Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Minister-Counsellor Le Dinh Ba held a working session on September 9 with a delegation from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of the US led by its director of global policy for trade and supply chain matter.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is gathering ideas on a draft project to promote human resources development for the semiconductor industry until 2030 with a vision to 2050, destined for the approval of the Prime Minister.
Experts believe that Việt Nam has a great opportunity to grow its semiconductor industry with the involvement of multiple leading global technology companies, but it will need ten times the number of engineers.
Vietnam has a huge opportunity to develop the semiconductor and AI industry as it has an abundant, well-trained young workforce, said PhD. Richard Thurston, a leading semiconductor expert of the United States.
A seminar on cooperation in semiconductor industry development was held by the Vietnam Software & IT Services Association (VINASA) in Hanoi on May 29, as part of the Vietnam - Asia Digital Transformation (DX) Summit 2024.