Vietnamese Students Eye Jobs at Foreign Tech Firms
- Sep 5, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 17
2024/09/05 ｜A2 Automation
Vietnam's engineering students are eyeing new opportunities as more foreign tech firms invest in the Southeast Asian country. A Vietnamese engineering student dreams of landing a job in robotics at a foreign tech firm. He has honed his craft in mechatronics—a field that bridges mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer science. He believes this varied skill set will give him a competitive edge.
Thang Nhat Huy, Mechatronics student,Industrial University of HCMC (IUH) said, he has the ability to connect with other engineers. Focusing on just one area makes it difficult to understand other fields. He hopes to serve as a bridge, connecting Vietnam with other countries, such as Taiwan.
In a connected world that relies on technology and diverse skills, universities in Vietnam's economic hub, Ho Chi Minh City, vying for a spot in a competitive Global Tech Market that's increasingly investing in the Southeast Asian country. Schools no longer focus solely on traditional Vietnamese skills in industries like clothing and electronics manufacturing. Instead, they have expanded courses to include high-tech design and have invested millions of dollars in building smart factory labs to train students to excel in modern technology.
In this year's mechanical engineering courses at IUH, students and professors are working diligently to seize this opportunity, cultivate talents, and attract more foreign technology companies to invest in Vietnam. These include chip companies from Taiwan, a global technology leader. Vietnam presents great opportunities, and software executive Jonathan Yu has high hopes for the trade relationship between Taiwan and Vietnam.
Jonathan Yu, General Manager of Global Sales at Profet AI said : A lots of our customer from conductor semiconductor or even like IC design house, they found out that some of the best students in Vietnam. You have the chance to get like the best students in Vietnam to join your company. But if you do the same hiring strategy in Taiwan, it's very difficult because maybe the best will go to tsmc, but now you can hire the best in Vietnam.
While top students here remain open-minded and ready to learn, much of Vietnam's workforce still lacks proper training. This is why some of these students are eager to share everything they've learned.
Now, these students are playing a key role in shaping the country's future through Vietnam's high-tech development plans. Vietnam aims to become a nation with a rapidly rising global economy.
