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Amid surging labor demand in an AI boom, Vietnam aims to train at least 50,000 chip engineers and designers by 2030 as industry giants look to offset severe staff shortages in their home markets. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
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Vietnam turns chip sector magnet with affordable, quality talent pool

US, Taiwan, South Korean players beat path to Vietnam though boom strains resources

LIEN HOANG, CHENG TING-FANG, KIM JAEWON and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers | Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY/TAIPEI/SEOUL -- Visiting her old college in Vietnam, Tran Thi Ngoc Guong didn't expect all the students to be so curious about her industry: Chip design.

"People had so many questions, and they were so detailed," she said. "I was surprised."

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