CAIDE receives funding from DFAT for project on Building Resilient legal advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies in Vietnam.

The Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) has received funding for a new project: Building Resilient Legal Advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies in Vietnam, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Cyber and Critical Technology Cooperation Program (CCTCP.) CAIDE is honoured to be working within this important regional initiative.

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Advancing tech capabilities and a national strategy for the development of AI positions Vietnam as a regional leader in safe and ethical technology. This project will build the capacity of lawyers in Vietnam to give ethical and legal advice in the pursuit of safe, resilient, democratic and human rights-based approaches to emerging and critical technologies. CAIDE’s multidisciplinary approach brings together specialists from many disciplines, including the Melbourne Law School and the Faculty of Engineering and Information technology at the University of Melbourne. It builds on an existing CAIDE project the Ninian Stephen Law Program: New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies, supported by the Menzies Foundation.

The Resilient legal advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies in Vietnam program will help build and strengthen networks within the Vietnamese legal community. It will create partnerships with businesses, government and academia to build a more resilient responses to ethical and legal challenges in the development, delivery and use of cyber and critical technologies. The program will design and deliver sustainable education programs that can be delivered through project partners, ensuring the ongoing training of lawyers in the digital ecosystem. Building engaged legal teams that can deliver informed and robust advice on cyber resilience, best practices and ethical use is an integral part of sustainable economic development.

CAIDE’s co-directors are delighted to be extending this important work from the Australian context to work with lawyers in Vietnam, helping to build a stronger understanding of ethical cyber and critical technologies in practice. We thank the Cyber and Critical Technology Cooperation Program for the support in expanding our New Legal Thinking work into the Asia-Pacific Region.