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AI access, cost and use · South-eastern Asia · Asia · data read 1 Oct 2026

Viet Nam

In Viet Nam, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 14% of the median living standard, 18 times the share it takes in the United States; for 73% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 84% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.53 times the world average.

14%of the median living standard for a $20 planAsia median 13% · United States 0.79%
73%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 74 m people
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
84%of people use the internetworld 74% · 102 m people

The figuresViet Nam

People102 m
Median living standard$1,668a year per person · consumption
A $20 plan takes14%of that · 18× the US share
For whom it is over a tenth73%of people
Survey2022revalued at 2024 prices
GNI per person$4,970plan is 4.8% of it
Claude use per person0.53×world average = 1
Notable AI models built here0

Officially offered here3 of 3

Run it yourself →
Claude · claude.ai appYes
OpenAI · APIYes
Gemini · web appYes

From each lab's own published list: Anthropic's Claude.ai countries, OpenAI's API countries and Google's Gemini web app countries. Not listed means not officially served; open-weight models can be run anywhere.

Against Asia and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureViet NamAsiaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard14%13%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth73%72%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person4.8%3.9%2.9%
People using the internet84%76%74%
Claude use per working-age person0.53×0.43×1.00×
Notable AI models built02831,256

What it is used forViet Nam against the world

Report ↗
Viet Nam
Work 53%
Personal 27%
Coursework 20%
The world
Work 42%
Personal 41%
Coursework 17%
Share of the world's Claude use0.85%1.2% of the world's people
Work53%world 42%
Personal27%world 41%
Coursework20%world 17%
Handed over to the model (automation)51%world 48%

Anthropic Economic Index, May 2026: Claude.ai conversations by country. One product from one lab, so read it as a signal of who is using frontier models, not a census.

What people make with itshare of conversations

Document or report16%
Explanation or answer14%
Code fix or debug6%
Analysis or summary6%

The most common things people in Viet Nam ask Claude to produce.

NeighboursSouth-eastern Asia · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Malaysia36 m98%5.6%21%0.87×3 of 3
Thailand72 m91%11%56%0.73×3 of 3
Viet Nam102 m84%14%73%0.53×3 of 3
Indonesia286 m73%27%93%0.46×3 of 3
Philippines117 m67%27%94%0.44×3 of 3
Lao People's Democratic Republic7.9 m66%33%97%not reported3 of 3
Myanmar55 m45%no estimate–not reported2 of 3
Cambodia18 m68%no estimate–0.21×3 of 3
Singapore6.1 m94%no estimate–5.81×3 of 3
Timor-Leste1.4 m35%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
Brunei Darussalam466k96%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
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The foundationsViet Nam against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
84%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
128world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
23.7world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
38%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
0.41%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
836world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
5,734world 16,381

The latest World Bank figure for each measure. The tick marks the world figure.

A $20-a-month plan ($240 a year, US list price) against the median household living standard per person in each country. The median is from the latest national household survey (World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform), revalued from 2021 purchasing-power dollars into US dollars at recent prices and official exchange rates, assuming real living standards have not changed since the survey. Some surveys measure income and others consumption, which includes food people grow and housing they own, so this is a living standard, not cash to spare. Countries with no survey since 2015 or no defensible exchange rate are left blank.

World Bank household surveys ↗Anthropic countries ↗OpenAI countries ↗Gemini countries ↗Anthropic Economic Index ↗Epoch AI notable models ↗