US plans to build Vietnam's wafer production center

According to a statement from the White House, US President Joe·During his visit to Vietnam, Biden announced the enhancement of the US Vietnam relationship as a comprehensive strategic partnership and reached an agreement with Vietnam to carry out semiconductor cooperation.

According to statistics from the Vietnamese government, the annual export volume of Vietnam's semiconductor industry to the United States exceeds500 million US dollars, currently mainly concentrated in the backend manufacturing stage of the supply chain, namely chip assembly, packaging, and testing. The United States has outsourced the semiconductor industry to Vietnam, with the intention of strengthening Vietnam's semiconductor raw material supply industry, especially the rare earth industry,May bring billions of dollars of new private investment and some public funds to the semiconductor industry in Vietnam.

Currently, Vietnam is leading the world in the export of electronic productsAmong the Group of 10 countries. With this available strength, Vietnam has many opportunities to become the worldcrystalChip manufacturing center. Several large technology companies such as Intel and Samsung have announced the promotion of semiconductor component production in Vietnam.

The high-tech park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is an investmentThe location of the largest assembly and testing factory of US technology giant Intel, worth 1.5 billion US dollars,It is estimated that this factory accounts for half of Intel's global production70%.

The Ho Chi Minh City High tech Park is located in Shou Tak City, Ho Chi Minh City. The infrastructure and site selection of the park are synchronized and smoothly connected with the upcoming Second Ring Road and Third Ring Road,The modern transportation system directly connects to large ports such as the subway line, Longcheng International Airport, Xinshanyi International Airport, Jilai, Xiefu, etcThe park is also connected to 40 industrial parks.

In the future, Vietnam plans toThe first wafer factory will be built within 10 years, and Vietnam has also attracted investment interest from wafer manufacturing equipment manufacturers,Vietnam may play an increasingly important role in this global chip competition.

However, although Vietnam hasexceed100 millionpopulation,at presentBut only5000 to 6000 well-trained chip hardware engineers. According to predictions, Vietnam may require as many as 20000 engineers in the next 5 years, and even 50000 within 10 years,This number is for Vietnam,Basically impossible to achieve.

If the shortage of skilled chip hardware engineers is not properly addressed, Vietnam will be more vulnerable to regional competitors such as Malaysia and India, and Vietnam will developwaferThe ambition of the industry may be difficult to achieve. Perhaps Vietnam can consider some workarounds, such as relaxing the work permits for overseas engineers until domestic skilled chip hardware engineersNumber of people and abilityTo fully enhance.