Intel offers digitalization training per Vietnam’s needs

Intel is willing to cooperate in training and accepting Vietnamese students as interns and employees as Vietnam needs, a senior company executive said Tuesday.

During a meeting with Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, Brian Gonzalez, executive director of Intel Corporation, said that his company sought cooperation with the ministry in digitalization, innovation and skills training for the younger generation.

Digitalization training includes artificial intelligence (AI)-related content as well as emphasis on ethical and responsible conduct, he said.

Gonzalez called on the ministry to facilitate Intel’s training program in reaching Vietnamese universities. He said the company not only viewed it as an Intel program, but also as a Vietnamese one.

Minister Son asked the department of higher education to work with Intel to connect its program with Vietnamese universities.

He lauded Intel for its collaboration with Vietnam in digitalization, training, AI application and chip research.

In September 2023, during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to the U.S., Intel and the education ministry had signed a memorandum of understanding on furthering digitalization in education. The two sides agreed to improve digital capacity of the educational system and tap smart class solutions for both teachers and learners.

They also agreed to cooperate in the empowerment of learners in using digital technology including AI and a new training program to equip workers with modern technology.

Intel will continue to invest in Vietnam per its pledged commitment and continue stable operations, Intel Products Vietnam general director Kim Huat Ooi said in November 2023.

Intel invested $1.5 billion in Vietnam between 2006 and January 2021, the executive noted. The Intel Vietnam factory accounts for 50% of packaging and testing tasks for Intel globally and currently participates in the production of the latest generation of Raptor Lake processors and the next generation of Meteor Lake processors, he added.