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Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Festival 2026 Opens Today

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Vietnam's AI Festival 2026 opened today in Hanoi. It brings together officials, experts and companies to talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and to honor the best AI products and people.

The festival opens in Hanoi

The Vietnam AI Festival 2026 started at 2 p.m. on November 5 at 144 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi. The Ministry of Science and Technology directs the event. VnExpress newspaper works with Vietnam National University to run it. The theme is "Agentic AI & The Future of Learning." Agentic AI means AI that can act on its own to finish tasks. The event talks about how AI is changing learning, work and daily life. It also helps people connect and find partners for research and investment.

Key facts

  • The festival starts at 2 p.m. on November 5, 2026.
  • The AI Awards 2026 will honor 3 top AI solutions, 3 top AI products, 5 top Vietnamese AI talents and 5 leading AI companies.
  • After the first round, 17 products and solutions and 16 companies made it to the final.
  • The AI4VN forum has been held every year since 2018.

What is AI4VN?

AI4VN is a yearly forum that links researchers, companies and government managers. Its goal is to help AI grow in Vietnam. It shares real-world experience and honors useful AI projects. It also encourages people to build and master this technology.

Speakers from big tech and local firms

Meta, FPT Smart Cloud, MoMo, Qualcomm AI Research and FPT IS will speak at the event. Seher Syed from Meta will talk about making AI useful for everyone and giving tools to small and medium businesses. Nguyen Quang Minh from FPT Smart Cloud will talk about AI agents that can automate jobs people do today. Trinh Xuan Tuan from MoMo will talk about how AI can raise productivity across a company's work processes. Qualcomm AI Research and FPT IS will talk about computer vision, which helps AI agents understand the real world.

Why it matters

The event shows where AI in Vietnam is heading. It links new ideas with real products and gives startups and researchers a chance to meet investors. It also shows how AI may change the way people learn and work.

Glossary

AI
Artificial intelligence: computer systems that can do tasks that usually need human thinking, like understanding language or making decisions.
Agentic AI
AI that can plan and take actions on its own to reach a goal, with little help from people.
Meta
A US technology company that runs apps such as Facebook and Instagram and works on AI and virtual reality.
FPT Smart Cloud
A Vietnamese technology company that offers cloud computing and AI services to businesses.
MoMo
A Vietnamese mobile payment and financial app company.
Qualcomm AI Research
The AI research arm of Qualcomm, a company that designs chips for phones and other devices.

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