AgiBot, Vietnam’s National Innovation Center to Develop Embodied Intelligence Industry and Talent Ecosystem

AgiBot said it held the first Vietnam Embodied Intelligence Industry Summit (AgiBot Vietnam Partner Conference) in Hanoi on October 2, 2026, together with Vietnam’s National Innovation Center (NIC). ECOLIV and Great Education were co-hosts. More than 500 people attended, including representatives of NIC and Vietnam’s ministries of science and technology, education, and industry; principals from more than 50 schools; and representatives of more than 20 research institutions. The summit covered embodied intelligence technology, industrial applications, talent development and ecosystem development.

According to AgiBot, its approach in Vietnam will bring education and research together with industrial applications, with deployments based on RaaS and localized operations. Involving local schools and research institutions, rather than simply exporting products, appears intended to lower barriers to adoption.

The new element in this announcement is that it presents an industry and education deployment framework centered on NIC, rather than a one-off product showcase. The exhibits included humanoid, quadruped and wheeled robots, but the focus was not on comparing the performance of individual machines. Instead, AgiBot is looking to combine its “Yuan Sheng Plan” with RaaS to establish a pathway in Vietnam from education and research to industrial applications. This puts operational planning in the foreground, including curriculum development, joint laboratories, faculty training, student practice, research projects and after-sales services, as well as hardware sales. In a related article, AgiBot establishes AI-related company in Hengqin with 5 million yuan in registered capital, we reported on the company’s regional expansion in Hengqin. This announcement suggests that its efforts are moving beyond domestic expansion in China and, overseas, into education and industry through a public-sector hub such as NIC. Meanwhile, AgiBot and Aishida to deploy 100 Lingxi X2 robots at 100 stores described deployments in retail settings. The Vietnam initiative extends that effort, but its focus is not individual retail outlets; it reaches across an ecosystem of schools, research institutions and government bodies. The important point is that AgiBot is redesigning its approach for a different set of adoption partners, rather than simply replicating existing deployments. At the industry level, the announcement points to a competitive model that bundles robots, AI models, education curricula and maintenance and operations. NIC will connect government, schools, research institutions and companies, while AgiBot provides robots and AI and ECOLIV supports local operations. As a result, the value proposition may shift from the number of individual machines shipped to how consistently they are used after deployment. However, so far, the announcement has outlined a summit and cooperation framework; it has not specified which models will be deployed, in what quantities, at which schools or facilities, or under what terms. Key points to watch include RaaS pricing, which schools will take part in the Yuan Sheng Plan, local maintenance arrangements and where the robots are actually put into operation.

According to the announcement, the event featured humanoid, quadruped and wheeled robots, along with several embodied intelligence solutions for education and research and industrial applications. AgiBot formally announced its “Yuan Sheng Plan” for education and research, covering curriculum development, joint laboratories, faculty training, student practice and research projects. Deng Feng, the company’s president for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region, said AgiBot plans to bring its foundational AI models, robots and ecosystem capabilities to Vietnam and promote deployments in education and research, retail services, cultural tourism and hotels, and industrial manufacturing. It also said it will work with ECOLIV on market development, project delivery and localization of its after-sales service system, and introduce RaaS (Robot as a Service). NIC presented AgiBot with an Innovation Partner Award and recognized the first group of Vietnam embodied intelligence ecosystem partners.

This case puts forward a model that combines robot exports with education curricula, local maintenance and RaaS. For Japanese companies, the ability to propose operational plans and local services for schools and research institutions, in addition to robot performance, could become a competitive requirement in Southeast Asian projects.