Personnel resources vital for multibillion-dollar semiconductor sector
Promptly developing high-quality personnel resources is vital for Việt Nam to utilise its advantages and participate effectively in the multibillion-dollar chain of the semiconductor industry, said Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà.
During a conference hosted by Phenikaa Group in Hà Nội late last week, the Deputy PM emphasised the importance of the semiconductor industry, saying that it has laid a foundation that would shape the development of many other fields in the global economy.
The semiconductor industry is also a driving force behind the global green transformation, digital transformation, and knowledge-based development trends. Meanwhile, green transformation, digital transformation, and the electronics industry will facilitate the strong development of the semiconductor sector, he said.
According to the Deputy PM, the world's semiconductor chip market has maintained a rapid and stable growth rate over the past 20 years. It is forecast to become an industry with a scale of trillions of dollars by 2030.
He said that Việt Nam is racing against time and has taken fundamental steps to facilitate the development of the semiconductor industry from the State's policies and laws to endless efforts in improving the sector in the short, medium, and long infrastructure, such as energy and logistics. term.
He added that the Government is focus- Currently, Việt Nam has 600,000
developingnd700,000 ing on building a strategy for information technology, software, the semiconductor industry and a project and electronics engineers. If retrained in on training human resources for the sector 6-12 months, they can be ready for the with international standards. semiconductor industry, Hùng said.
To train tens of thousands of high-quality To do so, Việt Nam needs facilities, workers in the semiconductor industry, teachers, and textbooks. Closer cooperation however, the top priority will be given to between semiconductor businesses and training and attracting a team of high-quality, universities and the State's investment in experienced teachers and lecturers training facilities should also be included. who specialise in the industry to improve During the event, the chairman of Pheteaching quality. This will require in-depth nikaa Group Hồ Xuân Năng said the current training courses and programmes, and world context has created the need to creating conditions and environments for redraw the world map of semiconductors. them to continue researching and updating That will open up opportunities for Việt the latest knowledge, he noted. Nam to develop the semiconductor indus
Minister of Information and Communitry ecosystem with the first step to be given cations Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng said one of to training high-quality human resources in the steps of the national strategy on the the sector. semiconductor industry is to make Việt Việt Nam has the necessary conditions Nam become a human resource hub for the and factors to develop the semiconductor global semiconductor industry and later industry thanks to a stable political system, develop the semiconductor industry in Việt favourable geographical location, and the Nam. This hub will also help investment State's great efforts in promulgating policies in research, design, production, packaging, and creating legal corridors to develop and testing of the semiconductor chips in high-tech products, especially ones in the Việt Nam. semiconductor sector, Năng said.
The minister said a human resource The development of the semiconductor shortage in the sector is seen worldwide industry and its human resources also required but it is mainly in the short and medium close coordination among the State, term and Việt Nam can quickly meet the universities, and businesses, Năng said. global demand for personnel resources in Năng added that Phenikaa Group and its education system have teamed up with strategic partners to develop human resources in the semiconductor industry, from research and development of semiconductor chip products to design, production, assembly, testing, packaging, connecting equipment, thereby promoting Việt Nam's development and deeper participation in the global semiconductor supply chain.
In the latest move, Phenikaa has established the Phenikaa Semiconductor Training Centre to mark its participation in the semiconductor industry in Việt Nam.
The centre will conduct research and training activities in IC design, semiconductors, technology transfer, international cooperation, resource mobilisation, and collaboration and cooperation with domestic and foreign partners to promote research and training activities on semiconductor chip design.
It aims to train more than 8,000 semiconductor chip design engineers with international certificates and at least 12,000 engineers and high-level workers to work in Assembling, Testing, and Packaging (ATP) factories by 2030.
The event also saw strategic cooperation agreements signed among Phenikaa and some foreign universities such as Arizona State University from the US, Chang Gung University from Taiwan (China), and several companies such as Synopsys, SICADA, and VMO Holdings.