Vietnam has everything to develop AI industry: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang

CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang was quoted by the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) as stating that Vietnam has everything to develop AI industry.

Mr. Huang, aged 61, told VGP at an exclusive interview on December 5 that Vietnam is at a turning point because the economy is growing very successfully, the population is rich with STEM excellence and there is a large population of software engineers. Vietnam is also already attracting a great deal of technology companies to manufacture here.

"I think the timing is perfect for Viet Nam to jump into the age of AI," he said.

In order to take advantage of this brand new technology, Mr. Huang suggested Vietnam need to do several things such as AI infrastructure, AI talent, and a rich ecosystem of AI startups.

And all of those things are initiatives that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh very much believes in and believes that this is a great time for Vietnam AI,  he said, adding that “PM Chinh is so enthusiastic and passionate about attracting NVIDIA and this is a great opportunity for us  and great opportunity for Vietnam.”

Mr. Huang went on to say: "The age of AI has just started. This is a complete reset of the computer industry. The computer industry has been developing for 60 years. Could you imagine after 60 years, an industry is reset with a brand new technology? Instead of software running on CPUs, it's now AI running on GPUs."

“As everyone is at the same time, everyone is at the same place. We are at the starting point,” he said.

“And this is such a great opportunity for Vietnam. Viet name has excellent computer scientists already, excellent mathematicians already. And AI is ideal for mathematicians and computer scientists,” Mr. Huang added.

To have an AI industry, first of all, Vietnam should have AI infrastructure so that all the AI companies could flourish and AI researchers could do great groundbreaking science and all of the students could learn AI, according to the NVIDIA CEO.

Vietnam has such a large population of STEM excellence and a very large population of software engineers because of STEM, he said, adding that the family values of Vietnam and the dedication of parents to channel their children towards STEM have resulted in Vietnam being world-class at STEM; and with these advantages, Viet name already has the grassroots and foundations of success in future technology.