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Education and training providers have constant challenges in keeping up with the fast changing demands of labour markets and the surrounding pressures, among others, which are technological, socio-political and economic factors. The Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education and Training under the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, SEAMEO VOCTECH, periodically maps the current trends and issues within the region and world wide to come up with various programs to assist the member countries in the area of vocational and technical education and training [VTET]. This paper was based on several studies consisting of a survey of the training programs' alumni, training and research needs assessment from educational practitioners and policy makers in the region, and an expert meeting for preparing the Centre's 4th Five-Year Development Plan. Among others, the trends and issues identified in this study were: (1) ICT [information and communications technology] in TVET; (2) relevancy of curriculum; (3) articulation and assessment; (4) research and development; (5) access and equality; and (6) management and quality assurance. The paper also highlights several initiatives and strategies undertaken by the Centre in response to the identified trends and issues.