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Yesterday morning (very early in France, with our six‑hour time difference), our President Alexandre Zapolsky represented LINAGORA at the Vietnam International Digital Week 2025 (VIDW) in Ninh Bình, a day devoted to dialogue, cooperation and the future.
He took part in a ministerial round‑table on AI governance, met Nguyen Manh Hung, Vietnam’s Minister of Science and Technology, and then exchanged views with Julien Guerrier, European Union Ambassador to Vietnam.
Strong encounters that perfectly embody what we have always defended:
- Building bridges, not dependencies.
For us, one certainty stands out: artificial intelligence must reshape global balances. At this historic turning point, which we cannot miss, a conviction guides us, the same as at our beginnings: the digital future must be built on transparency, cooperation and shared sovereignty.
Because fighting for open source in France also means fighting for Europe, and even for countries thousands of kilometres away, like Vietnam.
It is defending a vision of a free, ethical and universal digital world, open to all—a counter‑alternative to the overwhelming power of the United States and China.
Fighting for us is fighting for everyone who hears the call of open source.
In the afternoon, Alexandre Zapolsky continued these discussions at the EU–Vietnam Digital Partnership Forum, within Panel 1:
“Vietnam’s new Digital Technology Industry Law, the upcoming Artificial Intelligence (AI) Law, and the European Union’s AI Act.”
A strategic round‑table where innovation, excellence and international cooperation meet, posing an essential question:
How can we promote ethical, responsible AI founded on trust?
Digital sovereignty is not a word, it is a movement.
Join it. Together, let’s make open source the norm, not the alternative.
