Qualcomm Chairman: Vietnam will be the center of AI research and development

Qualcomm is the world's leading corporation in 5G advanced mobile communications and radio technology, headquartered in San Diego, California (USA) with a market capitalization of approximately 160 billion USD.

Over the years, Qualcomm has operated on a fabless manufacturing model, with an R&D investment of about $70 billion, owning more than 140,000 patents and leading in 5G technology.

Qualcomm is now expanding into edge artificial intelligence (EDge AI), which is used in devices like phones, cars, extended reality (XR) glasses, and laptops.

In Vietnam, Qualcomm has been operating for over 20 years with many important milestones. In 2020, Qualcomm established its first Research and Development Center in Southeast Asia, located in Hanoi , focusing on developing technologies related to mobile connectivity and terminals.

In April 2025, Qualcomm announced the acquisition of MovianAI - a generative AI company under VinAI/Vingroup and established the AI ​​Research and Development Center in Hanoi - the group's third largest global AI center, after the United States and India.

Qualcomm has implemented many cooperation programs to promote the technology and innovation ecosystem in Vietnam. Typically, Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge (QVIC) has supported the incubation of 29 technology startups, helped raise more than 32 million USD in capital, commercialized 25 products and registered more than 87 patents; coordinated with Viettel and VNPT to develop technology and equipment for 5G and WiFi.

At the meeting, Qualcomm's Chairman expressed his hope for Vietnam's future development, for the great cooperation opportunities in Vietnam and believed that cooperation with Vietnam would continue to be successful; highly appreciated Vietnam's policies related to science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation and the group's Vietnamese partners such as Viettel, VNPT, FPT... which have also grown rapidly.

He also shared about the group's operations and proposed cooperation plans in the Vietnamese market to develop strategic and innovative technology industries such as AI, semiconductors, IoT device manufacturing, electronics, and smartphones; thereby, contributing to building a highly competitive Vietnamese economy.

Believing that Vietnam will become a regional center for research and development, especially in AI, he affirmed that Qualcomm is ready to strengthen cooperation, support capacity building, and train human resources for Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged and highly appreciated Qualcomm for more than 20 years of accompanying the development of the telecommunications and technology industry in Vietnam, in key areas such as mobile connectivity, technology transfer, AI research, STEM training, startup support, and promoting the innovation ecosystem, especially the establishment of the AI ​​Research and Development Center in Hanoi.

In particular, the Prime Minister congratulated and highly appreciated the visit of the Chairman, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Qualcomm for signing a cooperation agreement towards establishing the VNPT - Qualcomm Center of Excellence.

Emphasizing that Vietnam is continuing to innovate and reform strongly and drastically with high determination, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam needs to focus on making the most of opportunities for rapid, breakthrough and sustainable development based on knowledge, science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation to achieve a growth rate of 8.3-8.5% this year and double-digit growth in the coming years; valuing time, intelligence and making timely decisions.

To continue promoting stronger, more practical and effective cooperation between Vietnam and Qualcomm in the coming time, the Prime Minister suggested that the group continue to expand its investment in depth in Vietnam, especially in core technologies and stages with higher added value in the semiconductor industry value chain; cooperate with enterprises, research institutes, universities and national innovation centers of Vietnam to develop an innovative startup ecosystem; support Vietnamese enterprises to participate more deeply in the supply and production chains of Qualcomm and its partners; support and share with Vietnam management experience, human resource training and institutional improvement.

The Prime Minister said that Vietnam is continuing to implement many breakthrough solutions to facilitate and attract high-quality investment and promote cooperation in these fields, such as a temporary visa exemption policy for leading experts and scientists in the high-quality digital technology industry.

The Prime Minister believes that with Qualcomm's experience in cooperation with Vietnam in the past, the two sides will reap more success; the Vietnamese Government is committed to creating a favorable business environment for investors to operate profitably and effectively; in the spirit of working together, winning together, sharing joy and happiness; harmonizing benefits, sharing risks.

Ha Van

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/chu-tich-qualcomm-viet-nam-se-la-trung-tam-ve-nghien-cuu-va-phat-trien-ai-102250812191429689.htm