Vietnam has sent 36 competitors to the 8 th ASEAN Skills Competition being held in Bangkok , Thailand from Nov. 14-24.
Competing in 18 of 21 events, the Vietnamese team hopes to rank third at the competition.
LastSeptember, the General Vocational Training Department in coordinationwith the British Council held a training course for those Vietnamesecompetitors under the instruction of four experts from the vocationalskills organisation of the UK . The British experts said theVietnamese workers have good skills.
The Lao dong (Labour) dailyon Nov. 16 quoted Mark Forsyth, Director of the Corioliss InternationalCo., and an expert in refrigerating-electrics as saying that Vietnamesecompetitors are enthusiastic and determined and have good basic skills.He said he believed that they would attain good results.
DeputyMinister of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs Dam Huu Dac said thatparticipating in the competition gives Vietnamese competitors andtrainers opportunities to learn experiences from other countries, thushelping improve the quality of vocational training in Vietnam .
The ASEAN Skills Competition has been held since 1997 and Vietnam took part in the event in 2001 for the first time.
Vietnam ranked first among participating teams at the 2004 and 2006events, ranked second at the 2002 competition, and ranked fourth in 2001and 2008./.
Competing in 18 of 21 events, the Vietnamese team hopes to rank third at the competition.
LastSeptember, the General Vocational Training Department in coordinationwith the British Council held a training course for those Vietnamesecompetitors under the instruction of four experts from the vocationalskills organisation of the UK . The British experts said theVietnamese workers have good skills.
The Lao dong (Labour) dailyon Nov. 16 quoted Mark Forsyth, Director of the Corioliss InternationalCo., and an expert in refrigerating-electrics as saying that Vietnamesecompetitors are enthusiastic and determined and have good basic skills.He said he believed that they would attain good results.
DeputyMinister of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs Dam Huu Dac said thatparticipating in the competition gives Vietnamese competitors andtrainers opportunities to learn experiences from other countries, thushelping improve the quality of vocational training in Vietnam .
The ASEAN Skills Competition has been held since 1997 and Vietnam took part in the event in 2001 for the first time.
Vietnam ranked first among participating teams at the 2004 and 2006events, ranked second at the 2002 competition, and ranked fourth in 2001and 2008./.
