Computing with light: Vietnam to get its first quantum computer from France
French company Quandela is supplying a photonic quantum computer to a university in Quy Nhon. It is the first quantum collaboration between France and Vietnam.
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Vietnam is set to get its first quantum computer. French company Quandela plans to install a photonic MosaiQ system at Quang Trung University in Quy Nhon, Gia Lai province. Photonic quantum computers use individual particles of light to carry information. The partner is Vietnamese quantum company Quanova, with Nam A Bank providing financial support. According to the parties, the agreement was signed at the France-Vietnam Leaders Forum in Paris and presented in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of Oct. 21. The partners gave no date for commissioning, no qubit count and no cost.
According to The Quantum Insider, the package also includes faculty training, dedicated quantum curricula, software access, a Quantum Experience Center, an innovator residency programme, hackathons and technology events. The companies describe it as the first quantum computing collaboration between the two countries. France's consul general in Ho Chi Minh City, Étienne Ranaivoson, called the project “a symbol of the trust uniting our two countries in the technologies of the future,” The Quantum Insider reported. Quanova CEO Rossy Nguyen Hoang Hong Nhung said trusted partnerships must come first, along with training the next generation.