Hanoi, June 30 -- The Ministry of Science and Technology has recently issued a plan to attract 100 top-tier artificial intelligence (AI) specialists to spearhead the nation's critical AI development programmes, making the technology a strategic motive for economic growth, governance modernisation, and improvement in both living quality and national competitiveness. The move aims at establishing a comprehensive, autonomous, and human-centric AI ecosystem, positioning Vietnam as a powerhouse in AI research, development, and application in the region and the world. A wide range of specific tasks is sketched out in the strategy, spanning policy development, research initiatives, technical standards, training programmes, and technology applica...