In 2019, the total number of personnel working in Vietnam'sICT industry was about 970,000 people, of whom around 180,000 work for thesoftware and digital content sectors and 1,600 are AI researchers (both domesticand foreign).
At present, there are 50 universities that are trainingAI-related majors in Vietnam.
The network said that during 2010-2018, Vietnam had 372 AIpatent applications, ranking second in ASEAN. The number of scientificpublications on AI raised from 134 in 2010 to 525 in 2018.
Earlier, the Ministry of Science and Technology launched theVietnam - Australia AI cooperation network, with the aim to help promote thenational AI strategy.
The network looks gather Vietnamese individuals, businesses,and organisations working in AI, both at home and abroad, to cooperate withAustralian partners, hoped to serve as a prerequisite for building a communityof sustainable AI cooperation in Vietnam and the world in the future.
Via this network, Vietnam looks forward to learning from Australiaas well as other countries to create a favourable environment for AI developmentin Vietnam, thus realising the ambitious goal set out in the national AIstrategy - bringing Vietnam to the top four of ASEAN and top 50 in the world inAI research, development and application by 2030.
The ministry is calling on all individuals and organisationsworking AI in Vietnam to join the network, targeting at least 100 businessesand 1,000 individuals to join the network Facebook group./.