Vietnam tech startup VNG becomes Nvidia cloud partner

U.S. giant expands role in Southeast Asian nation's AI, semiconductor sectors

VNG is one of Vietnam's most successful startups, with a range of offerings from data centers to a chat app. (Photo by Reuters and VNG Corporation website)

LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer

May 15, 2024 13:25 JST

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnamese gaming and messaging unicorn VNG has become an Nvidia cloud partner, deepening the U.S. chipmaker's Asia connections months after CEO Jensen Huang toured the region.

Tencent-backed VNG told Nikkei Asia it equipped a data hub in Thailand with 1,000 Nvidia graphics processing units, hosting artificial intelligence and other software services for clients that use Nvidia products.