A test model of an AI-assisted driving cockpit at FPT Corp.’s headquarters in Hanoi on Feb. 24.
Photographer: Linh Pham/BloombergVietnam's AI Ambitions Hinge on One $6.8 Billion Tech Company
FPT Corp. faces challenges from rivals to US tariffs in its global expansion journey.
Four decades ago, Truong Gia Binh set up a technology company using a single computer in a room loaned by his then-father-in-law, General Vo Nguyen Giap, revered for leading Vietnamese troops in defeating the French and US militaries.
That company, FPT Corp., is now Vietnam’s biggest listed tech firm. It's central to the government's push to build a technology sector capable of competing with its regional rivals as it seeks to move the nation beyond assembling Nike Inc. shoes and Apple Inc. devices.