VinBDI
Vietnamese Technology for Vietnam's Future
About us
The Vingroup Big Data Institute (VinBDI) was founded in August 2018 which focuses on application-oriented fundamental research in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, simultaneously implementing science – technology sponsoring and training activities with an aim of enhancing the quality of Vietnam high-tech human resources.
A few important milestones in the history of VinBDI are as follows:
- August, 2018: The institute was founded with an organization including the Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VinIF) and four research groups (Bioinformatics, Medical Image Processing, Speech and Language Processing, Computer Vision)
- August, 2020: The Vingroup AI Engineer Training Program started
- August, 2021: The VinBigData JSC was spinned off from the institute with core members from 3 out of 4 research groups (Speech and Language Processing, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis)
- December, 2021: Announcement of completing the project of 1000 Vietnamese genome sequencing; GeneStory JSC was founded with core members from the Bioinformatics research group of the institute.
Vision
Our overarching vision is to become a technology company which provides advanced technology products and platform solutions based on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, contributing to develop Vingroup – a world-class Technology – Industry – Services corporation, in which technology occupies the main proportion.
Mission
VinBDI defines “Vietnamese Technology for Vietnam’s Future” as our mission during formation and development. Thus, VinBigdata commits to contribute to Vingroup ecosystem which meets international standard and makes Vietnamese brands gain a foothold on the world production map. All is for a better life for Vietnamese people.
Prof. Vu Ha Van
Scientific Director
Who is better placed to address the challenges of Vietnam than ourselves?