Vietnam Japan University researches opening semiconductor human resource training program

Vietnam-Japan University - a symbol of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan - plans to open a number of new and attractive programs such as Asian studies (taught in English); a program to build and train human resources to serve the semiconductor industry in Vietnam...

The 10th Vietnam-Japan Festival in Ho Chi Minh City with the theme "Holding hands together - Until tomorrow" opened this morning, March 8 at 23/9 Park, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, attracting thousands of visitors from both countries. Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc and the delegations of both countries visited many booths here, including the booth of JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency, to hear about the Vietnam-Japan University and many other projects.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc (center) and delegations from the two countries visit the JICA booth

1,100 students and trainees are studying at Vietnam Japan University

Mr. Sugano Yuichi, Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam, said that for many years JICA has had the opportunity to contribute to the socio-economic development of Vietnam as an agency of the Japanese government implementing official development assistance (ODA) projects.

This year is the fourth time JICA has organized a booth at the Vietnam-Japan Festival. JICA's booths are introduced at the festival to bring cooperation projects closer to the public, in 4 areas: education, climate change, community development and tourism (sending Japanese volunteers) and transportation.

Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam Office - Mr. Sugano Yuichi (left cover) - introduced to Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Van Duoc and the participants about the recirculating eel farming model being piloted at Can Tho University within the framework of the "Project to strengthen linkages and apply science to promote sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in response to climate change"

In the field of education, there is the Project to improve training, research, and university management capacity at Vietnam-Japan University (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and the Project to support the Mekong Delta in adapting to climate change that has been and is being coordinated with Can Tho University.

"Vietnam-Japan University (VJU - Vietnam National University, Hanoi) is a symbol of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan, established in 2014. Since 2015, JICA has implemented a technical cooperation project to support the university in laying the foundation for master's training programs to meet the demand for training high-quality human resources for Vietnam. Currently, there are about 1,100 students studying the university's bachelor's and master's training programs," said Mr. Sugano Yuichi.

Looking forward to the support of the Vietnamese Government when opening new training programs

Speaking with Thanh Nien Newspaper reporter, Mr. Hayashida Takayuki, JICA expert, coordinator of the Technical Cooperation Project to enhance training, research and university management capacity at Vietnam Japan University (VJU), said that the university currently has 6 undergraduate programs and 8 postgraduate programs, majors in the fields of natural sciences and social sciences.

Visitors learn about Vietnam Japan University (Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

"The strength of Vietnam-Japan University is that from the first and second years, students focus on studying subjects related to soft skills, humanities knowledge, and encouraging creativity... before students learn specialized knowledge in the third and fourth years. In addition, at the school, students from different majors, at the master's and bachelor's levels, can study and research together to improve their knowledge and experience," said Mr. Hayashida Takayuki.

Mr. Hayashida Takayuki added that another major that is of interest at VJU is civil engineering, training bachelor and master degrees, where students and trainees learn Japanese metro construction techniques, and learn and visit the metro line in Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Hayashida Takayuki said that Vietnam-Japan University is currently researching and planning to open new majors and new training programs and is waiting for the consent and approval of the Vietnamese Government, so that it can enroll students in the fall of 2025, for the 2025-2026 school year. These include Asian studies (taught in English); majors aiming to build and train human resources for the semiconductor industry in Vietnam; majors related to automation; computer science (already has a bachelor's program, the school is considering opening a master's program).

Visitors visit and learn information at the JICA booth

At the Vietnam-Japan Festival 2025 today, in addition to education projects, JICA also displayed a project on JICA's volunteer dispatch program. The program of dispatching Japanese volunteers to Vietnam has been implemented for the past 30 years with more than 750 volunteers working in Vietnam in many fields such as health, education, culture, sports, community development, etc.

Notably, the construction project of metro line No. 1 in Ho Chi Minh City (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) was displayed and introduced to visitors. This is one of JICA's largest projects that has been completed and started commercial operation since December 22, 2024. Tomorrow, March 9, 2025, the official inauguration ceremony of metro line No. 1 will be held with the participation of many politicians from Vietnam and Japan.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/truong-dh-viet-nhat-nghien-cuu-mo-chuong-trinh-dao-tao-nhan-luc-ban-dan-185250308130446015.htm