Assessment of the implementation of the Vietnamese Vocational Training Strategy 2011-2020 and recommendations for the Vietnamese Vocational Training Strategy 2021-2030

In 2012, the Prime Minister of Viet Nam issued the approval of the Vocational Training Development Strategy (VT Strategy) for the period 2011-2020. Specific objectives of the strategy include national competitiveness in the [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] ASEAN region and poverty reduction. As the decade of the 2011-2020 strategy is coming to an end, it is essential to assess the implementation of the strategy, to recognize the achievements in [vocational education and training] VET as well as the shortcomings and challenges still to address. The results of this assessment are...  [+] Show more

In 2012, the Prime Minister of Viet Nam issued the approval of the Vocational Training Development Strategy (VT Strategy) for the period 2011-2020. Specific objectives of the strategy include national competitiveness in the [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] ASEAN region and poverty reduction. As the decade of the 2011-2020 strategy is coming to an end, it is essential to assess the implementation of the strategy, to recognize the achievements in [vocational education and training] VET as well as the shortcomings and challenges still to address. The results of this assessment are the foundation for recommendations on the VET Strategy for the period of 2021-2030.

The TVET Programme in Viet Nam is implemented in cooperation with the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET) of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The programme supports DVET in its reform efforts of the VET sector and has been accompanying the development of the VT Strategy 2011-2020 and the development of the current VET Law, enacted in 2015. The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) was commissioned by the programme to conduct a study on the status quo of specific issues in the VET system and formulate respective recommendations towards the new VET Strategy 2021-2030. The respective report builds on the findings of 59 interviews with key stakeholders of the Vietnamese VET system from the public sector, business sector and other VET stakeholders like VET Colleges, selected intermediate VET Schools and VET Centers, social-political organizations and international development partners.

The report consists of four chapters. The following chapter 2 (Literature Review and Analysis) elaborates the method and results of the literature analysis of relevant VET documents in detail. Chapter 3 (Summary of Interview Results) provides a comprehensive summary of the stakeholder interview results with regard to each of the focal topics of this study. Chapter 4 (Recommendations) includes the recommendations developed by BIBB experts based on the literature analysis and on the results of the stakeholder interviews.

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