{"name":"Applied AI in Vietnam — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Vietnam, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/vietnam","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Vietnam","slug":"vietnam","iso2":"VN","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":32,"deployments":19,"evidenceImpact":1,"evidenceAdoption":5,"regulation":7,"industries":8,"countries":1,"linked":32},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","org":"State Bank of Vietnam","text":"The State Bank of Vietnam's Governor signed Circular 53/2026/TT-NHNN on 30 September 2026, binding Vietnam AI regulation on safety, risk control and rollout conditions for AI across banking. Machine credit decisions on loans of 50 million dong or more rank as high-risk, and authority and responsibility stay with people. Payment intermediaries, credit information companies, foreign bank branches, mobile-money providers and credit institutions fall under the banking AI rules from 15 November 2026.","date":"2026-10-08","source":"https://thitruongtaichinhtiente.vn/nhnn-ban-hanh-quy-dinh-ve-an-toan-quan-ly-rui-ro-khi-ung-dung-ai-trong-nganh-ngan-hang-86130.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","role":"Public administration service officer","org":"Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee","text":"Lao Cai province is piloting \"Tro ly Nhan dan\" (People's Assistant), AI form-filling that scans birth certificates and ID cards into electronic forms, under People's Committee Plan 429/KH-UBND of 10 September 2026. In Yen Binh, 9 computers handled 159 dossiers across 41 procedures in two-plus weeks, pre-filling around 60-80% of some forms while officers check each entry. Since 15 September, Yen Bai ward has applied the automated data entry to 19 procedures and 324 online dossiers; land and construction cases are excluded.","date":"2026-10-06","source":"https://baolaocai.vn/ai-ho-tro-nguoi-dan-hoan-thien-ho-so-post911232.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","role":"Public administrative service centre officer","org":"Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee","text":"Quang Tri province is trialling an AI public service assistant, \"Trợ lý nhân dân\" (People's Assistant), from 1 to 31 October 2026 at the provincial Public Administrative Service Centre and the Dong Thuan and Dong Ha ward centres. The tool explains procedures, conditions, documents and forms, reads citizens' papers and suggests how to complete each dossier, while officials check and decide every case. A 1–10 November review decides whether the digital helper continues, ends or expands.","date":"2026-10-03","source":"https://www.vietnamplus.vn/quang-tri-thi-diem-dua-ai-vao-ho-tro-nguoi-dan-hoan-thien-ho-so-dich-vu-cong-post1139766.vnp"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","role":"Software engineer","org":"Techcom Securities (TCBS)","text":"TCBS, a Vietnamese securities firm, adopted agentic AI coding through AWS's Kiro, used by more than 460 staff. All engineers use Kiro, plus non-technical staff.","date":"2026-09-29","source":"https://press.aboutamazon.com/aws/2026/9/tcbs-goes-all-in-with-kiro-amazon-web-services-agentic-coding-environment"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","role":"Inspector","org":"Thanh tra TP HCM (Ho Chi Minh City Inspectorate)","text":"Staff at HCMC Inspectorate built their own AI complaint handling tool, now sorting complaints, denunciations and petitions in-house. Offline operation keeps informants unidentified, pulling from 456 digitised articles across 12 legal documents and 52 templates — AI-assisted petition processing already running agency-wide.","date":"2026-09-28","source":"https://thanhtra.com.vn/xay-dung-nganh-5820F83CC/tro-ly-ai-ho-tro-phan-loai-xu-ly-don-khieu-nai-to-cao-co-biet-bao-mat-danh-tinh-980154cf0.html"},{"kind":"evidence-impact","industry":"Business Operations","region":"Vietnam","org":"3HORIZONS / CIO Vietnam","text":"Just 15% of firms see AI business value as higher sales, despite roughly 95% using generative tools individually, finds a 3HORIZONS study with CIO Vietnam. Enterprise AI returns trail uptake: 59% use it in workflows, 36% in applications or processes, about 7% in autonomous systems; 44% trial