Dual or complemental in vocational training: which concept would be suitable for TVET Vietnam?

The dual system is considered as a successful and well-known model of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) all over the world. It might be a proper solution in order to solve skills mismatch and skills shortage, which the Vietnamese industry names as a 'main obstacle' for developing and also expanding their manufacture in Vietnam. Unfortunately, TVET Vietnam stays on the drive of the supply-side until now, in which the TVET institutions design and provide the training course, based on their perception without paying attention to skills demand from the Vietnamese industry (JICA 2014, 1). The reason for this obstacle is that the TVET institutions have difficulty accessing the needs of the Vietnamese industry. The need of a didactic for work analysis, in which know-how on the demand of the workplace would be clarified, is very urgently needed at present.

This paper, based on my research finding and the final part of my doctoral thesis, will contribute to the actual state of the Vietnamese TVET and the concern about the development of curricula in Vietnam, particularly the research on the identification of professional competence through analysing the case study of a Vietnamese company. It also aims to provide suggestions for job analytical processes, which can enhance the information exchange between the two sides of TVET Vietnam (state-run schools and Vietnamese industry sector) about the skills needed and show that both stakeholders are involved in designing and conducting the training curriculum.

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