On July 25, 2018 in Hanoi, Prof. Jason Furman – Harvard Kennedy School, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers of President Barack Obama and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan – Director of The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) presented their strategy for Vietnam to become a pioneer in the Age of AI.
The strategy includes specific measures for Vietnam such as: attracting funding from international organizations, nation-states, influential leaders; establishing AI-Governance; creating an AI Innovation Zone to produce advanced products and service for Vietnam and international markets; capitalizing on proximity to China’s, one of the world’s leading nations in AI,
This strategy embraces the ambitious goal for Vietnam to become an advanced leader in AI in Southeast Asia. There are still many obstacles, but if Vietnam is to become an advanced AI nation, they must be overcome.