agents.","date":"2026-09-22","source":"https://en.vneconomy.vn/ai-widely-adopted-in-vietnams-businesses-but-only-15-see-revenue-growth.htm"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Prime Minister of Vietnam (Thủ tướng Chính phủ)","text":"Vietnam's national AI strategy was approved on 28 August 2026, when the Prime Minister signed Decision 1671/QĐ-TTg approving the National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence to 2030 with a vision to 2045. Targets include a top-three ASEAN standing in AI R&D by 2030, a top-10 rank across Asia by 2045, and 100% of online public services integrated with AI. The plan drives AI transformation across governance—problem identification, design, organisation, operation—while building at least five shared national AI platforms and eight Vietnamese-language AI models.","date":"2026-08-28","source":"https://www.dulieuphapluat.vn/van-ban/cong-nghe-thong-tin-van-ban/quyet-dinh-1671qd-ttg-nam-2026-phe-duyet-chien-luoc-quoc-gia-ve-tri-tue-nhan-tao-den-nam-2030-tam-nhin-den-nam-2045-do-thu-tuong-chinh-phu-ban-hanh-1840218.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"National Innovation Centre (NIC)","text":"Vietnam's National Innovation Centre (NIC) and the Asia Foundation delivered AI training for civil servants to over 2,500 officials via seven intensive courses in Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Da Nang and Can Tho, May–August 2026. In this public-sector AI upskilling, 77% mastered prompt engineering and 72% applied AI to processing documents and reporting.","date":"2026-08-26","source":"https://vjst.vn/hon-2-500-cong-chuc-vien-chuc-duoc-chuan-hoa-ky-nang-su-dung-ai-cho-hoat-dong-cong-vu-102897.html"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Prime Minister of Vietnam (Thủ tướng Chính phủ)","text":"Vietnam's Prime Minister issued Decision 1528/QĐ-TTg, launching the National Programme for AI Human Resource Development to 2030, orientation 2035. Mandatory AI skills training for cadres, civil servants and public employees starts at 15% coverage in 2026, rising in stages to a 90% floor by 2030. Curriculum design and cross-agency rollout across ministries and provinces sits with the Ministry of Science and Technology, lead body for AI workforce development.","date":"2026-08-11","source":"https://congbao.chinhphu.vn/van-ban/quyet-dinh-so-1528-qd-ttg-470264/67766.htm"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Ministry of Construction","text":"AI training government employees at Vietnam's Ministry of Construction reached over 1,000 officials on 4-5 August 2026 with CMC Technology Group across nearly 50 linked sites. Sessions covered management, policy drafting and paperwork, building AI skills public sector wide.","date":"2026-08-04","source":"https://baodautu.vn/hon-1000-can-bo-bo-xay-dung-duoc-boi-duong-ky-nang-ung-dung-ai-d663254.html"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Ministry of Science and Technology","text":"The Minister of Science and Technology's Decision 2847/QĐ-BKHCN of 23 June requires national public-service Artificial Intelligence platforms to score at least 70 of 100 points for official deployment. This Vietnam AI regulation mandates a domestically developed large language model on local infrastructure. The AI rules bind 14 ministries, 3 ministerial-level agencies and 34 localities.","date":"2026-06","source":"https://mst.gov.vn/chinh-thuc-co-bo-tieu-chi-danh-gia-nen-tang-ai-ho-tro-cong-vu-197260623172126355.htm"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism","text":"A four-day programme delivered by Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism instructed over 130 sector staff in AI in public administration. Instruction spanned the national AI strategy alongside applying artificial intelligence ethically inside government work, part of a wider digital transformation drive.","date":"2026-05-26","source":"https://www.vietnam.vn/en/boi-duong-kien-thuc-chuyen-doi-so-va-tri-tue-nhan-tao-cho-can-bo-nganh-vhttdl"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Vietnam","role":"Radiologist","org":"Bach Mai Hospital","text":"Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital began free AI lung cancer screening on 10 May 2026, with AI helping read the images. The hospital calls it a 'divine eye' that detects small lung nodules and scores their risk on the international Lung-RADS scale. On day one it flagged two of 75 attendees with