VietNamNet Bridge - Microchips with RFID (radio frequency identification) have the potential to become a key economic sector.

Motorbike thieves in HCM City will have a difficult time if they try to break smart locks with RFID technology even if they have a ‘master key’. The lock has management software installed in the motorbike’s starting unit and motorbike key. If thieves try to break the lock or try to unlock a motorbike, an alarm will be set off.

Drivers on Highway No 1 don’t have to queue up to pay tolls in cash going through Tasco Quang Binh station because the manual fee collection service has been replaced by an automatic system ETC. 

Automatic fee collection stations utilizing RFID technology allow vehicles on highways from Da Nang to the north to pay fees without having to stop, while the vehicles’ tonnage is examined. 

Children entering Vietopia,the entertainment park for children in district 7, HCM City, will wear a bracelet with positioning card inside. Another bracelet with the same frequency will be given to the adult who escorts the child. In case the child loses his way, bracelets with the same frequency will help find the child. 

Microchips with RFID (radio frequency identification) have the potential to become a key economic sector.

The commercial value of RFID is very high because the technology can be used in many different fields, from conglomerates’ asset management to material & product management in garment production lines. It could be the general security solution for library, electronic price board in automatic sale, or applied for the security system at hospitals.

It is estimated that about 70 percent of the industrial zones and hi-tech parks in HCM City have been using RFID for security solutions.

Globally, the applications of RFID technology have been used to improve retail groups’ services for 60 years. However, the RFID development project developed by ICDREC (The Integrated Circuits Design Research & Education Center and the Sai Gon Industry Corporation) four years ago raised doubts about its feasibility.

The developers plan to spend VND145.756 billion to ‘design and manufacture RFID chip, card and reader, and build the application system’. It is a large-scale project with investment capital equal to the capital poured into infrastructure and energy, which are very important sectors.

Phan Thanh Son, managing director of Viet Net Trade & Technology, is one of the few experts who believe in ICDREC's success. He estimates that the market in Vietnam would be worth $7 million a year.

According to Son, the center’s RFID technology and applied devices have caught up with the world level, while its products are very competitive compared with imports, including ones from China.


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