HanoiExperts say that the human resource demand of Vietnam’s semiconductor industry is high but the actual response is limited, so solutions are needed to take advantage of opportunities.
Information was shared at the conference “Orientation for scientific and technological research and human resource development to serve Vietnam’s semiconductor chip industry” organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with Hanoi University of Science and Technology. held on the morning of April 17.
According to Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat, Vietnam is considered to have many opportunities and necessary factors to develop the semiconductor industry ecosystem. Vietnam has attracted many large corporations in the semiconductor chip industry such as the US, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Netherlands with over 40 companies, many domestic companies also entering the market. Accordingly, there is the potential to improve its position in the global semiconductor supply chain.
He believes that solutions are needed to develop semiconductor chip human resources. It attracts high-quality human resources and Vietnamese experts abroad, connecting to form an ecosystem in the field of semiconductor chip industry in Vietnam.
According to Associate Professor, Dr. Truong Viet Anh, Head of the Department of Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam’s semiconductor industry needs 10,000 engineers each year. “The shortage of human resources in the market becomes an opportunity that can be taken advantage of,” he said. However, Associate Professor Anh also acknowledged challenges, which is that market demand changes in short and rapid cycles. Competition and investment in science and technology are still small; Machinery software is expensive, hardware engineer training costs are high, students prioritize choosing software majors.
According to Associate Professor Viet Anh, it is necessary to focus on training human resources to research core technology R&D (research and development). This human resource corresponds to the requirements of the semiconductor industry. According to him, the formation of Semiconductor R&D Research Centers is also necessary, helping to promote focused, focused research and human resource training and international integration. Research institutions have a leading role, improving the network capacity of domestic research groups and expanding international cooperation/attracting experts.
He also proposed that the Ministry of Science and Technology have independent programs and task groups for strong research centers to develop products and technologies in the semiconductor industry and localize production.
Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Tran Vu, Vice Principal of Polytechnic University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, stated that in fact, most companies working on physical testing and design of ICs are recruiting many IC design engineers. circuit for frontend and backend. But in reality, Vietnamese engineers are only good at one design stage, lacking chief engineers capable of completely designing a chip. Therefore, the training goal is for Vietnamese engineers to participate deeply in the supply chain, while mastering the process of designing complex ICs and successfully designing ICs.
Predicting the need for semiconductor human resources, by 2030 Vietnam will need about 15,000 engineers for the design stage and 35,000 workers in the production and packaging and inspection stages. To have a team of experienced human resources, Associate Professor Vu believes that it is necessary to build an undergraduate and graduate IC circuit design training program, a laboratory and develop international cooperation and semiconductor businesses.
Minister Huynh Thanh Dat said that in addition to building policy mechanisms to create favorable conditions to attract investment and develop semiconductors, programs and projects serving the development of microchip human resources have been implemented by the Ministry. declare. The science and technology development strategy until 2030 has been issued, which identifies microcontroller chip and semiconductor component manufacturing technology as one of the core technologies oriented in the next decade. National science and technology programs; project to receive technology and train human resources to design and produce advanced microchip hardware, along with business incubation activities in the field of electronic circuits… is the basis to contribute to preparing human resources for this industry.