suspected malignant lung lesions.","date":"2026-05-10","source":"https://bachmai.gov.vn/bai-viet/tam-soat-ung-thu-phoi-mien-phi-tai-benh-vien-bach-mai-phat-hien-2-truong-hop-nghi-ngo-ac-tinh-ngay-trong-ngay-dau-tien?id=061c2c94-ee64-495e-851c-1b2ad36e2d50"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Ministry of Science and Technology (Bộ Khoa học và Công nghệ)","text":"Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology has promulgated the National AI Ethics Framework through Circular 05/2026/TT-BKHCN, effective immediately. This Vietnam AI regulation binds artificial intelligence research, development and deployment to core principles: human-centred design, transparency, fairness, non-discrimination and accountability. Modelled partly on UNESCO's guidance, the framework gives organisations and individuals a reference point for lawful AI governance practices.","date":"2026-03-10","source":"https://congbao.chinhphu.vn/van-ban/thong-tu-so-05-2026-tt-bkhcn-469079.htm"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Technology & Software","region":"Vietnam","org":"National Assembly of Vietnam","text":"Vietnam's first standalone AI law took effect on 1 March 2026, enacted on 10 December 2025, grading AI systems high, medium or low risk by effect on safety and human rights, field of application, user scope and scale of effect. Providers must tag AI-generated audio, image and video in machine-readable form, and deployers must flag it where it might blur whether events or people are real. Baker McKenzie says most existing providers and deployers have until 1 March 2027, and the Ministry of Science and Technology will issue implementing guidance.","date":"2026-03-01","source":"https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/2026/02/vietnam-artificial-intelligence-law-foundation-and-outlook"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","role":"Customs officer","org":"Vietnam Customs (Ministry of Finance)","text":"A trial AI chatbot for customs clearance runs in Vietnam at chatbot.customs.gov.vn until 30 April 2026. Businesses and officials use it for HS code lookup, duty rate suggestions and trade queries.","date":"2026-02-01","source":"https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1765382/customs-pilots-ai-chatbot-to-facilitate-customs-clearance-for-businesses.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Supreme People's Court of Vietnam (Tòa án nhân dân tối cao)","text":"Nearly 400 linked venues joined the Supreme People's Court's hybrid AI training for court staff, led by Deputy Chief Justice Nguyễn Biên Thùy. Judges, examiners, clerks, administrators and technicians from appellate, local and military benches plus the Judges Academy attended, posing 901 queries. Sessions spanned fundamentals, sovereign models and safeguarding records, showcased chatbot helpers and held that machines assist while humans stay accountable.","date":"2026-01-20","source":"https://tapchitoaan.vn/tandtc-to-chuc-hoi-nghi-tap-huan-ve-tri-tue-nhan-tao-phuc-vu-hoat-dong-toa-an14837.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Vietnam","role":"Cardiologist","org":"Nguyen Trai Hospital","text":"Doctors in Con Dao's special zone can now flag atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction through an AI heart rhythm screening tool handed over by Nguyen Trai Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Built from Vietnamese patient records rather than borrowed foreign data, the system hits near 100% sensitivity for irregular-heartbeat detection when paired with smart wearable devices. It fills a gap at remote clinics with no cardiologist on staff, extending AI-based cardiac diagnosis beyond major urban centres.","date":"2025-12-17","source":"https://tuoitre.vn/nld/benh-vien-nguyen-trai-chuyen-giao-ai-phat-hien-roi-loan-nhip-tim-ra-con-dao-196251217110608875.htm"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Vietnam","role":"Teacher","org":"Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam)","text":"Grades 1 through 12 across Vietnam will trial an AI teaching in schools scheme run by the Ministry of Education and Training, lasting through May 2026 at chosen sites. Four strands anchor the syllabus: human-centred thinking, AI ethics, AI techniques and applications, and AI system design. A second track brings artificial intelligence in education directly to staff, equipping them with tools for planning and grading; further details remain pending.","date":"2025-12-01","source":"https://vnexpress.net/thi-diem-day-ai-o-pho-thong-tu-thang-12-4984998.