Vietnam will compete 24 of 50 skills at the 43rd World Skills Competition which will be held in Brazil in August 2015, said the General Department of Vocation and Training under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

The event is expected to draw about 1,300 contestants, competing in 46 occupational skills and four performance ones.

Vietnam has taken part in the competition for four times since 2007 and achieved only seven outstanding skills certificates in 2011 and 2013.-VNA