Human resource management for innovation in Vietnam’s electronics industry

The electronics industry in Vietnam continues to experiencebooming development with further investment from manymultinational corporations (MNCs). This industry uses hightechnology but exploits an abundance of labour, in that thegovernment always encourages it to invest in not onlymanufacturing, but also research and development (R&D)activities in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the sector’s domestic companiesdo not seem to have caught up with the industry’s developmentin the country. This study focuses on HR management forinnovation to catch up with both MNCs and market requirements. Therefore, we research the successful and impeding factors thatimpact human resources’ innovation, including internal andexternal mechanisms, to discover an effective link between firmswith local resources, such as universities, business developmentservices and business associations. The study suggests that thegovernment needs to have effective policies to supportenterprises in enhancing their HR resources, technologicalcapabilities and innovation.