At a meeting with US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper on the afternoon of January 13, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh proposed contents to promote cooperation between the two sides related to field development. semiconductor circuit field in the city.

Information at the meeting, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh said that semiconductor microchips were identified as the breakthrough growth driver of the city in the coming time. Currently, Da Nang is making efforts to standardize necessary conditions to attract US semiconductor chip businesses to choose the city as a location to expand investment and business in Vietnam.

The city chose the approach of developing the semiconductor industry at the stage of IC design, moving forward to testing and packaging based on 03 foundations: infrastructure development, human resources to meet quantity needs. and quality, mechanisms, preferential policies, and specific support for investment in the field of semiconductor chips.

Scene of the delegation reception

To concretize the above approach, the city organized a Human Resources Development Workshop to serve the semiconductor chip industry in Da Nang city; organize investment promotion delegations in the United States; Signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate with Synopsys Company in training and development in the semiconductor field.

In December 2023, the city established the Da Nang Center for Research and Training of IC Design and Artificial Intelligence with the function of carrying out research and design training activities in the field of IC and sales. guide and develop artificial intelligence; technology transfer, international cooperation; Mobilize resources, link and cooperate with domestic and foreign partners to promote research, training, IC design, semiconductor design and artificial intelligence development.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh expressed his hope that US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper would be interested in connecting Da Nang to cooperate with US businesses operating in the field of semiconductors, and at the same time Support the city to establish an ATP (Assembling, Testing, Packaging) production, testing and packaging training center.

Ambassador Marc E. Knapper said that since Vietnam and the United States established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for peace, cooperation and sustainable development, the US Government has developed action programs. Actively supporting Vietnam to develop the semiconductor chip industry.

Currently, many US businesses are optimistic about the development prospects of this field in Vietnam. Therefore, Ambassador Marc E. Knapper hopes that Vietnam will be able to take full advantage of the opportunities opened up by the two countries upgrading bilateral relations.

According to Ambassador Marc E. Knapper, to realize the goal of building Da Nang into an attractive investment destination in the field of semiconductor chips in Vietnam, the city needs to synchronously deploy solutions to build semiconductor industry development ecosystem, including education, training, developing high-quality human resources, building infrastructure and improving access to renewable energy sources.

Permanent Vice Chairman of Ho Ky Minh City People’s Committee and US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper and the delegation took souvenir photos

The US Ambassador to Vietnam highly appreciated the efforts of the Da Nang government in building a strategy to develop the field of semiconductor chips, especially the close association and cooperation with schools and establishments. training in the city, preparing human resources to serve this market. At the same time, he affirmed that he is always ready to support Da Nang to cooperate with US partners from angles such as government – government, business – business, university – university, thereby supporting the provinces, into Vietnam in general and Da Nang in particular in cooperation in developing semiconductor circuits, supporting the connection of US businesses to invest and expand business to share the common goal of bringing Vietnam deeper penetration. into the global semiconductor supply chain.

At the meeting, representatives of universities in the city also shared plans for enrollment and training in specialized training in semiconductor ICs to stay ahead of the investment trend in this field in the future. arrival time. At the same time, he expressed his desire to cooperate more deeply with US partners to improve training quality, meet global recruitment standards, and realize the plan to train 10,000 human resources in the microbiology industry. city’s semiconductor circuits by 2030.