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Vietnam","role":"Radiologist","org":"Hanoi Hospital of Post and Communication (Bệnh viện Bưu điện)","text":"Hanoi Hospital of Post and Communication is testing EIRL, a Japanese AI diagnostic imaging tool from VNPT-IT, LPIXEL and JTEC, through 28 February 2026, scanning chest X-rays, CT and brain MRA. Japan runs this radiology AI in 1,000-plus hospitals across 12 million cases. The pilot tests whether that record travels.","date":"2025-09-23","source":"https://lpixel.net/en/news/press-release/2025/9911/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Retail & Consumer","region":"Vietnam","role":"Marketing professional","org":"KIDO Group","text":"KIDO Group's Mid-Autumn 2025 sales tripled from a year earlier once it turned to AI livestream sales and machine-generated marketing content across the business. A digital avatar hosted a broadcast lasting beyond 250 unbroken hours, drawing 19 million viewers and shifting more than 180,000 items while a single staffer kept watch over the feed. TV ad spots emerged 60% quicker and at almost 40% less expense thanks to the same push into machine-generated marketing content. Afterward the firm set up AIRO, a separate AI arm handling sales and marketing, on 30 December 2025.","date":"2025-09","source":"https://cafef.vn/kido-ra-mat-cong-ty-so-huu-nhan-vien-lam-viec-24-7-khong-an-khong-ngu-giup-doanh-thu-tang-gap-3-bat-tay-dao-dien-nguyen-quang-dung-victor-vu-18825123108240992.chn"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","role":"Security analyst","org":"MoMo","text":"MoMo has rolled out iProov Dynamic Liveness to tens of millions of users in Vietnam, applying AI fraud detection in fintech against deepfakes and digital-injection attacks. This makes MoMo iProov's first national partner and meets State Bank of Vietnam Decision 2345's call for stronger biometric identity verification for payments.","date":"2025-09-10","source":"https://www.iproov.com/press/leading-fintech-group-momo-partnership-safeguard-vietnamese-against-digital-fraud"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","role":"Investment analyst","org":"ACBS (ACB Securities)","text":"ACB Securities (ACBS) embedded an AI stock analysis assistant, SMARTY, in its ACBS SMART app for Vietnamese clients. The AI investment assistant runs on Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude 3.7 as a multi-agent setup, mining reports to pitch trades, field questions and steer tactics free, geared toward retail traders over fund managers.","date":"2025-09-09","source":"https://www.tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn/acbs-gia-nhap-san-choi-ai-bang-tro-ly-phan-tich-dau-tu-smarty-tren-ung-dung-giao-dich-post376220.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","role":"Stockbroker","org":"Shinhan Securities Vietnam","text":"Shinhan Securities Vietnam embedded S-Era, an AI stock assistant, into its 'Sàn Xịn Ha' trading app, arming users with live pricing, forecasts, condensed news, equity analysis and valuations through charts or text, plus Q&A follow-up. This puts AI-driven stock analysis inside a Vietnamese brokerage's daily toolkit.","date":"2025-08","source":"https://shinhansec.com.vn/en/customer-support/event-promotion/123/shinhan-securities-vietnam-launches-s-era-ai-stock-assistant.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Vietnam","org":"Ministry of Health (Vietnam)","text":"AI training healthcare workers is the goal of a new Vietnamese scheme, AI Opportunities for Healthcare Workers, targeting 15,000 professionals by 2026. Google-certified staff lead five modules at Hanoi Medical University on prompt engineering and responsible AI use, feeding into digital transformation in healthcare nationwide.","date":"2025-07-18","source":"https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vietnam-to-train-15-000-healthcare-workers-in-ai-by-2026-2423905.