The Gen-Z students at the heart of Vietnam’s chip plans

A student at Hanoi University of Science and Technology looking at a printed circuit board in the school's lab in Hanoi. Long-viewed as a low-cost destination to make clothes, shoes and furniture, Vietnam is now eyeing a rapid climb up the global supply chain and has placed semiconductors at the heart of its development plans. — AFP

HANOI: Nguyen Phuong Linh is among a crop of young electronics students crucial to Vietnam’s ambitions to become a chips hub.

She’s driven, smart and already has her sights set on a professorship – wanting to train a new generation that could help woo foreign investors eager to diversify semiconductor production away from China and Taiwan.