# Vietnam tasks Viettel with developing domestic chip industry

_Monday, August 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Vietnam has tasked military-run telecom company Viettel with developing a domestic semiconductor industry, according to a recent directive from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reported by Reuters.

The move shifts the state-owned company's role beyond telecommunications toward chip design and fabrication, alongside Vietnam's existing electronics-assembly, packaging and testing activity. The source does not identify a project timetable, funding level or specific fabrication plan. It says the effort will test whether state-owned enterprises can carry out industrial policy without crowding out private-sector participation.

## Sources

- [Design And Reuse](https://www.design-reuse.com/news/202531026-can-vietnam-s-soes-manufacture-a-semiconductor-industry-/)

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