During a seminar between Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and  NVIDIA leaders, including  Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Engineering  Marc Hamilton; Director, Enterprise Business in the Operations department Dennis Ang; and Vice President of System Software Steven Truong, held in Hanoi on September 23, the former called on NVIDIA,  the world's largest chip manufacturer, to support Vietnam in developing sovereign AI, according to a report from the Government News.

The Deputy Prime Minister called on NVIDIA to assist Vietnamese partners in promote AI applications across all sectors of the economy and build national-level AI solutions.

He also suggested NVIDIA help the Vietnamese Government to perfect legal framework on AI, with an immediate task of drafting an AI Law which will be submitted to the National Assembly at its upcoming 10th session.

Mr. Dung urged NVIDIA to strengthen cooperation with Vietnamese universities, research institutes, and startups in research and human resource training for Vietnam.

He asked NVIDIA to boost collaboration with the Vietnam National Innovation Center to develop AI startup ecosystem through incubation programs, AI application support, and connecting AI startups with venture capital funds.

In December last year, the Vietnamese Government and NVIDIA signed a landmark cooperation agreement in an effort to concretizes the high-level vision on cooperation in science, technology, and innovation reached during President Joe Biden's visit to Vietnam in September 2023.