FPT Corporation on January 28 announced the establishment of its Advanced Semiconductor Testing and Packaging Plant, making it the first plant of its kind owned by the Vietnamese and contributing to building the national semiconductor ecosystem.

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.

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.

VOV.VN - Although Vietnam has large reserves of rare earth minerals at approximately 30 million tonnes, exploitation and processing have yet to be comprehensively researched and examined, said Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh during a regular question-and-answer session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on June 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will implement a national strategy on semiconductor industry development in 2024 to make it a key national industry in the coming decades, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung.

VOV.VN - Many significant financiers from developed countries are ready to invest in the country's semiconductor chip manufacturing, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

VOV.VN - There are sanguine economic prospects ahead for Vietnam this year as foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are anticipated to be further poured into the country over the course of 2024, especially in the semiconductor chip and high technology field, according to industry insiders.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 visited Hana Micron Vina Ltd., a company invested by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the first semiconductor chip manufacturer in the northern region, which is located in Van Trung industrial park, Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on foreign businesses, including Japanese firms, to develop the semiconductor industry in Vietnam which is given priority in its development policy.