HO CHI MINH CITY/TAIPEI/SEOUL -- Visiting her old college in Vietnam, Tran Thi Ngoc Guong didn't expect all the students to be so curious about her industry: Chip design.
Amid surging labor demand in an AI boom, Vietnam aims to train at least 50,000 chip engineers and designers by 2030 as industry giants look to offset severe staff shortages in their home markets. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
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