President of the Vietnam Women’s Union Nguyen Thi Thu Ha is visiting China from Dec 18-22 to boost cooperation between women of the two countries and to learn about vocational training and start-ups.
Improving the quality of vocational education in line with businesses’ requirements was the main focus of a forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.
The unemployment rate is on the increase among young people in Vietnam, however, many companies are facing difficulty in recruiting unskilled labourers in the final months of the year.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has funded a human resource training programme in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to help the southern largest economic hub improve the quality of industrial production.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have launched a plan worth 35 billion VND (1.54 million USD) to provide vocational training to 12,000 rural workers in 2017.
Khmer ethnic people in southern Vietnam are set to benefit from more support in educational, training, cultural, medical and religious affairs in the future.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to increase the proportion of secondary school graduates enrolled at vocational training schools to 30 percent by 2020, but the schools are struggling to maintain enrollments.
The team LH-Lightning from Lac Hong University in Dong Nai became champion of the 2017 Robocon Vietnam after a dramatic finale in northern Ninh Binh province on May 14.
Because of increasingly stricter requirements for skilled workers, many vocational schools have paid heed to improving training via greater participation in skills competitions.
The People’s Committee of the northern province of Ha Nam held a meeting with foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses in the locality to discuss labour issues on February 15.
Nearly 5 million workers in the textile, electronics and retail sectors will be affected by the technology movement, according to a survey by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vietnam (VCCI) on labour market trends.
Close to 500 job seekers found their jobs at a career fair co-organised by the Southeast Job Service Centre and the Dong Nai provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on October 10.
Ho Chi Minh City hopes to expand cooperation with the French-speaking Wallonie - Bruxelles region of Belgium, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has said.
Vietnam’s vocational education system must undergo reform to produce workers who can compete with their counterparts in other countries, the head of Institute of Vocational Education Studies has said.
Vocational training schools in the Central Highlands have been asked to improve the quality of training in order to provide the region with a capable work force.
An ADB project that strengthens agriculture science and technology in Vietnam was among the three winners of the Most Successful Development Project Awards selected by ADB’s Independent Evaluation.
A tourism training association of Vietnam was set up at a congress in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1 with a view to fostering manpower development in the industry.
An international conference on school psychology opened in the central city of Da Nang on July 28, attracting the participation of over 300 scientists and school psychologists from the US.
Vocational training schools are revamping their curricula and offering new training majors in an attempt to stem the decline in the number of students applying to the schools.
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