On the afternoon of June 13, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Tri province, Le Duc Tien, chaired a working session with Vietnam Wafer Joint Stock Company to hear proposals for high-tech and semiconductor manufacturing projects using local white sand resources.
At the meeting, Mr. Chau Hoang Long, CEO of Vietnam Wafer, assessed that Quang Tri has an abundant and high-quality natural quartz resource. This is an important factor in developing the semiconductor and advanced technology materials industry using white sand.
According to Vietnam Wafer’s proposal, the first phase of the investment plan is the Super Pure Quartz Material Manufacturing Plant project, located in Quan Ngang Industrial Park, Gio Quang commune, Gio Linh district.
The project has a total investment capital of VND 96.2 billion, aiming to produce super pure quartz, a core material in the semiconductor, optics, and optoelectronics industries.
The factory is expected to complete the workshop, install and test run the production line in March 2026, and officially supply products to the market in April 2026.
Following Phase 1, the company proposes to implement five more phases, forming a multi-layered production complex: Phase 2: Quartz crucible manufacturing plant with a capacity of 13,000 crucibles/year. Phase 3: Silicon pillar manufacturing plant with a capacity of 30 tons/month. Phase 4: Semiconductor wafer manufacturing plant with a capacity of 50,000 wafers/month. Phase 5: Super pure carbon manufacturing plant with a capacity of 1,000 tons/year. Phase 6: Research and development center for chip testing.
The leadership of Quang Tri province expressed their full support for Vietnam Wafer’s investment proposal and committed to creating the most favorable conditions in terms of administrative procedures, planning, and land to facilitate the project’s implementation.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment, Quang Tri currently has five approved white sand mines in its planning, including two primary white sand mines and three quartz sand mines after titanium exploitation, with a total area of over 1,075 hectares and total resources of about 56.4 million tons.
So far, 4/5 mines have been licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to exploit, meeting the conditions to serve the large-scale production of semiconductor materials.
Previously, within the framework of the investment promotion program in 2025, on May 31, a working delegation of Quang Tri province had a direct working session with Vietnam Wafer at the company’s headquarters.
The two sides had in-depth exchanges on assessing the demand for semiconductor materials in Vietnam and the world in the period of 2025 – 2030, domestic supply capacity, potential for local white sand exploitation, the proposed scale of the High-Tech Center, as well as management and operation plans, and investment phases.
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