Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President and CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang on December 5 witnessed the signing of an cooperation agreement between the Government of Vietnam and the US chip giant on the establishment of an artificial intelligence (AI) research and development centre and an AI data center in Vietnam.

OpenGov Asia reported that Vietnam ranked 6th out of 10 ASEAN member countries and 55th in the world in the 2022 Government AI Readiness Index, up seven places compared to 2021.

Data is considered a core element of Vietnam's digital economy; however, it is not well shared and connected to serve the country.