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AI in Vietnam's news media

9 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 7 news organizations, 2022–2026.
East Asia and the Pacific2022–2026
Cases
9
Organizations
7
Active since
2022
Controversies
0

What AI is used for — and how that differs

Vietnamworldwide sharepp = percentage-point difference
AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters2+19pp
Content Production & Automation2+8pp
Audience Experience & Personalisation2+15pp
Audience Intelligence & Analytics1+9pp
Multimedia & Visual Production1+7pp
Transcription & Translation1+8pp

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access0
2 – Adoption7
3 – Proficiency2
4 – Ways of Working0
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Own budget (5), Public broadcaster / state media (4)

Notable cases

2026Vietnam Television (VTV)

Beyond its virtual-anchor pilot, VTV has used AI in production workflows for several years — content-review/censorship systems, multilingual subtitling and voice-over (per Deputy Director General Dinh Dac Vinh). In July 2026 VTV's Youth Union and R&D Centre launched the workshop series 'Applications of AI: From Idea to Television Product' with experts from China's Guangxi Radio and Television, followed by four…

Content Production & Automation2 – Adoption
AI content-review/censorship systems; multilingual subtitling; AI voice-overSource →

2024VnEconomy

Askonomy — proprietary AI chatbot for Vietnamese economic journalism developed with XNOR Group; features terminology tailored to Vietnamese economic reporting, intelligent Q&A for complex economic questions, and high-accuracy Vietnamese-to-English translation; launched March 2024

Audience Experience & Personalisation2 – Adoption
Askonomy (custom LLM; XNOR Group)Source →

2024VnExpress

AI recommendation and personalisation engine, comment autobot for moderation, automated CMS publishing; VinAI NLP collaboration for Vietnamese dialect sentiment analysis and hyperlocal content; partnership with NVIDIA (2024)

Audience Experience & Personalisation3 – Proficiency
Microsoft Azure / VinAI / NVIDIA / FPT AISource →

2024Vietnamnet

AI-powered user behavior analytics for editorial direction; AI comment-filtering system; dynamic personalised content suggestions based on reader interests;" integrated into daily newsroom operations

Audience Intelligence & Analytics3 – Proficiency
AI analytics (tools not specified)Source →

2022Nhan Dan

AI-powered article automation, news summarisation, trend identification and content optimisation — state paper deploying AI for editorial production speed and efficiency

Content Production & Automation2 – Adoption
ChatGPT / Vbee / custom AISource →

VietnamPlus (Vietnam News Agency)

AI-assisted Mega Story design — reporters and editors now use AI tools (Canva, Infogram, Flourish) for data visualisation and infographic production previously handled by specialist designers

Multimedia & Visual Production2 – Adoption
Canva AI / Infogram / FlourishSource →

Elsewhere in East Asia and the Pacific

Australia 28Cambodia 2China 75Hong Kong 6Indonesia 24Japan 24Malaysia 11Mongolia 2Myanmar 1New Zealand 25Philippines 16Singapore 8
Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.