Vietnam's government approved a national program targeting 10 million workers with AI skills by 2030, integrating AI education across all school levels and training civil servants, aiming to establish itself as a regional AI leader.
Iraq's health minister publicly declared the government lacks funds to pay state salaries, revealing a severe liquidity crisis requiring $8.24 billion monthly while oil export disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz have drastically reduced revenues, exposing the economy's dangerous dependence on a single resource.
HKUST's Master of Public Management programme, led by Prof. Donald Low, trains mid-career public leaders to prioritize human judgment and ethical decision-making over technical skills as AI reshapes economies and labor markets globally.