Hanoi (VNA) – Better cooperation between theState, schools, businesses, international organisations, and professionalassociations would both contribute to improving the quality of vocationaleducation, and benefit all parties involved, heard a workshop in Hanoi onSeptember 6.

The workshop was jointly held by the Directorate ofVocational Education and Training, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, andSocial Affairs, and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam.

Delegates at the event explained that through collaboration,enterprises will gain from good-quality human resources and schools willreceive the support of the State and firms in improving training quality.

Besides this, high-quality human resources will help theState raise the quality of life across the nation, as well as thecompetitiveness of its national economy, they said.

They noted that enhancing international cooperation in improvingvocational education quality, especially in high-quality personnel training, isone of the main solutions set forward in the strategy on vocational educationdevelopment.

Looking towards higher vocational education quality, theMoLISA has outlined a number of projects, while the Directorate of VocationalEducation and Training has also employed solutions to revamp State managementand finance mechanisms, empower schools, and connect training institutions withenterprises.

The delegates discussed measures to help vocationaleducation institutions join hands with businesses in training students able towork right after graduation.

Australian experts shared their country’s experience in collaborationbetween the State, schools, and enterprises in personnel training.

Australiais one of Vietnam’sstrategic partners in vocational education. Australia’s Chisholm Academy hastransferred training programmes to the Vietnamese Directorate of VocationalEducation and Training. These programmes are being piloted at 25 vocationaleducation institutions in Vietnam. –VNA