NVIDIA Pledges to Transform Hanoi R&D Hub into a World-Class AI Engineering Center
June 30, 2026
NVIDIA Pledges to Transform Hanoi R&D Hub into a World-Class AI Engineering Center
NVIDIA has unveiled ambitious plans to elevate its Vietnam Research and Development Center (VRDC) in Hanoi into a premier global AI engineering hub, aiming to drive both the company’s international growth and the regional innovation landscape. The announcement, made during a conference unveiling Hanoi’s century-long master plan and 2026 investment promotion strategy, underscores the deepening strategic partnership between the chipmaker and Vietnam.
Steven Truong, NVIDIA’s Global Vice President, outlined the company’s vision on Monday, stating that VRDC is intended to become a cornerstone of NVIDIA’s global operations while serving as a regional and international hub. The center is expected to position Vietnam as a pioneer in artificial intelligence and solidify Hanoi as a key growth pole for innovation and digital transformation across Southeast Asia. To realize this goal, NVIDIA will invest heavily in human capital, targeting students, lecturers, and researchers, and will roll out research collaboration programs with local partners, including universities and research institutes. The company also plans to build one of the world’s most advanced AI ecosystems, leveraging modern AI factories and infrastructure to attract top-tier talent.
Truong emphasized that Hanoi stands at a unique inflection point to become a leading AI capital globally. He noted that AI-native digital transformation will define the city’s next century of development, with the ultimate aim of enhancing citizens’ quality of life, fostering transparent and efficient governance, developing smart cities, and generating high-value employment opportunities. Highlighting the company’s momentum in the country, Truong revealed that NVIDIA’s business in Vietnam grew approximately 130 percent between 2025 and 2026, while VRDC itself expanded by about 90 percent during the same period. The center has been actively scaling its engineering and research teams in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, attracting top graduates from leading universities, major technology firms, and the expert community.
VRDC engineers and scientists are already making tangible contributions to several of NVIDIA’s key global strategic initiatives, including Speech AI, Metropolis, BioNeMo, AI-RAN, and agentic systems. They have also been instrumental in developing a Vietnamese large language model on NVIDIA’s NeMo platform, which achieved the top ranking on the VMLU leaderboard. Truong highlighted that Hanoi has the potential to become one of the world’s most sophisticated AI ecosystems, seamlessly integrating AI infrastructure, sovereign AI, AI factories, world-class universities, research centers, an innovative startup ecosystem, and high-quality human resources. This integrated approach, he argued, will not only accelerate Vietnam’s technological leap but also create a blueprint for other emerging economies aiming to harness AI for societal and economic advancement.
Source: technode
