RoK ready to cooperate with Vietnam in semiconductors, AI
VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea is ready to cooperate with Vietnam in the field of semiconductors and artificial intelligence through specific projects to be deployed, RoK experts and scientists told Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a working lunch in Seoul on July 1.
Professor Lim Jung-wook from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), said that human resources offer Vietnam a big advantage, and more investment is needed to train elite human resources to promote the development of the semiconductor industry.
Meanwhile, PhD Chang Joon-Yeon, vice president of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), stressed the importance of human resource training, and said success cannot be achieved without Government will and business investment.
In response, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said Vietnam is formulating policies to attract investment into semiconductors and AI. In its semiconductors and AI development scheme, it aims to train 50,000 specialised engineers for this industry, including 5,000 for AI.
Dung expected that KIST would engage in semiconductors and AI projects in Vietnam, especially in health care.
Tao Duc Thang, general director of the military-run telecom giant Viettel, expressed his desire to cooperate in the field of semiconductors and AI with Korean businesses. He said Viettel has developed cooperative ties with leading Korean corporations such as Samsung, Hanwha and SK, but cooperation is yet to match their potential.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for his part thanked experts and scientists for their goodwill and asked them to continue to make recommendations regarding strategy formulation, incentive policies to attract investment, infrastructure development for semiconductors, AI and related industries, and human resource training.
He expected that the RoK would help Vietnam develop a semiconductor and AI ecosystem, in which applications in people’s health care are given a priority.
He said during his talks and meetings with Korean leaders on July 2, he would propose signing an inter-government cooperation agreement on the development of semiconductor and AI technology.
PM Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Seoul on June 30, beginning a four-day official visit to the Republic of Korea at the invitation of his Korean counterpart han Duck-soo.
