Hanoi, March 14 -- The Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) and Meta on March 14 launched the Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2025, the third edition of the annual programme, to advance artificial intelligence (AI) development.

This year's theme centres on Project ViGen, an endeavour to create high-quality, open-source, Vietnamese datasets for the training and enhancement of large language models (LLMs) so AI models can better understand Vietnamese culture, context, and expressions. This will enhance Vietnamese language representation in AI, while also fuelling rapid and sustainable economic growth in Vietnam.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, NIC's Deputy Director Vo Xuan Hoai said AI is transforming the world. Therefore, developing...