VOV.VN - Construction has begun on Vietnam’s first semiconductor chip manufacturing plant at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, a development that has attracted coverage from international media as the country seeks to build a domestic chipmaking ecosystem and move up the global technology value chain.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 15 met Eduard Stiphout, Senior Vice President of Dutch semiconductor giant ASML, calling on the company to expand cooperation in training, research and supply-chain development as Vietnam accelerates its push into the global semiconductor industry.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s FPT Corporation on December 30 announced the delivery of its first shipment of commercial semiconductor chips to a leading Japanese electronics company via Restar, one of Japan’s top electronics distributors.

The Minister of Science and Technology has signed a decision officially defining the functions, tasks and organisational structure of the Vietnam National Multi-Project Wafer Coordination Centre.

Vietnam is moving beyond its long-standing focus on assembly and testing to integrate more deeply into the global semiconductor value chain, as AI accelerates demand for advanced chips and transforms how smart factories are designed, manufactured and managed.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, in collaboration with FPT Japan and the Vietnam Digital Transformation Association in Japan (VADX) recently hosted a symposium in Tokyo on state-scientist-enterprise cooperation to advance strategic technology- Chip Edge AI.

VOV.VN - Many universities in Vietnam have announced the launch of new academic programmes related to semiconductor chip design in 2025 to meet the increasing social demand and to realize the National Semiconductor Industry Development Strategy by 2030 with a Vision to 2050.

VOV.VN - Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof expressed the Netherlands’ interest in investing in Vietnam’s semiconductor chip industry, during his meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22.

The central city officially opened the newly-built Da Nang Software Park No 2, which will provide working space for 6,000 IT engineers and investors in semiconductor industries and micro chip design.

Shunsin Technology Vietnam Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, is applying for an environmental permit for its 80 million USD chip manufacturing project in the northern province of Bac Giang.