On the afternoon of June 25, 2026, the Ho Chi Minh City Digital Transformation Center held a working session with a delegation of technology experts from Taiwan (China) to exchange initiatives and experiences, update on new technological trends, and consult deployment models in the fields of digital identity, data infrastructure, and artificial intelligence. The working session provided an additional reference basis for the process of researching and proposing solutions aligned with the City's digital transformation orientation roadmap.
Mr. Nguyen Tran Phu Thinh, Deputy Director of the City Digital Transformation Cente with the Taiwanese experts.
Decentralized Digital Identity and Digital Identity Wallets
During the meeting, the Taiwanese experts introduced the decentralized digital identity infrastructure model and digital identity wallet based on Blockchain technology combined with Verifiable Credentials. This is a solution drawing significant attention from many countries due to its ability to enhance security, protect privacy, and elevate reliability in digital identity verification.
These insights provide the City Digital Transformation Center with additional perspectives during its research on cybersecurity, data management, and digital infrastructure development solutions.
Overview of the working session.
AI Infrastructure Serving Grassroots-Level Operations
One of the topics discussed by the Taiwanese experts was the trend of building AI infrastructure to serve grassroots administrative units. According to the experts, rather than investing in highly expensive dedicated systems for AI model training, many localities are prioritizing systems serving AI Inference tasks to meet the daily demands of AI application in their workflows.
As shared by the experts, this model offers the advantages of lower investment and operational costs, as well as energy efficiency, while still effectively satisfying the needs of exploiting AI in task processing. Meanwhile, systems serving model training possess the capability to process massive data volumes and develop in-depth models, but they demand significantly higher levels of technical infrastructure, financial resources, and personnel.
A Taiwanese sharing information about AI systems.
The experts also introduced several flexible deployment options to optimize investment costs. Among them, the infrastructure leasing model helps localities rapidly access technology without massive initial investments; for units wishing to invest directly, the reference cost for a system, including servers and associated equipment, is approximately 6-7 billion VND per unit.
Several models are currently being piloted in localities such as Da Nang and Ho Tram, thereby providing additional practical experiences for the research and evaluation process.
Updating New Technological Trends
The working session presented an opportunity for both sides to exchange views on new trends in building digital infrastructure, digital data, and AI applications. It also allowed for the sharing of experiences in deploying technological models geared toward cost optimization, energy efficiency, and alignment with practical needs.
Representatives of both sides taking a commemorative photo at the working session.
The takeaways from the session will serve as a valuable reference source for the City’s Digital Transformation Center to continue researching, evaluating, and selecting suitable models. This will contribute to accelerating the development of the City's digital government, digital economy, and digital society in the upcoming time.
