Researchers and leaders representatives from the two universities gathered at the VNU-RMIT Innovation Hub in Hanoi to launch a joint research program.

The event included scientific presentations on AI and the semiconductor field, as well as discussions on the future of pilot projects between the two sides.

“This collaboration marks an exciting new chapter in the partnership between RMIT and Vietnam National University,” said Professor Iwona Miliszewska, Head of the School of Science, Engineering and Technology at RMIT University Vietnam. “By combining our research strengths in AI, semiconductors and other high-tech industries, we have the opportunity to foster groundbreaking innovation that will attract interest from organisations and businesses and benefit the community.”

The Vietnamese government is urgently issuing a Strategy for the development of the semiconductor industry with the goal of turning this industry into a national key industry within the next 30-50 years.

In parallel, the National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030, issued in 2021, outlined the aspiration to make Vietnam an AI innovation center in Southeast Asia and globally by 2030.