Ho Chi Minh City will support scholarships for semiconductor microchip students.

The Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with three universities to support scholarships and preferential policies for microchip learners and teachers.

Microchip laboratory at the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: HCMUT.

The Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City has just issued a Plan to implement the Vietnam Semiconductor Industry Development Strategy and the Semiconductor Industry Human Resource Development Program to 2030, with a vision to 2050 in the locality.

To develop high-quality human resources to serve the development of the semiconductor industry, Ho Chi Minh City plans to coordinate with three higher education institutions, including Ho Chi Minh City National University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry, to support scholarships and preferential policies for students and teachers of the semiconductor industry. This is expected to be implemented annually until 2030.

The group of 3 universities participating in the program will also coordinate to organize and develop specialized training courses, including retraining (reskill) and advanced training (upskill) to improve the skills of human resources in the semiconductor and microchip industry to reach advanced levels in the world .

In addition, in the period of 2025 - 2026, the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City plans to coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park and the Center for Industrial Revolution 4.0 to research and establish a fund to develop human resources for microchip design with a scale of 5 million USD (more than 130 billion VND).

The fund aims to serve the training and improvement of skills for students in the field of semiconductor technology and core digital technology. The coordinating units will also build a mechanism to mobilize experts and scientists working in the field of microchip and semiconductor design at home and abroad to participate in training and attend conferences and scientific seminars at agencies, units and institutes in Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition to human resource development, the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City will work with the Department of Finance of Ho Chi Minh City to develop specific policies for the semiconductor industry.

Specifically, Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to research and propose the development of specific mechanisms and policies on investment incentives, resource mobilization, use of state budget, public assets, laboratory sharing mechanisms, attracting experts and talents... to develop human resources in the semiconductor industry.

Ho Chi Minh City will develop a policy to support funding for undergraduate and postgraduate talent training programs in fields related to the semiconductor industry and core digital technology for higher education institutions, and scholarships and other preferential policies for students of these programs from local budget capital.

Electronics laboratory at Vietnam-Germany University. Photo: Ha An.

Regarding research infrastructure development, the Ho Chi Minh City government will invest or mobilize socialized resources and other legal capital sources to invest in and upgrade research centers and laboratories under the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

In the period of 2025 - 2026, the city will invest to develop the Research and Development Center - Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park (SHTP-Lab) to become an international standard research center (CoE). Currently, SHTP - Lab has a clean room for microchip research with an investment of 300 billion VND.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to invest in building a high-performance computing center at Quang Trung Software Park (QTSC). At the same time, the city will call on strong FDI enterprises to invest and participate in high value-added stages of the semiconductor industry.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/tphcm-se-ho-tro-hoc-bong-cho-nguoi-hoc-vi-mach-ban-dan-1019825.html