How can Vietnam have 50,000 semiconductor engineers by 2030?
Báo Dân trí•29/02/2024
(Dan Tri) - To develop high-quality human resources, Vietnam needs to train correctly and accurately. Train the right knowledge and skills and meet business needs.
The project on human resource development for the semiconductor industry to 2030, with a vision to 2045, is being urgently researched and will soon be submitted to the Government in the first quarter of this year. The goal is that by 2030, Vietnamese engineers will be able to deeply participate in the design process of modern semiconductor microcircuits (from front-end to back-end); deeply participate in the packaging and testing of semiconductor microcircuits, mastering part of the packaging and testing technology; participate in working in semiconductor factories, gradually grasping the technology in the production process. By 2030, Vietnam will have trained 50,000 engineers to serve the industry in all stages of the value chain. At the same time, by 2045, Vietnam will become an important link in the global semiconductor industry value chain with a team of engineers and experts capable of meeting the development requirements of the Vietnamese semiconductor industry in both quality and quantity.
By 2030, Vietnam aims to train 50,000 semiconductor engineers (Photo: IT).
Currently, one of the policies considered effective is the call for cooperation with the world's leading technology corporations to invest in developing the semiconductor industry ecosystem in Vietnam. On the morning of February 29, sharing at the Conference on Developing Human Resources for Semiconductor Design in Vietnam in 2024, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong emphasized 4 advantages of Vietnam in developing human resources for the semiconductor industry. First, Vietnam has a stable political system and a favorable geographical location. The Vietnamese Government is particularly interested in promoting investment cooperation and developing the semiconductor industry in Vietnam. Second, Vietnam has an abundant labor force in the field of engineering and technology suitable for the semiconductor industry; there are prestigious research and training units in the semiconductor field such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh National Universities, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, large enterprises with resources and readiness to cooperate in developing the semiconductor industry such as Viettel, VNPT, FPT. Third, Vietnam has been attracting more and more large corporations in the semiconductor industry from the United States, South Korea, Japan, Europe, Taiwan, etc. In particular, in September 2023, Vietnam and the United States upgraded their bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, thereby identifying one of the strategic cooperation contents as innovation, including the development of the semiconductor industry. Fourth, Vietnam has established the National Innovation Center (NIC) and 3 high-tech parks in Ho Chi Minh City, Hoa Lac (Hanoi) and Da Nang with full conditions of technical infrastructure, human resources, and the highest investment policies and mechanisms, ready to welcome corporations and enterprises in the semiconductor industry to invest here.
Vietnam is calling for cooperation with the world's leading technology corporations to invest in developing the semiconductor industry ecosystem (Photo: IT).
At the conference, Siemens EDA (Siemens Group) and the National Innovation Center (NIC) signed a cooperation agreement to develop a semiconductor ecosystem in Vietnam. Ms. Nina Lin - Vice President in charge of ASEAN and Taiwan, Siemens EDA - said that this enterprise will sponsor Siemens' most advanced chip and circuit board design software for Vietnam and will provide training services and accompany NIC in promoting the development of human resources for semiconductor design in particular and the semiconductor electronics industry in general. At the event, representatives of NIC and Siemens EDA presented sponsored software to typical universities with the task of training human resources for the semiconductor industry as assigned by the Government.
Need proper and accurate training
Currently, Vietnam has about 40 enterprises in the semiconductor industry, mainly operating in the field of microchip design. The total number of employees working in this industry is about 5,000 people. According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Minh - Vice Principal of the School of Electrical and Electronics - Hanoi University of Science and Technology - the human resources of the semiconductor industry in Vietnam have approached the world's, but the number is not much. For example, Hanoi University of Science and Technology is training 50 students in microchip design, about 80-100 students in microelectronics technology each year. However, students in the field of electronics and telecommunications at the University of Science and Technology and Ho Chi Minh City University of Science and Technology can participate in the design stage at enterprises around the world. The income of microchip design engineers is not inferior to that of engineers in hot fields such as information technology.
The quality of human resources in Vietnam's semiconductor industry has approached the world's level, but the quantity is still limited (Photo: IT).
The school has opened transfer courses for graduates in the field with nearly 3,000 students each year. These students only need 6-9 months of training to be able to work in factories. In the long term, Mr. Minh said that to develop high-quality human resources, Vietnam needs to train correctly and accurately. Train the right knowledge, skills and meet the needs of businesses. Representatives of Hanoi University of Science and Technology proposed to conduct a field survey to know the real needs in the market in terms of quantity and skills. From there, training units will have appropriate strategies to meet the needs. One of the difficulties in training human resources in the semiconductor industry today is the lack of facilities, machinery, software tools designed to meet industrial standards and funding for testing semiconductor chip production. Mr. Minh shared that the semiconductor chip industry requires high skills and practical level. Therefore, if students only learn theory but do not make chips right in school, it will be a big disadvantage. Hanoi University of Science and Technology is utilizing all resources as well as cooperating with large domestic and foreign enterprises such as Toshiba and Samsung to train human resources for the semiconductor industry. The school also sends students to study in partners in Korea, Taiwan, and France to utilize resources for chip manufacturing.
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