On the sidelines of the Vietnam Innovation Day 2024, domestic and international experts discussed and shared many perspectives on Vietnam's development through the two fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors.
Sharing at the forum on Enterprises and the young generation in the face of the wave of artificial intelligence and semiconductor technology, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung commented that Vietnam is converging the necessary conditions to develop the economy and overcome the middle-income trap.
Vietnam has a stable political situation and high political determination to develop the economy focusing on high-tech industries, considering it a strategic breakthrough. With about 100 million people, Vietnam has a young workforce, in the golden population period, with the ability to access science and technology.
According to Minister Nguyen Chi Dung, Vietnam has chosen to develop the semiconductor and artificial intelligence industry based on research and synthesis from objective practices. This priority choice aims to realize the goal of catching up, progressing together, and surpassing other countries in the world.
With available advantages and strong direction from the Government, if done well, Vietnam can not only serve the human resource needs of the domestic technology market but also provide human resources for foreign markets, participating deeply in the global value chain.
In fact, in recent years, Vietnam has formed a large-scale semiconductor and artificial intelligence ecosystem in the region, with the participation of many large technology corporations such as Google, Meta, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Intel, Amkor...
“ In the near future, Vietnam will be a strategic choice for technology corporations. They will continue to expand their investment. Enterprises that have not entered yet will enter on a very large scale ,” the Minister of Planning and Investment shared.
The head of the Ministry of Planning and Investment said that Vietnam's current problem is to prepare policies, infrastructure, and human resources to welcome foreign technology corporations. In addition, it is necessary to effectively implement approved strategies on AI and semiconductors.
Sharing his perspective on training and developing human resources in AI and semiconductors, Mr. Tran Dang Hoa, Chairman of FPT Semiconductor, stated that artificial intelligence and semiconductors are two industries with high growth rates.
The size of the AI and semiconductor industry market is expected to reach 1,000 billion USD by 2030. In this market, Vietnam has many advantages. This is considered an opportunity for Vietnam. However, Vietnam still has challenges such as a shortage of specialized engineers, unsatisfactory training programs, and a lack of highly qualified lecturers with practical experience.
With a scale of only about 5,000 - 10,000 semiconductor design engineers and packaging and testing engineers, FPT experts believe that Vietnam still has a lot to do to shorten and fill the gap with other competitors in the region.
In the field of AI, Dr. Ettikan Karuppiah, CTO of Asia-Pacific region, NVIDIA Corporation said that currently, Vietnam has "AI models" that have been refined with many characteristics suitable for Vietnamese local culture, based on open source large language models.
According to Dr. Ettikan Karuppiah, developing indigenous generative AI solutions will help create tools that are suitable for local realities, have better control over AI models, and protect domestic user data.
At the forum, delegates said that this is a “golden” time for Vietnam to promote the development of the AI and semiconductor sectors. Vietnam can become a regional and global innovation hub, but this requires good cooperation between the Government, businesses and the community.
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