Vietnam reveals AI strategy as new leaders enter office

Hanoi seeks entrepreneurs and foreign investors to build tech powerhouse

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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center, being shown round a Vinfast auto plant in 2019 by Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong, right.   © Reuters

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has unveiled Vietnam's artificial intelligence masterplan just ahead of the National Assembly convening this week when the new leadership elected at the Communist Party of Vietnam's Congress in January debuts.

Phuc, who is expected to be appointed president, signed the groundbreaking 'National Strategy on R&D and Application of Artificial Intelligence,' which details how Vietnam plans to roll out AI up until 2030.

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