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Skill evaluation system gets lift

The Korean International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) has granted 1.5million USD to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs for improving the national professional skills evaluation system.
The Korean International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) has granted1.5million USD to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and SocialAffairs for improving the national professional skills evaluationsystem.

"Improving the national system forprofessional skills evaluation would greatly contribute to Vietnam 'ssocio-economic development," said the KOICA Chief Representative inVietnam , Lee Wook Heon.

Project activities willfocus on helping Vietnam implement better legal policies fortraining human resources in professional skills evaluation.

The project is aimed at helping Vietnam effectively evaluate theprofessional skills of around 8 million people by 2020, using 200 setsof criteria. /.
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