Vietnam and Japan Advance High‑Skill Tech Workforce Development

Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Lê Tiến Châu met with Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Matsumoto Yohei during the 31st Asia Future Conference. Châu asked Japan to increase support for training Vietnamese talent in strategic fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum technology and digital transformation, and urged the launch of joint scholarship programmes, the NEXUS science‑technology partnership and a Vietnam‑Japan university agreement.

Domestically, FPT Semiconductor chairman Trần Đăng Hòa highlighted Vietnam's strong STEM foundation and its capacity to supply thousands of engineers for core technologies. He noted that Vietnam ranks among the top five worldwide in maths and physics Olympiads, providing a talent pool that can meet the semiconductor industry's global shortages. Hòa also pointed to the establishment of the Quantum AI and Cyber Security Institute (QACI) and a three‑party model—state, business and universities—to train high‑skill engineers through shared high‑cost infrastructure.

Both sides see the collaboration as vital for Vietnam’s ambition to become a regional hub in advanced technologies and for Japan to secure a reliable partner in the Indo‑Pacific supply chain.