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","role":"Civil servant, Citizen","org":"Ministry of Public Security (C06)","text":"Vietnam's C06 department put an AI assistant for public services on VNeID, letting citizens search procedures, confirm documents, and get policy guidance together. It also flags fraudulent information and finds merged administrative unit data. This government AI chatbot combines paperwork queries with fraud warnings and unit lookups.","date":"2025-07","source":"https://dantri.com.vn/cong-nghe/huong-dan-su-dung-tro-ly-ao-ai-cua-bo-cong-an-tra-cuu-thu-tuc-hanh-chinh-20250718030301447.htm"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","role":"Banker","org":"VietinBank","text":"Built on Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, VietinBank's Genie assistant fielded 350,000 staff queries within two months, serving Vietnam's banking workforce. Drawing on 2,000 processes and 500 financial indicators, this AI in banking operations tool slashed response delays by 95%, sparing hundreds of thousands of monthly work hours through generative banking AI.","date":"2025-07","source":"https://tgs.vn/chuyen-doi-so/vietinbank-va-hanh-trinh-kien-tao-than-den-ai-cung-microsoft/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Vietnam","role":"Fraud analyst","org":"MB Bank","text":"MB Bank (Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank) has halted hundreds of billions of Vietnamese dong in suspected fraud after rolling out AI fraud detection in banking beyond earlier pilot work. Vice Chairman Vu Thanh Trung pointed to automated screening as the driver, while AI-driven banking fraud prevention now supports retail sales staff and broader internal efficiency.","date":"2025-06","source":"https://doanhnhanvn.vn/lanh-dao-mb-ngan-hang-da-ngan-chan-duoc-hang-tram-ty-dong-co-dau-hieu-bi-lua-dao-nho-ai.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Vietnam","role":"Teacher","org":"Vinschool","text":"Vinschool, Vietnam's largest private system, runs an AI curriculum kindergarten to grade 12 at 54 campuses, ages 5-18. VinUni University guided it, folding AI into IT and computer science rather than standalone classes, covering mechanics, literacy and responsible use via this AI education programme for students, from 2025-2026.","date":"2025-05-27","source":"https://anhp.vn/thong-cao-bao-chi-vinschool-trien-khai-chuong-trinh-giao-duc-tri-tue-nhan-tao-toan-dien-tu-mam-non-den-lop-12-d66990.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"HR & People","region":"Vietnam","role":"HR professional","org":"Vietjet Air","text":"Vietjet Air now runs AI recruitment for cabin crew hiring, becoming Vietnam's first carrier to fold artificial intelligence into staff selection. A pair of tools drives the workflow: AI Interview builds tailored questions from an applicant's background and rates language ability, teamwork and customer service, whereas AI Grooming Check inspects appearance. The Vietjet Aviation Academy hosted the debut round on 12 April 2025.","date":"2025-04","source":"https://vnbiznews.com/vietjet-tien-phong-ung-dung-tri-tue-nhan-tao-ai-trong-cong-tac-tuyen-dung-nhan-su-pid1989279734"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Vietnam","role":"Radiologist","org":"Hospital E (Bệnh viện E)","text":"Hospital E in Hanoi now runs an AI spectral CT diagnosis system, the Philips Spectral CT 7500, marking a first for northern Vietnam. Nearly 500 scans followed in month one, 45% coronary angiography, with its AI-integrated CT scanner telling benign cysts from malignant lesions at 96% accuracy.","date":"2025-04","source":"https://soha.vn/benh-vien-mien-bac-tien-phong-1-cong-nghe-ai-lam-dieu-dac-biet-chi-1-thang-500-nguoi-benh-huong-loi-lon-198250419121100382.htm"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Vietnam","org":"Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Bộ Chính trị)","text":"Vietnam's Politburo formed a 19-member Central Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation, chaired by Party General Secretary To Lam, reflecting a shift in Vietnam AI policy. Debuting 13 January 2025, it drives breakthrough science, technology and digital transformation measures, naming AI research and development a priority. It also oversees Resolution 57-NQ/TW, fixing AI as a strategic technology under the country's wider AI development and digital transformation strategy.","date":"2025-01-13","source":"https://en.baochinhphu.vn/central-steering-committee-for-science-and-technology-development-innovation-and-digital-transformation-makes-debut-111250113114854967.htm"}]}