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AI is rapidly expanding across the public sector, creating new opportunities to transform the legal sector. At the ASEAN Legal Forum 2026, FPT introduced its AI-Powered Justice journey, combining infrastructure, data, AI, and digital business systems to improve access to, development of, and enforcement of the law.
The event took place on August 18–19 in Hanoi, bringing together government agencies, legal experts, international organizations, and the business community to discuss emerging trends in the legal sector. Participating as a technology provider, FPT shared its perspectives and practical experience in applying AI to lawmaking and legal enforcement, while showcasing digital platforms that have already been deployed in the sector.
From Digital Platforms to an AI-Powered Justice Ecosystem
At the exhibition area, FPT representatives had the honor of welcoming Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau and his delegation, introducing the AI-Powered Justice journey and FPT’s vision for developing next-generation AI solutions for the legal sector.
Image 1. FPT was honored to welcome Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau and his delegation
This journey builds on digital systems that FPT has deployed in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, including the National Legal Portal, the National Legal Database, the Digital Platform for Civil Judgment Enforcement, and a solution supporting the drafting of legal documents.
Alongside building infrastructure and digitizing data, FPT is developing AI Agents and AI-powered legal document retrieval platforms for ministries and government agencies.
These solutions can be customized to the specific data, processes, and workflows of each organization, gradually bringing AI into legal tasks that are repetitive, high-volume, or require the processing and retrieval of information from multiple sources.
Early results demonstrate the scale of digital transformation in the legal sector: more than 170,000 documents have been digitized in the National Legal Database; the National Legal Portal recorded nearly 12 million visits within just eight months; and the legal drafting support solution is serving more than 12,600 accounts. Meanwhile, the virtual assistant at the Ministry of Finance processed 500,000 documents during its first month of testing, demonstrating the potential of AI to leverage large-scale legal data repositories.
These platforms provide an important infrastructure layer for deeper AI integration into legal workflows, from information retrieval and access to drafting, enforcement, and policy evaluation.
AI in the Legal Sector: From Supporting Citizens to Optimizing Government and Business Operations
One of the highlights of the Forum was the presentation “AI Legal Services for Citizens and Enterprises” by Dr. Tran The Trung, Director of the FPT Institute of Technology Research and Deputy Director of the AI Product Division at FPT Smart Cloud, FPT Corporation.
Image 2. Dr. Tran The Trung – Director of the FPT Institute of Technology Research and Deputy Director of the AI Product Division at FPT Smart Cloud, FPT Corporation – presented at the Forum
From a technology perspective, Dr. Trung broadened the way AI can be applied in the legal sector. Rather than being viewed as an automation tool, AI can become a new layer of capability supporting the broader legal ecosystem, from citizens and businesses to government agencies.
Bridging the Justice Gap for Citizens
For citizens, one important application of AI is helping to narrow the “justice gap”: the gap between an increasingly complex legal system and citizens’ ability to access legal information and services.
AI can help citizens search for and understand legal information, find relevant regulations, complete administrative procedures, and address simple legal matters. As legal information becomes more accessible, citizens gain greater access to tools that allow them to understand their rights, obligations, and regulations relevant to the issues they face.
AI Agents are capable of interacting through natural language can serve as a new interface between citizens and the legal system, making information retrieval more intuitive and convenient.
Improving Legal Management and Compliance for Businesses
For businesses, AI creates opportunities to automate many legal tasks that traditionally require significant time and resources, from document review and contract management to compliance monitoring and risk identification.
At the Forum, Dr. Tran The Trung introduced FPT LegalOS, a comprehensive legal AI platform, alongside a case study on the use of AI to support litigation management at a Vietnamese bank.
In this model, FPT AI Agents are used to automate the end-to-end process of monitoring and processing information, from alerts and reporting to comprehensive analysis. AI Agents can connect multiple steps within a workflow, reducing the manual workload for legal teams and allowing them to focus more on tasks requiring professional expertise and judgment.
This represents a shift from AI supporting individual tasks to AI participating in business processes, where tasks can be coordinated and automated based on defined objectives.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency in the Public Sector
In the government sector, the potential of AI becomes even more apparent as agencies process large volumes of documents, records, and legal regulations.
AI can support the reading and analysis of legal documents from images, information quality checks, cross-referencing data against original documents, and information retrieval and synthesis for government officials.
However, applying AI in the legal sector involves more than technological capabilities. It also requires high standards of transparency, verifiability, and accountability in decision-making.
Accordingly, AI-generated results should be accompanied by references; AI-assisted content should be clearly identified; and systems should be capable of explaining the basis for their outputs. Most importantly, humans must remain responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and making final decisions.
This approach positions AI as a tool for enhancing the capabilities of government officials rather than replacing human judgment in important legal decisions.
People Remain at the Center of an AI-Powered Legal System
AI is creating new ways for citizens to access legal information, businesses to manage risk, and government agencies to handle increasingly large workloads. However, in a field that demands high levels of accuracy, accountability, and transparency, the value of AI does not lie in replacing people.
Image 3. Attendees experience the AI Agent solution supporting legal document retrieval
Instead, its value lies in augmenting human capabilities, helping people access more data, process information faster, identify issues earlier, and gain stronger foundations for decision-making.
From citizens and businesses to government, AI is therefore gradually becoming a new layer of capability within the legal ecosystem. Throughout this journey, technology may transform how the law is accessed and administered, but people remain at the center of the decisions that matter most.