Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung proposed that ARM Group open an R&D center in Hoa Lac, and at the same time support Vietnam in training a team of circuit design engineers.
At a meeting with ARM Group (UK) on October 31, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said that Vietnam wants to accompany the world’s leading technology corporations to develop the semiconductor industry value chain. This value chain includes human resource training, research and development (R&D), technology transfer and infrastructure construction for production.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung at the working session. Image: VGP
He proposed that the group open a representative office in Vietnam and establish a research and development (R&D) center at the National Innovation Center (NIC) in Hoa Lac, to promote business investment cooperation in Vietnam and the region.
In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister proposed that ARM cooperate with NIC and Vietnamese institutes, schools, and businesses to deploy certification training programs to build a team of IC design engineers meeting international standards.
In addition, Government leaders recommended that British Semiconductor Group support Vietnam in developing R&D centers, shared semiconductor laboratories, technology transfer, experience sharing and consultation in the process of completing semiconductor industry development policies.
ARM is a British semiconductor technology and software design corporation, with over 6,500 employees and last year’s revenue of about 3.2 billion USD. ARM’s CPU architecture design is used in more than 99% of mobile devices globally. ARM chips play a key role in the semiconductor industry value chain, providing design platforms for Apple, Samsung, Qualcomm, and Nvidia.
Recently, ARM has coordinated with NIC to implement semiconductor training activities including copyright support for universities and organizing human resource development seminars.
Vietnam issued a strategy for developing the semiconductor industry last year, aiming to form at least 100 design businesses, a small-scale semiconductor chip manufacturing factory and 10 packaging and testing factories by 2030. In the same year, the industry’s revenue scale wants to reach 25 billion USD per year, moving towards the goal of 100 billion USD and mastering R&D in the industry by 2050.