Vietnam’s current human resources for artificial intelligence (AI) only meet a small part of high-tech market demand, requiring a specific roadmap for professional AI human resources development, local media reported.According to Google Brain, AI development needs around one million programers, however there are currently only ten thousand people qualified for the job.
Illustrative image
|
According to Prof. Nguyen Thanh Thuy, vice rector of the University of Technology under the Hanoi National University, universities need not only specialized IT training program so as for the country to have core IT manpower, but they also have to include IT subject in economics and technology teaching programs.
Vietnam currently has 65% of the population in working age, and 143 million active phone subscribers. Besides the population dividend advantage, Vietnam has identified digital transformation as the key to develop the industrial revolution in which AI is the core of the process.
Prof. Ho Tu Bao, director of the Institute of John von Neumann (JVN Institute), stressed that businesses need to coordinate with training institutions to work out teaching programs and courses to create a roadmap for professional AI development.
At the 2019 Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Day (AI4VN) held in Hanoi on August 16, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged businesses and young people to join hands to develop AI.
"AI is no longer a scientific story but a socio-economic drive to spur Vietnam’s development," Dam said, adding that the country has a lower starting point than other countries, thus Vietnam has no other choice but to go faster and more sustainably.
According to A Navigos survey in Vietnam, 69% of IT employees intend to change jobs. The main cause comes from enterprises’ remuneration.
Brain drain in Vietnamese enterprises has been a headache for executives, especially the drain of high-tech manpower. "The Vietnamese government needs to consider and supplement policies for high-tech talents," said Ngo Thi Ngoc Lan, northern director of Navigos.
Prof. Bao emphasized that AI human resource is scarce, but finding a teacher to train AI is even more difficult. Vietnam needs to focus resources including domestic and foreign experts to build a strong AI platform, Bao added.
