A Vietnamese enterprise making its way into Gartner’s report — one of the world’s most exacting benchmarks — may only represent a small segment of the technology industry. Yet behind this achievement lies a promising future: Vietnamese talent has the capacity to enter the core technology arena, provided there is a strong enough push.

To drive the development of core industries, Ho Chi Minh City has been focusing on strongly promoting the microchip design industry. However, the biggest obstacle to achieving this goal is the shortage of human resources, as the entire country currently has only slightly more than 5,000 microchip design engineers.