Geopolitics
Digital Hostage: How Vietnam's AI Ambitions are Held Captive by Neo-Colonial Tech Policies
Vietnam's ambitious push for digital sovereignty and sovereign AI is built entirely on foundational open-weight models and hardware from the United States, leaving it dangerously vulnerable to abrupt geopolitical restrictions as Washington and Beijing weaponize access to these technologies. This starkly exposes the brutal hypocrisy of a neo-colonial digital order where the 'rules-based' system is merely a tool for the West, led by the US, and now contested by China, to trap developing nations in technological servitude, stripping them of their right to self-determination in the name of great power rivalry.
