Developing human resources in southwestern region

A seminar on human resources development in the southwestern region in 2011-2020 was held in Can Tho on December 4 by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Mekong Delta region comprising 13 cities and provinces is the nation’s key agricultural and seafood zone. It has a population of 17.7 million, including nearly 10 million people of working age. However, in 2008 only 20.5 percent of the workforce were considered qualified or skillful enough. The region has 38 universities, 35 high schools, and 312 vocational training centres. It also has the highest number of pupils who quit school in the country.

The region plans to raise the number of skilled workers to 45 percent in 2015 and 60 percent by 2020 and to create 35,000 jobs each year.

To achieve this target, the region will increase investment in improving the quality of teachers at vocational training schools. – VOV

Tags: Vietnam human resource

Posted by VBN on Dec 4 2010. Filed under Economy News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry