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RUSSIAN SUBS VS GERMAN/KOREAN SUBS

In 2014, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Laksamana Marsetio visited Russia with a group of the Indonesian Navy to inspect the said submarines, but upon his return he decided to cancel the plan.

"The submarines look good from the outside, but the inside is full of broken equipment, and the two submarines have been stored for two years," said Laksamana Marsetio. Indonesia ultimately chose to purchase six improved Jang Bogo submarines from South Korea, later designated as Nagapasa-class submarines in the Indonesian Navy. Maybe Mr. Laksa spoke softly, look at the photo and think for yourself.

Inside the Russian Kilo submarine everything stopped in the 1970s, priced at 350 million / unit

Submarine Nagapasa of the Indonesian Navy purchased from Korea. Korea signed contract worth 1.02 billion USD for 3 Nagapasa submarines that have been modernized in the 2000s with LCD screens, much cheaper than Kilo (334 million/unit) + license and training to build the submarine. 

350m × 6 = 2.1b antiquated equipment VS 334m × 6 = 2b modern + license and training to build own homegrown subs. Vietnam got a shit deal compared to the indos.

NEW STV VARIANT SUBMACHINE GUN: STV-022

Designed for guards, escorts, etc... 

The world's leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing has ambitions to do the same as Samsung, Intel... in Vietnam, connecting with many suppliers and supporting the development of Vietnam's aviation industry.

For the first time, the world's leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing has organized the Aerospace Industry Forum in Vietnam. This, according to Mr. Michael Nguyen, Director of Boeing Vietnam, has shown the important role of the Vietnamese market for Boeing.

The forum was organized to share a vision for enhancing Vietnam's opportunities in the fields of aerospace training, supply chain, sustainable aviation and research and development.

Mr. Michael Nguyen speaks at the Forum
“Vietnam's aviation market is one of the fastest growing markets globally. And we want to become a lever to support Vietnam's development of the aviation industry," said Mr. Michael Nguyen in a talk with the press on the sidelines of the Forum.

According to Mr. Michael Nguyen, recent forecasts show that, within the next 30 years, Southeast Asia will need about 4,000 new aircraft to meet the travel needs of people, of which Vietnam is a country that needs a lot of new aircraft. most aircraft.

To meet market demand and become a strategic partner with Vietnam, Boeing not only cooperates with Vietnam in the field of commerce, but also expands cooperation in the field of technology, improving industry capacity. Vietnam's aerospace industry to international standards.

“We will work with authorities, businesses and universities in the aerospace industry in Vietnam to build a foundation for long-term development,” said Michael Nguyen.

Not hiding his ambition, Mr. Michael Nguyen said, Boeing wants to "follow the example" of Samsung and Intel in developing the supply chain in Vietnam.

"Every Boeing produced in the world has components from Vietnam," said Michael Nguyen, and for example a few aircraft components are manufactured in Vietnam, such as aircraft wings, aircraft doors ...

An aircraft needs more than 6 million components and so the demand is still strong. Mr. Michael Nguyen said that Boeing is willing to work with Vietnamese enterprises in providing spare parts for aircraft manufacturing.

Currently, to build the supply chain, Boeing is working with 7 suppliers in Vietnam.

“Maybe in the short term, Vietnamese companies have not been able to work directly with Boeing but have to go through Japanese and Korean companies… We also want to work directly with Vietnamese companies, however, I think, Vietnamese companies also need to go before they run,” said Mr. Michael Nguyen, adding that Boeing is ready to support so that Vietnamese companies can go fast and run fast.

Mr. Do Nhat Hoang suggested Boeing strengthen cooperation in the field of aerospace with Vietnam

Meanwhile, according to Mr. Craig Abler, Boeing's regional vice president of Asia Supply Chain, in the context of increasingly fierce global competition, broken supply chains, and increased cooperation with suppliers. Responding to Vietnam and improving the skills of workers in Vietnam's aerospace sector will help Boeing improve its competitiveness.

Accordingly, Boeing will work with Vietnamese companies to apply best practices for lean manufacturing, supplier management and other specialized training.

Regarding this issue, when speaking at the Boeing Aerospace Industry Forum in Vietnam, Mr. Do Nhat Hoang suggested that Boeing in particular and US businesses in general continue to strengthen investment cooperation. , technology transfer to Vietnam in the fields of infrastructure, production and technical services of the aviation industry, such as component production, aircraft maintenance, satellite manufacturing industry, telecommunications technology, etc. through...

