick Clegg personally to Vietnam's economic development and Vietnam - US relations, especially in the fields of digital economy, innovation, education - training, as well as Meta's upcoming efforts in promoting cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the localization of the Meta AI tool.
In the coming time, the Prime Minister suggested that Meta Group continue to discuss with Vietnamese agencies and partners, especially the National Innovation Center, to promote the implementation of specific cooperation activities in the fields of: Science and technology, education and training, innovation, AI, Internet of Things (IoT) ...; technology transfer, continue to support Vietnamese enterprises, organizations and individuals to participate in the value chain and online platforms and applications of Meta.
Regarding some of the contents discussed and proposed by Meta, the Prime Minister proposed to continue to closely coordinate with Vietnamese authorities to study and resolve.
