Hanoi hosts int’l microcircuit design & manufacturing workshop
Hanoi (VNA) – The 4th International
Microcircuit Design and Manufacturing Conference (WEFAB 2022) took place in Hanoi on November 14.
Jointly held by the National Centre for
Technological Progress of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the University
of Engineering and Technology – Vietnam National University Hanoi, and the Hanoi
University of Science and Technology, the event helps open business
opportunities in the microchip
industry.
The microchip industry
is considered one of the important industries with a turnover of hundreds of
billions of USD, becoming a spearhead industry of many countries around
the world. In 2021, the global semiconductor chip industry’s revenue stood at nearly 600 billion USD. It is forecast to become a trillion-USD-industry
by 2030.
According to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang, the electronic
microchip industry has strongly developed in Vietnam in recent years, making
up one-third of the country’s total export turnover. Vietnam ranked ninth globally
in exporting electronics.
Regarding policies, he
said that research, design and production of semiconductor chips is one of the prioritised fields that enjoy high incentives.
Participants focused on research and development demand, and human
resource demand related to microchip industry of enterprises operating in
Vietnam; and clarifying the training and research capability of universities
and institutes to meet the demand of businesses and the market. They also proposed
research orientations for Vietnam’s microchip industry in the next 10-20 years,
and recommendations of mechanisms and policies to promote the sector./.