Workshop talks human resources development for semiconductor industry

Chung Won Seok, general director of Hana Micron Vina Co., Ltd addresses the event

During the workshop, Chung Won Seok, general director of Hana Micron Vina Co., Ltd. - a firm which specialises in manufacturing semiconductors and memory chips in the Republic of Korea (RoK), revealed the company has begun to cooperate with a number of colleges in Bac Giang to train the local workforce for production activities.

Currently, the enterprise boasts more than 1,600 employees working in two factories in Bac Giang an Bac Ninh provinces and is continuously recruiting engineers for production activities.

The semiconductor industry is in its infancy in Vietnam and it has much potential for strong development in the coming years, said the Korean CEO.

Nguyen Xuan Ngoc, deputy head of the Management Board of Industrial Parks of Bac Giang province, said there are three enterprises operating in the semiconductor industry in the province’s industrial parks, namely the RoK’s Hana Micron Vina Co., Ltd, Si Flex Vietnam Co., Ltd, and France’s Synergie Cad Vietnam Co., Ltd.

The total number of employees working for enterprises in the semiconductor industry in the locality has now reached more than 8,000 people.

These firms are projected to continue investing in Bac Giang province's industrial parks, and to do this they should recruit more than 1,800 additional workers this year and 6,300 workers in the 2025 - 2030 period, Ngoc noted.

With a compound annual growth rate of 14% over the past 20 years, the semiconductor chip market is anticipated to become a trillion-US$ industry by 2030, and the market will need more than one million employees by that time.

Source:VOV