Vietnam enlists South Korea's Naver to drive AI ambitions

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Naver will work with Hanoi University of Science and Technology to launch Southeast Asia's first artificial intelligence research center. (Screenshot from Naver website) 

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Vietnam has entered into a partnership with South Korea's biggest internet company as part of a national strategy that seeks to transform the Southeast Asian country into a global player in artificial intelligence by the start of the next decade.

Naver Group has teamed with Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), one of the country's top institutions, to launch the Southeast Asia nation's first AI research center in the capital.

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