Mastering IT, you have many job opportunities

' Like many other students, while studying at the University of California, I had financial difficulties so I had to go to work and go to work. While studying, I did not know who I was going to use, how to apply what I learned? Now I encourage young people to bravely choose a field of study according to their interests, then can change accordingly, then the opportunity will come.

For those who are studying IT field, it is always up to date, to grasp technologies and products in the market, not only in theory '. These are the confidences of Mr. Than Trong Phuc - Head of the Group at Intel Vietnam, in an online exchange with readers of the SGGP newspaper online in the afternoon of 11-1.

Need to increase investment in IT twice

Mr. Than Trong Phuc (right), Chief Representative of Intel Vietnam at the meeting with readers on SGGP Online.Photo: MAI HAI

Reader Nguyen Van Hoang, 22, Ho Chi Minh City, opened the online exchange with the question: ' Vietnam has joined the WTO, but currently the production of digital products in Vietnam is still very limited. We also depend on foreign sources. How to encourage the development of digital products in the country and be able to compete with foreign goods? .

Mr. Than Trong Phuc answered: ' To solve this problem, it is necessary to have a long-term strategy to create and develop IT solutions and products. This process requires cooperation between the Government and domestic and foreign enterprises, and especially from the field of education and training.

Specifically, we need to have international standard universities focusing on IT research and development. As we can see, the developed countries in IT have famous universities in the field of IT to train engineers, masters and doctors to invent innovative IT products. Besides, there is a need for coordination between universities and businesses to bring inventions into consumer products out of the market '.

Reader Hoang Kim, Ho Chi Minh City asked: ' When will Intel's chip assembly and inspection factory (ATM factory) come into operation in HCM City Hi-tech Park and will recruit many jobs here? .

Mr. Phuc said: ' The factory will be started construction around March this year, expected to go into operation in 2009, will recruit about 4,000 workers, and contribute about 2 billion USD / year for export. . Another thing is the hope that Intel will enter Vietnam to bring more materials and materials manufacturing companies to Intel's factories and other related companies to invest in Vietnam, creating an industry. semiconductor chip manufacturing industry in Vietnam '.

You Nguyen Truong Giang, Ha Giang province, put the question that the provinces are massively building electronic portals but the content is very boring. Should we continue to invest in this field? Mr. Phuc's opinion is to build an electronic portal is something to do.

However, the provinces should focus on building public information content to meet the daily pressing needs of the people, need to open up many public services on the network to serve the people.

Mr. Phuc also noted that although the number of people accessing the Internet, computers and mobile phones in Vietnam has increased rapidly in recent years, we are still in the 'new boarding' stage, still below. average compared to other countries.

Especially, the level of IT investment compared to GDP is still low. Currently, the total investment in IT compared to GDP in Vietnam is less than 1%, while in developing countries this figure is between 2% and 4%. This shows that we need to increase investment twice in IT.

Master IT - many job opportunities

Computers have entered all schools in Vietnam.Photo: MAI HAI

Answering questions about the origin of Intel, Mr. Phuc said that Intel is paired from Intelligent and Electronic.

Intel was founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, both students of William Shockley - the inventor of the semiconductor (transistors) and awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.

Intel is now a leading technology company and the world's largest chip manufacturer; has an annual turnover of 36 billion USD, has 90,000 employees and is present in over 150 countries.

In addition to investing a US $ 1 billion factory in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Than Trong Phuc said Intel has been implementing many major projects in Vietnam, thereby contributing to improving IT applications to businesses and people. people.

For example, in November 2006, Intel and Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development implemented a program to build community computer centers in 13 provinces across the country.

Through this program, people in the provinces will be provided with information on prices, markets, distribution, cultivation and fertilizer . Intel has just launched World Ahead program in Vietnam.

This program combines 4 contents: accessibility to computers; Internet access; content and solutions for education; Modern teaching methods. The subjects of these programs are students, students and people in rural areas, remote provinces.

The job opportunities in the IT field are mentioned by many readers. Regarding recruiting unskilled workers at Intel factories, Mr. Phuc said Intel will employ 2,500 workers for the factory in 2008.

Eligibility is that candidates need to graduate from high school or above, have basic knowledge of IT and English level B. Intel is cooperating with Ho Chi Minh City Hi-tech Park to organize training courses for jobs. This recruitment. Mr. Phuc emphasized that today's young people must grasp well IT knowledge and skills. Mastering IT, you will have many job opportunities.

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