Speaking at a seminar in Kuala Lumpur on July 13, Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said Malaysia's electrical and electronics (E&E) exports rose 39.7% year-on-year to 382.9 billion MYR (95.7 billion USD) in the first five months of 2026, or 48.2% of the country's total exports.
Yotchanan said discussions with international partners helped Thailand identify two promising areas for future development: photonic chip technology and advanced chip packaging.
According to the Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) management board, Intel has relocated part of its production line from Costa Rica to SHTP as part of its global manufacturing restructuring strategy aimed at improving efficiency and competitiveness.
Amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence and digital technologies, global demand for semiconductors is soaring, creating both opportunities and competition pressure.
Vietnamese companies have also gradually joined the global value chain by improving their capabilities in chip design, production and related services. Notably, a semiconductor chip manufacturing plant project developed by the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) has already commenced.
Finance Minister Nguyen Van Thang has recently held a working session with Eduard Stiphout, Senior Vice President in charge of strategic supply chain and procurement at ASML, during which he highly appreciated ASML’s growing interest in the Vietnamese market.
Talent development has been identified as a key pillar of Malaysia's National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS) since its launch in May 2024 to ensure long-term industry sustainability and competitiveness.
Under the strategy, Thailand will prioritise power, sensor, photonics, discrete and analog semiconductors, which are closely linked to the country’s established electronics manufacturing base and supply chains serving the automotive, energy, data centre and industrial sectors.
The Vietnamese intellectual community in Japan, and overseas Vietnamese more broadly, have responded enthusiastically to the Party and State’s policies on mobilising overseas Vietnamese resources.
The conference, organised by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), assessed initial results of Strategy 1018 on Vietnam’s semiconductor industry development to 2030 with a vision to 2050, and Programme 1017 on developing human resources for the sector.
Indonesia is also actively seeking cooperation with nations that play strategic roles in the global semiconductor supply chain, aiming to develop the industry while strengthening infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI).
Building on the coalition of five universities to develop high-quality human resources for the semiconductor industry initiated by the Ministry of Education and Training in Da Nang in 2023, VNU-Hanoi launched the semiconductor alliance to link education, research, and industry; foster an open ecosystem and develop high-quality human resources and “Make in Vietnam” semiconductor products.
The northern province of Bac Ninh has continued to affirm its position as a dynamic growth hub in the north and a leading destination for investors, particularly in the fields of smart cities, green urban development, high technology, and the semiconductor industry.
Under the semiconductor industry development strategy by 2030 with a vision to 2050, Vietnam sets a target to train at least 50,000 high-quality professionals. Ho Chi Minh City along shoulders some 9,000 in the domains of integrated circuit design, chip manufacturing, and related technologies.
The Alliance for Research and Training in Semiconductors and Microelectronics (ARTSeMi) for the 2025–30 period was officially launched at a forum in HCM City on August 21.
Vietnam is committed to accompanying and creating the most favourable conditions for international enterprises and organisations, including our partners from the UK, to expand cooperation in semiconductor research, development, production, and business, said an official of the National Innovation Centre.
The government leader reaffirmed Vietnam’s goal of achieving self-reliance in the design, manufacturing, and test of necessary semiconductor chips by no later than 2027.
The initiative, titled the Microchips Engineering and Security Alliance (MESA), aims to cultivate a high-quality workforce in the fields of microchip engineering and semiconductor security.
International cooperation, especially with countries with a strong semiconductor industry, is considered an effective measure to speed up the progress and enhance the quality of semiconductor workforce training, according to experts.
VASS Vice President Dang Xuan Thanh pointed out the successful models of such countries as the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan, which Vietnam can learn from to enhance its competitiveness and integration into global supply chains.