Along with that, connecting Vietnamese businesses with the supply chains of large global enterprises and corporations.

“As for Boeing, we hope that the Group will research and develop a training center for pilots, experts and engineers in the field of aerospace as well as establish an aircraft manufacturing base in Vietnam.” Mr. Do Nhat Hoang said.

Mỗi máy bay Boeing sản xuất ra, đều có linh kiện từ Việt Nam (baodautu.vn)

Vietnam’s role in the global chip race​

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Vietnam’s role in the global chip race

The world’s leading chip corporations such as Intel and Samsung are actively present in Vietnam in the context of the global semiconductor race heating up.
FollowGlobal Timeswhile the wave of production line transfer from China to Vietnam is still attracting much attention, recently, Vietnam continues to become the focus of the semiconductor industry when Samsung announced its production plan. Semiconductor components from July 2023.
With its role and influence in the global market, Samsung’s latest action will promote the strong development of Vietnam’s semiconductor industry in the future.

From an expert perspective, Xinmou Research analyst Gu Wenjun said that the world is fiercely competitive in the semiconductor industry. Southeast Asian countries are benefiting from attracting many international corporations to invest. “In which, Vietnam is becoming a new destination for the semiconductor industry with industrial parks specializing in chip testing and packaging,” said Mr. Gu Wenjun.Global Times.
Global TimesExperts also quoted experts as saying that Vietnam is becoming an important part of the global supply chain of the semiconductor industry and has the ability to compete with China.

According to a report by research firm Technavio, the semiconductor market inVietnam is expected to grow by 1.65 billion USD in the period 2021 – 2025 with a compound annual growth rate of about 6.52% per year. . “The increase in consumer demand is the direct cause of the strong growth of semiconductor factories in Vietnam, attracting FDI capital from many foreign enterprises in recent years. Vietnam is known as a emerging market in Asia in the semiconductor sector,” said Technavio.

Besides Samsung, Vietnam is also home to Intel’s largest assembly and testing factory. Intel Products Vietnam (IPV) is invested 1.5 billion USD, has more than 2,800 employees and is the largest American high-tech company in Vietnam.As of 2021, IPV has shipped more than 3 billion products to Intel customers globally.
At the end of May, Intel honored IPV for its innovations in improving substrate processing at its assembly and testing plants, helping Intel successfully add millions of chips to the market, making an important contribution to the success of Intel. important to help the company overcome the global chip crisis.

Kim Huat Ooi, Vice President and General Director of Intel Products Vietnam said: “This initiative helps Intel complete chip assembly 80% faster and supports substrate suppliers who are facing shortages. supply shortage”. The new approach of the Intel Vietnam factory helps it add millions of chips every year, opening the prospect of increasing more than $2 billion in profit for Intel.

In addition to the two giants Samsung and Intel, many big semiconductor companies in the world are also setting up factories in Vietnam, such as USI Electronics, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s ASE Semiconductor or Japan’s Renesas Electronics.
According to Gu Wenjun, Vietnam’s advantage lies in its large labor market and cheap land. Steve Long, general manager of the Asia-Pacific and Japan region of Intel, said: “The political and social environment is stable, trade and investment policies are increasingly liberalized, and the labor force is becoming more and more liberal. Young and talented movements are the reason why Vietnam is so attractive.” Mr. Long said that Vietnam is fully capable of setting up the necessary infrastructure and policies to support advanced manufacturing activities.

However, the current state of Vietnam’s semiconductor industry also reflects the general situation of Southeast Asia in this field. Manufacturing facilities in the region are simply assembling finished products and exporting components that are of low value in the supply chain. Even Malaysia – the country with the region’s most developed semiconductor industry – is struggling to switch from a cheap chip foundry to designing and manufacturing higher-end chips.
Despite the great potential, experts also pointed out challenges for Vietnam’s semiconductor industry. FollowTechnavio, one of the biggest barriers today is the lack of highly skilled labor. As an example of the shortage of the domestic chip industry, Mr. Nguyen Anh Thi, Head of the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City Hi-Tech Park said that the city is one of the leading places in the country in the field of semiconductors, but only about approx. 1,000 IC engineers, 2,000 – 3,000 embedded system engineers. “The current number of 1,000 IC engineers is not enough to meet the demand in this field, which requires tens of thousands more people to have a high-quality workforce in this industry,” Mr. Thi said.

https://vietnam.postsen.com/news/71426/Vietnam%E2%80%99s-role-in-the-global-chip-race.html

Vietnam will take over Chinese & Taiwanese semi-conductors' industry in the near future 👍