Intel celebrates its 10th anniversary in Vietnam

Set up an office in Vietnam in 1997, in the past 10 years, this No. 1 technology corporation has grown with the strong development of Vietnam. The celebration was simply held yesterday morning (April 10) in Hanoi. On this occasion, Intel received a certificate of merit from the Minister of Post and Telematics of Vietnam for contributing to the development of Vietnam's IT industry.

"Vietnam is a promised land!"

Comparing Intel's performance in 10 years in Vietnam with countries in the region and the world, Mr. Don MacDonald, Vice President of Intel Group commented: Vietnam's past 10 years of development fast, high growth rate, high technology transfer speed. The past 10 years is also the time when the technology of the world develops. Therefore, Vietnam's growth has gone much faster than previous developed countries. (For example, the UK, the previous 10-year period could not grow as fast as Vietnam in the last 10 years).

Deputy Minister of Post and Telematics awarded certificates of merit to Intel representatives for contributing to the development of Vietnam's IT industry.( Photo: HS )

" In the next 10 years, this market will continue to grow rapidly with numerous opportunities. Our investors see Vietnam as a promised land ", said Donald.

Capturing these opportunities of Vietnam, from 2002 to 2006, the group has been continuously exploring and exploring the real world and decided to invest in building a semiconductor chip assembly and inspection factory (ATM ) with an initial value of US $ 605 million in Ho Chi Minh City. On March 28, this factory was started construction with the total capital raised to 1 billion USD.

In response to the report on the plan to use local human resources and technology transfer for Vietnam, Mr. Donald, Vice Chairman of the group said that Vietnam's human resources are very qualified, will take on multi positions. numbers in Intel's factory.

This factory will recruit a total of 4,000 - 4,500 employees from now until the factory goes into operation (in 2011), in which, about 300 people will be recruited in 2007, in 2009: reaching 2,000 - 2,500 people, year 2011: 4000 - 4500 people. And Intel is committed to training them into skilled workers, including hard (technical) training and soft training (on how to work).

Tri Hieu