Vietnam Plans First Quantum Computer at Quang Trung University With France's Quandela

A quantum computer for Quy Nhon

Quang Trung University in Quy Nhon, Gia Lai, is set to host what French technology company Quandela describes as Vietnam's first quantum computer. The MosaiQ system will anchor a program combining research, teaching, software access and support for new technology ventures, with Vietnamese quantum company Quanova leading the local partnership and Nam A Bank supporting the initiative.

The project was announced in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of October 21, 2026, with representatives of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) present. In its October 22 announcement, Quandela said Quanova had selected MosaiQ for a quantum research, innovation, service and entrepreneurship program, known as quantum-RISE.

The university's preparations began before the computer announcement. On July 28, it opened a quantum learning and research centre and announced a program to develop Vietnamese quantum talent. The October partnership adds a planned computing system, faculty training, dedicated courses and a Quantum Innovator Residency Program to that effort.

For students and researchers, the practical promise is access to equipment, software and people who can teach them how to use both. The partners describe a project intended to build local expertise over time, rather than ending with the delivery of a machine.

What MosaiQ brings to the university

MosaiQ is a photonic quantum computer. Photonic means that it uses particles of light, called photons, to carry and process quantum information. An ordinary computer works with bits represented as zero or one. A quantum computer uses quantum states and carefully controlled operations to approach certain mathematical problems differently.

Quantum computing requires specialized programming and research skills. At Quang Trung University, the planned software suite and training are therefore central to turning the machine into a useful teaching and research resource.

Quandela says the partnership includes deployment of MosaiQ, training for university faculty and development of dedicated curricula. It also provides software and support for a Quantum Experience Center, the residency program, technology events and hackathons, where participants work together on computing challenges.

The announcement gives no installation date, purchase price, funding breakdown, processor specifications or detailed access arrangements for students and outside researchers. Those details will determine when practical work can begin and how much computing capacity the university can make available.

How the project developed

The October announcement follows both a corporate agreement in Paris and education activities in Gia Lai. Quandela says its strategic agreement with Quanova was signed during the France–Vietnam Leaders Forum, in the presence of Vietnamese leader To Lam and French President Emmanuel Macron.

The milestones described by the partners and university show how the initiative has moved from cooperation and public engagement toward a planned installation:

• At the France–Vietnam Leaders Forum in Paris, Quandela and Quanova signed the strategic agreement underpinning their cooperation.
• On July 28, 2026, Quang Trung University opened its quantum centre in Gia Lai and announced a program to develop quantum talent.
• The July activities also included the launch of Quantathon Gia Lai 2026, an international quantum computing hackathon focused on social development.
• On October 21, 2026, the MosaiQ deployment partnership was announced in Ho Chi Minh City.
• On October 22, 2026, Quandela published the project details, including the quantum-RISE program and residency initiative.

The July launch formed part of Gia Lai Quantum Year 2026, with a theme connecting quantum cooperation, technological capability and development. The university initiative gives that provincial program a continuing institutional base for teaching and research.

A centre connecting science with students

The July opening was described under two English names, the Quang Trung Quantum Decoding Center and the Quantum Experience Centre. Its activities include introducing students and visitors to basic science through interactive experiments, models and photonic technology, alongside accounts of a century of quantum discoveries.

Dr To Ba Lam, rector of Quang Trung University, described the centre's intended role in education and cooperation:

The centre aims to become an open platform for learning, research, and collaboration,

His wider vision connects technological infrastructure and international expertise with businesses, research institutes and universities. The university also wants learners to conduct research, gain practical experience and develop projects, serving Gia Lai and the Central Highlands.

The July centre was presented as groundwork for a future Quang Trung University Quantum Computing and AI Center. The October package again includes support for a Quantum Experience Center, placing public engagement alongside the more specialized work of operating a quantum computer.

For a university building a new field of study, those activities serve different groups. Exhibitions and experiments can introduce school pupils and visitors to unfamiliar science, while courses, laboratories and software access give university students and faculty a route into deeper work.

Training people alongside installing equipment

Quanova, Quandela, Quang Trung University and Nam A Bank plan to develop the Quantum Innovator Residency Program together. The program is intended to bring students, researchers, educators and technology innovators into work on practical uses of quantum computing.

