Vietnam PM directs efforts to produce key semiconductor chips by 2027

He issued the directive as chair during the second meeting of the National Steering Committee for Semiconductor Industry Development, held in hybrid format in Hanoi on Monday, with universities, hightech zones, and local authorities participating virtually nationwide.

PM Chinh stressed that Vietnam’s semiconductor sector is beginning to yield visible progress, citing stronger policy frameworks, enhanced infrastructure, improved workforce training, and growing engagement from academic institutions and local administrations.

He, however, noticed several shortcomings in capital mobilization, bureaucracy, and technology transfer.

Emphasizing that Vietnam must be capable of designing, producing, and testing key semiconductor chips by 2027, the PM urged relevant ministries, agencies, and institutions to align closely with the national semiconductor strategy and the broader STEM workforce development roadmap.

He painted a vision of a unified ecosystem in which legal frameworks, infrastructure, and human capital work together under a single strategic directive, with institutional barriers dismantled.

PM Chinh insisted that Vietnam’s chip market be competitive, fair, and market-driven.

He further asked the semiconductor sector to intensify talent development, attract greater foreign investment, prioritize high-value advanced technologies, and launch a 2025 STEM credit program to support students specializing in semiconductor-related fields.

The chief of government underscored the urgent need to mobilize international support in workforce training and to launch a strategic communications campaign that positions Vietnam as an emerging semiconductor hub.

He mandated that diplomatic missions proactively deepen collaboration with foreign partners in the sector, while instructing relevant agencies to craft a national logistics strategy supporting chip manufacturing and distribution.

The PM further urged enhancing transport infrastructure to facilitate logistics operations for semiconductor firms and adopting new regulations to establish a dedicated licensing system for mining and advanced processing of critical semiconductor minerals.

He added that Vietnam will also request that the U.S. remove Vietnam from its strategic export control lists, which currently constrain the domestic semiconductor industry.