Job fears over automation and AIMinister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said automation and AI were going to replace workers at factories in the coming ‘fourth’ industrial revolution. Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan AnhDuring the conference about training highly-skilled workforce, Anh said that they must boost investment, exploit all resources effectively and gradually move from cheap labour into a more skilled force. The Ministry of Industry and Trade manages major industrial and economic zones, contributing to 70% of the country's GDP. "In the coming industrial revolution, workers with simple jobs at the factories will be replaced by robots with high artificial intelligence. According to Anh, the government must consider the impacts from various free trade agreements if Vietnam aims to be a global supplier of a skilled workforce.

Source: VietNamNet News February 27, 2018 05:07 UTC