‘Economic own goal’? Vietnam’s AI law sets a risky pace for Southeast Asia
The article discusses Southeast Asian countries' efforts to regulate AI and data flows, highlighting concerns from the business community about potential negative impacts on investment and innovation. It notes Vietnam's regulatory actions and previous cybersecurity laws as examples of this trend.
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“The Business Software Alliance, a global trade association whose members include Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, in February voiced concerns that Hanoi’s regulations ‘appeared to be rushed’ and did not provide companies with adequate time to comply.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Business Software Alliance (BSA) expressed concerns regarding the speed and adequacy of Vietnam's AI regulations. One source explicitly states the BSA voiced concerns that Hanoi's regulations 'appeared to be rushed,' and another notes that timelines were 'rushed and "insufficient for stakeholders to analyze the document rigorously or provide substantive feedback."'
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— The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed socialist-oriented market economy. It is the 34th-largest economy in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 21st-largest economy in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam
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— FPT (Financing and Promoting Technology), officially the FPT Corporation, is an information technology service company in Vietnam with operations spanning three sectors: Technology, Telecommunications…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPT_Corporation
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— Online piracy (also known as digital piracy, internet piracy, software piracy or piracy) is the practice of downloading or digitally distributing copyrighted works, such as music, movies or software, …
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“It called for the removal of a requirement that all AI systems with ‘foreign elements’ maintain a local presence in Vietnam, arguing the rule was ‘disproportionate’ and would ‘unfairly disadvantage foreign AI providers operating in Vietnam which do not deploy high-risk AI systems’.”
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The claim is directly supported by a web search result detailing the BSA's arguments. The evidence states that the BSA 'called for the removal of a requirement that all AI systems with “foreign elements” maintain a local presence in Vietnam, arguing the rule was “disproportionate” and would “unfairly disadvantage foreign AI providers operating in Vietnam which do n”.'
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— The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed socialist-oriented market economy. It is the 34th-largest economy in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 21st-largest economy in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam
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— FPT (Financing and Promoting Technology), officially the FPT Corporation, is an information technology service company in Vietnam with operations spanning three sectors: Technology, Telecommunications…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPT_Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPT_Corporation
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— Online piracy (also known as digital piracy, internet piracy, software piracy or piracy) is the practice of downloading or digitally distributing copyrighted works, such as music, movies or software, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_piracy
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“It is not Vietnam’s first brush with regulatory controversy. A cybersecurity law passed in 2018, which forced global technology companies to set up local offices and store data in the country, also triggered a backlash.”
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Wikipedia provides a direct reference to a backlash following a law passed in 2018. Specifically, the entry for '2018 Vietnam protests' mentions protests against 'the Special Zone Act and the Cybersecurity Law,' indicating a significant regulatory controversy in that year.
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— The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Viet…
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— The 2018 Vietnam protests, June 10 Events, or Protests against the Special Zone Act and the Cybersecurity Law (Vietnamese: Biểu tình phản đối Luật đặc khu kinh tế và Luật An ninh mạng), were a series …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Vietnam_protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Vietnam_protests
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— Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 102 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam
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