The Semiconductor industry creates great opportunities for Vietnamese human resources

With many competitive advantages, including owning large reserves of rare earth mines, Vietnam is gradually becoming an attractive destination for the entire chip production chain with billions of dollars of investment from American and South Korean companies, bringing opportunities for human resources in this industry.

The large market size causes the need for human resources to explode. According to WSTS, by 2030, about 1 million workers will be needed for all stages of chip design, production, assembly, packaging, and testing. It is forecasted that the semiconductor industry in the US will have a shortage of 70.000 - 90.000 workers in the coming years. The Japanese Semiconductor Industry Association also predicts that in the next decade, this industry will lack about 1.000 high-quality human resources each year. Meanwhile, the "race" to build semiconductor factories in Japan requires more skilled workers.

At the conference on Developing high-quality human resources in the semiconductor chip industry from Vietnamese higher education institutions organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, economic experts forecast that the industry will semiconductor in Vietnam needs about 5 people; In the next 20.000 years, there will be 10 people with university degrees or higher. While the number of IC design workforce is currently about 50.000 people.

On some public recruitment sites, the position of Semiconductor Engineer with over 5 years of experience is promised a salary of over 1.000 USD/month. Neweb Vietnam Co., Ltd. (a Taiwanese-invested enterprise) in Duy Tien Industrial Park - Ha Nam is recruiting for the position of Band Engineer with a salary of over 1.000 USD.

In the US, the average salary of a semiconductor engineer is nearly 8.500 USD/month. Meanwhile, Japanese chip manufacturer Tokyo Electron pays nearly 305.000 yen (nearly 2.200 USD/month) for new graduates to work immediately.

In Taiwan (China), statistics from the Taiwan Education Agency show that semiconductor engineers with a bachelor's degree receive a starting salary of about 38.000-42.000 NT dollars (25-33 million VND). For the same position but with a master's degree, workers can receive 33-37 million VND, or 46-55 million VND if they have a doctorate.

Data from the Vietnam Microchip community shows that the average after-tax salary in the first year of work for a chip design engineer is nearly 220 million VND (more than 18 million/month) and will gradually increase each year. With 5 years of experience, people doing this job have an income of over 330 million VND a year. This number gradually increases to more than 800 and 1,3 billion VND if you have 15-20 years of experience.

In the past two years, Vietnam has become an attractive destination for the entire chip production chain with billions of dollars of investment from American and South Korean companies. Amkor Technology - the world's largest semiconductor industry group headquartered in Arizona has inaugurated a factory in Bac Ninh with a total investment of 1,6 billion USD. Samsung also plans to produce semiconductor components in Vietnam. Hana Micron Vina (South Korea) inaugurated a semiconductor factory project in Bac Giang with a registered investment of nearly 600 million USD...

Students majoring in Semiconductor Circuit Design at FPT University have the opportunity to receive scholarships up to 100%. Vietnam is also a recruitment destination for many countries in need of human resources in the semiconductor industry. At the same time, many universities and training facilities in Vietnam have opened specialized training in semiconductors or opened courses to convert from related industries to specialized work. FPT University recruits 1.000 candidates for Semiconductor Circuit Design and considers granting scholarships up to 100% of the study program to all candidates registering for this major. Hanoi University of Science and Technology, two national universities, Da Nang University, Can Tho University, Phenikaa University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology... also open new majors and introduce many revenue policies. attract students to study.

According to Intellectual Property and Creativity