Reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper had an interview with Major General, Prof. Dr. Tran Xuan Nam - Deputy Director of Military Technical Academy - about the advantages and challenges in training human resources for the semiconductor industry.
In recent times, the Government has had many policies, creating favorable opportunities for connection between the Government - schools - businesses. What advantages has this brought to the training of human resources in the semiconductor industry, Major General?
- With the goal of making Vietnam a center of the semiconductor industry in the region, universities play a very important role. Universities must become centers connecting human resources for the semiconductor industry.
Meanwhile, the semiconductor industry is a high-tech industry in which Vietnam does not have much experience in research and production as well as training high-quality human resources to serve the stages from research and design, manufacturing to testing and packaging. Therefore, it is necessary to have a model of connection between universities and high-tech enterprises in the semiconductor industry, especially large foreign enterprises. The Ministry of Planning and Investment has built a model of connection between the National Innovation Center (NIC) - universities - foreign enterprises - one of the unprecedented models.
This connection model is bringing high efficiency, helping Vietnamese universities to connect directly with the world's leading technology enterprises in the semiconductor industry.
Dear Major General, what difficulties are currently facing the training of human resources in the semiconductor industry?
- Currently, there are still many difficulties in directly connecting Vietnamese universities with foreign high-tech enterprises in the semiconductor industry. Therefore, there needs to be a methodical and careful investment in the implementation of the Government's Semiconductor Industry Human Resource Development Program to 2030, with a vision to 2050.
In the coming time, I hope that the Government will continue to pay attention and soon implement investment to improve training and research capacity in the field of semiconductor industry for universities in Vietnam. At the same time, we also hope that NIC will continue to promote activities connecting Vietnamese universities with foreign enterprises so that universities in Vietnam can access advanced technologies to serve the training, research and development and production of semiconductor microchips.
Currently, the demand for high-quality human resources of enterprises in the semiconductor industry is very large. Enterprises require human resources immediately after training to work directly in the stages of designing, manufacturing, packaging, and testing semiconductor microcircuits.
To do this, it requires a system of textbooks, documents, training programs, equipment systems, and laboratories that are invested in synchronously. The most difficult problem is the investment in equipment for training, research, design, and manufacturing of microchips.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment is currently implementing a project to implement the Human Resources Development Program for the Semiconductor Industry. This investment is very timely, especially for those of us who carry out training work, and we hope to see it implemented strongly so that universities can access it as soon as possible.
What plans and strategies does the Military Technical Academy have to train graduates who can quickly enter the semiconductor field?
- The Military Technical Academy has a team of about 40 PhDs trained abroad in the fields of the semiconductor industry. The Academy's teaching staff also has experience in research at advanced laboratories around the world. This is one of the resources and good conditions for the school to carry out training and research and development activities to serve the semiconductor industry. The Academy has coordinated with foreign partners to develop and implement cooperative training programs according to the training linkage model.
In terms of infrastructure, the Academy has an advanced laboratory system, invested in for many years, related to the fields of electronic engineering, semiconductor materials, computer science and information technology. Recently, the Academy has invested in a clean room system that meets standards for manufacturing and testing semiconductor microchips.
Thank you very much, Major General, for taking the time to share!
