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Taiwan bets on Vietnam, Indonesia for future chip-industry talent

Government, employers and schools seek 320,000 international students by 2030

Minghsin University of Science and Technology boasts cutting-edge semiconductor equipment, thanks to support from Taiwan's government and businesses. (Photo by Hideaki Ryugen)

TAIPEI -- As a falling birthrate threatens to shrink Taiwan's pool of high-tech talent, the island has turned to Southeast Asian students as a source of workers for the semiconductor industry.

On the outskirts of Hsinchu, a city nicknamed Taiwan's Silicon Valley, students at the Minghsin University of Science and Technology train on the kind of equipment used in real-life semiconductor factories.

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