On December 9, 2011, a scientific seminar on the topic "Solutions for linking training and the labor market in Vietnam" was held. Attendees included education administrators from the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education, the Ministry of Education and Training, universities, institutes, and research centers. Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Vice Rector of the University, attended and delivered the opening remarks.
On December 9, 2011, a scientific seminar on the topic "Solutions for linking training and the labor market in Vietnam" was held. Attendees included education administrators from the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education, the Ministry of Education and Training, universities, institutes, and research centers. Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Vice Rector of the University, attended and delivered the opening remarks.The main content of the seminar focused on discussing the following topics:
- Assessing the current state of university training in meeting the needs of the Vietnamese labor market.
- Assessing the prospects of several new training programs currently being implemented at universities.
- The relationship between training and the labor market in Vietnam. The need to enhance soft skills for students in Vietnamese universities.
- Proposals for designing a standardized learning outcomes program for students.
- Sharing experiences in linking training with the labor market.
Associate Professor Dr. Le Ngoc Hung (Institute of Sociology, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration) in his report "Demands for High-Quality Human Resources in the Vietnamese Labor Market: From Current Situation to the Higher Education Law" proposed that solutions to link training with the labor market must stem from an analysis of labor market demands, and these solutions must be institutionalized into law to have a rapid and sustainable impact. The report emphasizes that the draft Higher Education Law (already reviewed by the National Assembly and included in the development roadmap) needs to be drafted and implemented to develop higher education to meet the needs for university-level qualifications of the majority of individuals, families, organizations, and the community, developing education to be on par with, or even surpass, the requirements of the country's socio-economic development during the period of industrialization and modernization. Pham Manh Ha (Faculty of Psychology - University of Social Sciences and Humanities) proposed several solutions to improve students' employability, including: in addition to specialized knowledge, students need to be equipped with social knowledge and skills to easily integrate into the labor market immediately after graduation; skills training programs should be organized regularly and with high quality from the first to the fourth year, with training content tailored to the nature of each academic year; skills training programs should be added to the main curriculum and taught by professional instructors specializing in skills training... In addition, many other ideas were discussed and proposed to link training with the labor market in the context of Vietnam. The scientific seminar "Solutions for Linking Training and the Labor Market in Vietnam" is one of the activities of the project "Innovation in Education Policy in Vietnam," implemented by the Center for Policy Research and Analysis, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, in cooperation with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation from 2009 to 2012. The project's activities were divided into five phases: surveying student employment after graduation (2009-2010); analyzing and proposing solutions to enhance the employability of students after graduation (2010-2011); experimenting with solutions (2011); implementing and scaling up the solutions (2012); and proposing recommendations for policy adjustments (2012-2013).
