Vietnam's First Semiconductor Plant: 2027 Pilot Production Target Flashing Yellow as ASML Equipment Deal Still Unsigned

Vietnam's first semiconductor plant is finding its goal of starting pilot production in 2027 increasingly difficult to achieve. The project is being developed by Viettel, a military-run telecommunications and defense group with no track record of building semiconductor fabs, and administrative hurdles in securing government funding are contributing to the delay. Negotiations to buy DUV lithography equipment from ASML have been under way for several months without a contract, and the planned con…

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