VinUni has launched OpenLingo, a real-time multilingual speech translation platform designed to remove language barriers in academic conferences, scientific events, and multilingual education. Built at the intersection of speech recognition, natural language processing, and real-time translation, OpenLingo represents a meaningful advance in AI-powered communication infrastructure for research and higher education settings.
The platform made its operational debut at the international conference “Applications of Exosomes in Diagnostics, Treatment, and Aesthetic Medicine” hosted at VinUni—a high-level scientific forum with demanding requirements for precise, domain-specific communication across languages. During the event, OpenLingo delivered near-instantaneous bidirectional translation between English and Vietnamese, allowing participants to follow live presentations in real time without interruption to the session flow. The system demonstrated strong accuracy with complex medical terminology, marking a notable benchmark for AI translation in specialised academic contexts.
OpenLingo in use during conference discussion sessions.
OpenLingo was developed by the VinUni–Illinois Smart Health Center, with medical domain expertise contributed by specialists from the VinUni-Vinmec Research Institute of Stem Cells and Gene Technology (VRISG).
Key features of the platform include:
- Real-time speech translation for conferences, seminars, and professional events
- Subtitle and translation display synchronised with presentation slides
- Bidirectional English–Vietnamese translation, with multi-language expansion underway
- Configurable domain-specific glossaries and field-contextual settings
- Session transcript and recording storage for post-event reference
The OpenLingo development team with members of the conference organising committee.
The deployment of OpenLingo marks a step forward in VinUni’s commitment to leveraging artificial intelligence for knowledge accessibility and global academic collaboration. The platform is intended to scale across the broader Vingroup ecosystem—supporting international conferences, multilingual classrooms, specialised training, and cross-border research environments. Through OpenLingo, VinUni aims to build a communication infrastructure where language is no longer a barrier to the open exchange of knowledge.