ASML is studying the possibility of expanding its supply chain in Vietnam, and cooperating to establish a semiconductor training and RD centre.

Vietnam is stepping up efforts to develop its semiconductor
industry through cooperation with ASML, the world’s leading semiconductor
equipment manufacturer from the Netherlands, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the Ministry of
Finance (MoF) as reporting.

Finance Minister Nguyen Van Thang has recently held a working
session with Mr. Eduard Stiphout, Senior Vice President in charge of strategic
supply chain and procurement at ASML.

At the meeting, Mr. Thang highly appreciated ASML’s growing
interest in the Vietnamese market, noting that the group’s dispatch of senior
executives to Vietnam and its active participation in SEMIExpo Vietnam 2025
demonstrated a strong commitment to long-term strategic cooperation.

He proposed that ASML coordinate with the Dutch Embassy in Vietnam, the
National Innovation Centre (NIC) and relevant partners to develop a
comprehensive roadmap, appropriate financial mechanisms, and public–private
resource mobilisation models to soon establish a semiconductor training,
research and development centre at the NIC’s Hoa Lac campus.

He also called on ASML to help connect qualified Vietnamese
enterprises to participate more deeply in the group’s global supply chain, as
well as help Vietnamese firms develop manufacturing, research and testing
infrastructure, with a view to gradually forming domestic production
capabilities and supporting the establishment of Vietnam’s first chip
manufacturing plant.

Training programmes, expert exchanges, internships and
scholarship support in the semiconductor field were also highlighted as key
areas of cooperation to help build a pool of Vietnamese engineers and
specialists capable of meeting the stringent technical standards of ASML and
the global semiconductor equipment industry.

For his part, Mr. Stiphout said that ASML is studying the
possibility of expanding its supply chain in Vietnam, cooperating to establish
a semiconductor training and RD centre at the NIC with support from the
Dutch Government, and considering setting up an official presence in Vietnam in
the near future. The group is also assessing opportunities to supply equipment to
potential customers in the country.

VNA-Vân Nguyễn