Rossy Nguyen Hoang Hong Nhung, chief executive of Quanova, explained why the partners are linking training with technology development:

To co-create new technologies, we must first build trusted partnerships and train the next generation. That is why we are developing the Quantum Innovator Residency Program with Quandela, Quang Trung University and Nam A Bank.

Faculty training is especially consequential because instructors will carry the program beyond its first participants. Dedicated curricula can turn occasional exposure to quantum computing into a sequence of lessons, programming exercises and research projects.

The Open Quantum Institute (OQI) was also named as a partner in the July university initiative and as a training partner alongside Quandela. Its involvement broadens the education network around the university beyond the companies arranging the MosaiQ deployment.

Hackathons and research ambitions

Quantathon Gia Lai 2026 was launched as an international quantum computing competition for social development. Its stated purpose includes finding promising participants and providing them with further training, linking an open competition with the university's longer effort to develop talent.

Quang Trung University and Nam A Bank were identified as continuing partners in the competition. Participants were also expected to have opportunities to interact with specialists from the Vietnam Quantum Network (VNQuantum) and the National Innovation Center (NIC).

The university's proposed research areas include cybersecurity, finance and banking, biomedicine, artificial intelligence and new materials. These are fields in which the centre wants to explore applications, while its broader ambitions extend to core technologies and computer hardware.

Designing, assembling and eventually commercializing quantum devices would require a wider range of skills than programming a purchased system. The university's plans therefore connect two stages of development: learning to work with an existing platform and building the capacity to create technology locally.

The quantum-RISE framework also includes services and entrepreneurship. That gives the partnership a scope beyond academic instruction, with an ambition to connect research activity to businesses and future ventures.

Why Nam A Bank is involved

Nam A Bank is supporting the computer deployment and the surrounding education effort. Its representatives have described the investment in terms of building technological capability and preparing people for future industries.

Vo Hoang Hai, deputy chief executive of Nam A Bank, set out the bank's position in Quandela's announcement:

Nam A Bank invests in core technologies, including quantum technology, to help build high-tech capabilities in Vietnam through strong and effective cooperation with French organizations.

Finance and banking are among the university's proposed application areas. The bank's stated role, however, reaches across research, international cooperation and the development of quantum talent at the university.

At the July centre opening, independent Nam A Bank board member Pham Cong Tuan Ha described the investment as a way to give young people opportunities, tools and an environment in which to develop quantum innovations. His argument focused on creating the conditions for discovery, with access to learning and equipment at the centre of that effort.

A new strand of international cooperation

Quandela describes the project as the first France–Vietnam collaboration dedicated to quantum computing. Marine Xech-Gaspa, the company's director of institutional affairs and public policy, said the deployment showed its strategic partnership with Quanova moving into concrete activity.

France's consul general in Ho Chi Minh City, Etienne Ranaivoson, welcomed the announcement as a symbol of trust between the two countries. He placed it within the visit of the first French delegation dedicated to quantum technologies in Vietnam.

The partners also presented the project as supporting sovereign capabilities in quantum technology. In practical terms, that ambition means developing people and institutions in Vietnam that can understand, use and eventually help create the technology.

International interest extends beyond France. At the July opening, Lee Eunkyu, science and ICT attaché at the South Korean Embassy in Vietnam, said the centre could create new opportunities for scientific and technological cooperation between South Korea and Vietnam.

What changes for Gia Lai

Quang Trung University gives the project a base in Quy Nhon, with the centre's educational mission extending to Gia Lai and the Central Highlands. The planned machine places a specialized computing resource within a university already organizing public science activities, training and a technology competition.

Students are the most immediate intended beneficiaries of that combination. Introductory experiences can lead into formal study, while residency projects and hackathons can connect learners with researchers, companies and institutions working in the field.

The partners' longer ambition is to sustain that progression through faculty expertise, dedicated curricula, software and research facilities. Delivering those elements together will shape how much the MosaiQ installation contributes to Vietnam's own quantum workforce.

Key Points

• Quanova has selected Quandela's MosaiQ system for deployment at Quang Trung University in Quy Nhon, Gia Lai.
• Quandela describes the planned installation as Vietnam's first quantum computer.
• The partnership was announced on October 21, 2026, with support from Nam A Bank.
• The package includes faculty training, dedicated curricula, software, a residency program, technology events and hackathons.
• The university opened a quantum centre on July 28, 2026, working with partners including Quandela, Quanova and the Open Quantum Institute.
• The project aims to connect education and research with services, entrepreneurship and local technological capability.