The development of AI and data centres is creating new requirements for Vietnam’s industrial property market, with investors increasingly looking beyond land availability to power supply, connectivity, human resources and expansion capacity.

Morgan Stanley estimates the humanoid robot market could reach $5 trillion by 2050. Experts say Vietnam can tap the opportunity by building talent, creating dedicated policies and accelerating real-world trials.

The Startup and Innovation Hub of Ho Chi Minh City (SIHUB), the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) and Plug and Play Singapore Pte. Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 30.

AI adoption is accelerating in Vietnam, where 27.9% of people aged 15-64 used the technology in the second quarter, far above the global average of 18.8%.

The National Technology Innovation Foundation (NATIF) is preparing a funding programme, as it seeks to accelerate AI adoption among businesses and expand opportunities for domestic AI solution providers.

The rapid development of AI is ushering in a new technological era, creating a requirement for the scientific community not only to understand AI but also to find ways to apply it effectively within each specialized field.

Some 58% of Vietnamese workers have taught themselves to use AI and now regularly apply it at work, while just 13% of companies have formally introduced AI programs, according to an Anphabe survey.

Vietnam is offering grants of up to VND3 billion (US$114,000) per project to businesses and organizations deploying AI to solve practical problems and develop new products and services.

Vietnam will become the third stop for the Sea x OpenAI Regional Codex Hackathon Series, bringing developers together to build practical AI solutions with Codex and GPT-6 Astra.

Between the blurred lines of AI and art, Vietnam’s music industry is facing an existential challenge.

Lao Cai and CMC have launched a five-year partnership designed to turn AI and digital technologies into practical tools for governance, public services and economic development.

Vietnam should shift from connecting overseas experts to fostering joint innovation, building a global Vietnamese intellectual ecosystem that turns worldwide talent into national science and technology capacity.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing rapid changes to the way information is accessed, case files are processed and legal services are delivered.

Nearly nine in 10 prompts sent to Gemini in Vietnam are written in Vietnamese, putting the country ahead of its Southeast Asian neighbors in native-language AI use.

Vietnam has added a dedicated AI category to the Make in Vietnam Awards for the first time, reflecting the country’s push to master the technology and make it a new driver of growth.

An AI-focused data centre complex with a planned capacity of up to 200 MW has been proposed in southern Tay Ninh province, with the first phase expected to have a capacity of 100 MW and investment of around 3.5 billion USD.

Information pollution and distorted cultural perceptions, particularly among young people, and the stifling of creativity are among the risks posed by the flood of Chinese AI-generated short dramas on social media in Vietnam.

Vietnam aims to rank among ASEAN’s top three countries in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030.

Vietnam is entering a new phase of AI development, shifting from technology adoption to building its own capabilities.