[Ict4devwg] ED/FR-US: Intel, PSU team up on $2 million Vietnam student program

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: [vnnews-l] ED/FR-US: Intel,	PSU team up on $2 million Vietnam student 
program
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:05 -0700
From: Stephen Denney <srdenney at gmail.com>
To: vnnews-l at anu.edu.au

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   *Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - June 23, 2009
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/22/daily44.html
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  Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 2:37pm PDT
Intel, PSU team up on $2 million Vietnam student program
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

*Intel 
Corp.*<http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/related_content.html?topic=Intel%20Corp>and
*Portland State
University*<http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/related_content.html?topic=Portland%20State%20University>have
joined forces in a program that could bridge an educational gap
between
Oregon and Vietnam.

Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) will sponsor a $2 million program that
helps train Vietnamese engineering students in Portland. The students could
eventually hold high-level positions at Intel’s largest global assembly and
test site, being built in Ho Chi Minh City.

The money, which averages out to more than $80,000 per student, will cover
the full cost of summer preparation coursework, two academic years of
out-of-state tuition, room and board and a monthly stipend.

The Vietnamese students will essentially complete the last two academic
years of their engineering degree at PSU before returning to Vietnam in June
2011. At that point, they’ll work for three years at Intel Vietnam, pending
successful completion of their degree and a job interview.

“Above all, we want individuals destined to become future leaders and
committed to making a difference with Intel in Vietnam,” said Bill
MacKenzie, an Intel spokesman.

Portland State’s selection, over several other universities, validates “the
school’s top notch engineering program, international depth and the success
of its existing relationships with Vietnam,” MacKenzie said.

The 500,000-square-foot Vietnam facility will cost $1 billion and employ up
to 3,500 people. Production on it will begin in mid-2010.

Workers at the facility will slice silicon wafers into individual chips,
then test their electrical functions and reliability before shipping them to
customers.


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