Global Electronics Association will join hands with RX to launch the Hand Soldering Competition Vietnam 2026 – Northern Regional Round

The competition will take place August 5–7, 2026 at NEPCON ASIA @ Vietnam, aiming to deepen integration within the global electronics manufacturing chain and enable soldering professionals from around the world to compete on an international stage.

As a highly influential skills competition in Vietnam’s electronics manufacturing sector, this event is officially hosted by Global Electronics Association and conducted in strict accordance with IPC Standards, the industry’s highest international benchmarks for electronics manufacturing. It will bring together top technical talent from Vietnamese local enterprises and foreign-invested factories to compete in timed assembly, process precision, production speed, and product functional integrity. The competition not only discovers and showcases highly skilled electronics manufacturing professionals in Vietnam, but also builds a professional platform for skills exchange, standard promotion, talent selection, and international competition. Winners will advance to the World Hand Soldering Championship, moving from regional champions to global competitors.

Competition drives industry development; exhibitions gather talent.

Bringing this event to NEPCON ASIA @ Vietnam will encourage deeper participation from professional audiences in electronics manufacturing, promote the upgrading of Vietnam’s local industry, and foster electronics manufacturing talent, jointly shaping a new ecosystem for electronics manufacturing in Southeast Asia.

About Global Electronics Association

The Global Electronics Association (formerly IPC) is a global not-for-profit trade association representing the US$6 trillion electronics manufacturing industry. The Association works with more than 3,000 member companies, industry partners, and government stakeholders worldwide to advance manufacturing excellence, quality and reliability, strengthen global trade and export competitiveness, and enable trusted electronics supply chains through standards development, workforce training, industry intelligence, and regional collaboration.

Headquartered in the United States of America, the Association maintains a strong international presence across North America, Mexico, Europe, United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Middle East and Africa. The Association supports OEMs, EMS providers, PCB manufacturers, cable and wire harness manufacturers, semiconductor companies, and electronics industry suppliers. Learn more at www.electronics.org.

With the rapid development of Vietnam's electronics manufacturing industry and the increasingly urgent demand for industrial upgrading, in response to the development expectations of local and Southeast Asian enterprises, NEPCON ASIA has officially upgraded its layout in the Vietnamese market. It will hold NEPCON ASIA@Vietnam - the Vietnam Station of the Asian Electronic Equipment and Microelectronics Industry Exhibition on August 5-7, 2026 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This event will bring forward-edge technology demonstrations, extensive business networks, and in-depth industry insights to Vietnamese and Southeast Asian electronics manufacturing enterprises, helping the local industry seize the development opportunities of the global supply chain and accelerate the process of intelligent upgrading.