Accelerate product innovation in Vietnam -- ranked 6th in the WIN World AI Index 2025 and second in Southeast Asia for AI startups -- with structured AI development processes.
Vietnam ranked 6th in the WIN World AI Index 2025 and accounts for 27% of Southeast Asia's AI startups. AI startup investment grew from USD 80 million in 2024 to over USD 130 million in Q1 2025 alone, demonstrating rapid innovation ecosystem growth. The AI Law (Law 134/2025) creates a regulatory sandbox mechanism for testing innovative AI applications, and the National AI Development Fund provides additional support. The Investment Support Fund (Decree 182/2024) offers R&D subsidies for qualifying high-tech investments. Vietnam's 530,000 software developers provide a strong technical talent pool, though the 150,000-200,000 annual shortage means competition for AI engineering talent is intense.
LOCAL CONTEXT
Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing digital economies in ASEAN, with a young, tech-savvy workforce and a thriving startup ecosystem. The Digital Vietnam 2030 vision and vocational training subsidies are creating strong tailwinds for AI adoption across industries.
$2.8 billion AI market by 2030
THE CHALLENGE
“Personal Data Protection Law compliance”
“AI Law risk classification preparation”
“Vietnamese-language training and tools”
“Scaling AI beyond the 13.8% benchmark”
Our team has trained executives at globally-recognized brands
OUTCOMES
FUNDING & SUBSIDIES
Government-funded programme targeting one million people trained in digital skills by 2025
Covers eight priority sectors including healthcare, education, finance-banking, agriculture, transportation, energy, natural resources, and manufacturing. AI training programmes that align with digital transformation objectives may qualify for government support.
Official SourceScholarship-based; individual and institutional applications accepted
Google partnership providing 20,000+ digital skills scholarships across 83 institutions, plus USD 2.2 million USAID funding for digital inclusion and workforce development.
Official SourceCash grants for qualifying investments; first applications accepted until July 2025
Cash grants and subsidies for businesses investing in high-tech industries including AI, semiconductors, and R&D. Includes human resource development support.
Official Source10% CIT for 15 years; 2-4 year full exemption + 4-9 year 50% reduction
Preferential Corporate Income Tax rate of 10% for up to 15 years for high-tech projects including AI and software (vs. standard 20%). Tax holidays of 2-4 years full exemption followed by 4-9 years at 50% reduction.
Official SourceREGULATORY LANDSCAPE
Vietnam's AI Law (Law 134/2025), effective March 2026, establishes a risk-based classification system requiring mandatory pre-market conformity assessments for high-risk AI and human oversight for all AI decisions. The Personal Data Protection Law (effective January 2026) introduces revenue-based penalties up to 5% for data transfer violations, replacing Decree 13/2023's framework. The Cybersecurity Law (Decree 53/2022) requires 24-month local data storage for Vietnamese user data. Organisations should assess which of their AI applications fall under the high-risk category and prepare governance documentation before enforcement mechanisms are finalised.
CHALLENGES IN VIETNAM
Vietnam's Personal Data Protection Law effective January 2026 introduces revenue-based penalties up to 5% for data violations. Organisations must implement explicit consent mechanisms, 72-hour breach notification, and impact assessments for cross-border data transfers.
The AI Law (Law 134/2025) establishes a risk-based classification system requiring conformity assessments for high-risk AI. Organisations must evaluate which of their AI applications fall into high-risk categories and prepare governance documentation accordingly.
Only 15-20% of Vietnam's workforce has business-level English. AI training programmes and tools must be delivered in Vietnamese with localised examples to achieve meaningful adoption across teams.
While 73% of Vietnamese companies have adopted AI, only 13.8% have deployed at scale. Organisations need structured rollout frameworks to move beyond pilots and achieve enterprise-wide AI deployment.
OUR PROCESS
Audit current product analytics setup, user feedback channels, and product roadmap process to identify AI enhancement opportunities.
Set up AI product analytics platforms (Amplitude, Mixpanel, Heap) with AI features enabled, or build custom AI models using your product data.
Multi-day programme building AI-powered user segmentation, feature prioritization frameworks, feedback analysis systems, and AI product feature prototypes.
Teams develop data-driven product roadmaps using AI insights and design AI-powered features to embed in your product offering.
30-day coaching to deploy AI product analytics, launch roadmap experiments, and measure impact on retention, conversion, and engagement KPIs.
IS THIS RIGHT FOR YOU?
SaaS product teams seeking to build data-driven roadmaps using AI user insights
Product managers overwhelmed by feature requests lacking objective prioritization frameworks
Growth teams optimizing conversion funnels and retention using AI behavioral analytics
Products seeking competitive differentiation through AI-powered features and personalization
Products with zero event tracking or user data (set up basic analytics first)
Teams seeking general product management training rather than AI-specific capabilities
Organizations unwilling to make data-driven decisions (cultural resistance to analytics)
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WHY PERTAMA PARTNERS
While Vietnamese market leaders like FPT (USD 2.47 billion revenue, USD 7.7 billion market cap) and VinAI (top-20 global AI R&D) offer strong local capability, and global consultancies (McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte, KPMG, EY, Accenture) provide enterprise advisory, Pertama Partners occupies a distinctive position: we combine cross-ASEAN regulatory expertise spanning the AI Law, PDPL, and Cybersecurity Law with structured, practitioner-led training methodology validated across multiple Southeast Asian markets. Unlike large consultancies, we focus exclusively on practical AI capability building rather than theoretical advisory. Unlike local tech companies, we bring regulatory knowledge across ASEAN jurisdictions, enabling Vietnamese enterprises expanding regionally to build consistent AI governance frameworks.
Vietnamese-language delivery is essential: only 15-20% of the workforce has business-level English proficiency. All training materials, exercises, and documentation must be provided in Vietnamese with bilingual facilitators available. Vietnamese corporate training culture traditionally favours lecture-based, instructor-led methods; however, AI training benefits from hands-on labs and practical demonstrations. We recommend a blended approach: structured presentations followed by guided hands-on practice with Vietnamese-language AI tools. Delivery should focus on practical application to Vietnamese business contexts, with case studies drawn from local industry examples where possible. Delivery is recommended in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, where 90% of Vietnam's tech talent and business headquarters are concentrated.
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