[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1134, 287], "category": "Text", "text": "the 2018 resolution on Improvement of the quality of vocational education to 2021 and orientation to 2030⁵; the Training and Retraining Programme to meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution issued in 2021; the Programme on Digital Transformation until 2025 and orientation until 2030 issued in 2021; the National Strategy on Gender Equality for the 2021-2030 issued in 2021; and the Skill Up Scheme to develop highly skilled workforce (Resolution No. 50/NQ-CP) which is under preparation."}, {"bbox": [96, 314, 1134, 448], "category": "Text", "text": "Gender equality in vocational education is regulated in the 2014 Law on Vocational Education, which includes provisions to support women learners to take part in elementary vocational courses and courses of up to three months' duration.⁶ However, this has not been translated into specific programs and strategies since most regulations and programs do not include an analysis of issues, barriers or stereotypes affecting vocational education uptake and outcomes upon completion⁷."}, {"bbox": [96, 473, 1134, 740], "category": "Text", "text": "Vietnam is currently reforming its TVET system to shift from a mostly institution-based training to more flexible and multimodal trainings, blending e-learning and workplace training. It aims to link research, policy and practice in light of an increasingly digital and connected world. The reform agenda adresses: state management of TVET; development of teachers and managers; occupational standards and the national vocational qualification framework; training curriculum and instructional materials; digital standards for TVET facilities and equipment; quality assurance; linkage between TVET institutions, the labour market, and enterprises; digital skills training at basic, intermediate and higher levels as workplaces undergo digital transformation; TVET financial mechanisms including a skills development funds; the visibility of TVET reform itself and the crucial contribution of the international cooperation. However, the reform's implementation modalities, tasks and responsibilities, actors and processes and related indicators are yet to be fully identified and defined."}, {"bbox": [96, 765, 1134, 1031], "category": "Text", "text": "To bridge the skills and employment gap between current Vietnam's ambitions and on the ground reality, the EU VETVET programme will contribute to the implementation of the Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) with a particular focus on Chapter 13 on sustainable development. It also contributes to the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with Vietnam to ensure that the transition away from coal is “just” and does not significantly and negatively impact workers, to support necessary education, vocational training and re-skilling programmes as part of the clean transition. It strengthens the contribution of TVET and skills development to the achievement of the targets of phasing out coal-fueled power generation by the 2040s and reach net-zero emissions by 2050 which requires a highly skilled and environmentally savvy workforce. It is also an opportunity to support a more inclusive and skilled workforce through the development of a gender mainstreaming strategy and a budgeted action plan for the TVET sector as an integral part of existing programs and strategies to strengthen the sector."}, {"bbox": [96, 1056, 1134, 1349], "category": "Text", "text": "In Vietnam, several EU Member States and their development agencies provide financial and technical assistance in TVET sector in the past decades. The on-going Programme ‘Reform of TVET in Vietnam’ commissioned by BMZ and implemented by GIZ focuses on the key strands on policy advice, supporting elevent high quality TVET colleges, engaging and enhancing the role of private sector in TVET reform process as well as promotion and enhancing the image of TVET. The German KfW on behalf of the BMZ supported nine out of the eleven colleges with over EUR 32 million (loan) over the past 10 years, to improve the workshops and training facilities. The French Development Agency, AFD, supported the development of TVET centres of excellence in Vietnam via a EUR 24.5 million loan (2019) and EUR 0.5 million grant (2017). The project covered five TVET colleges through infrastructure loans for construction and equipment, partly provided by French manufacturers. Technical assistance for institutional management, translation and adaptation of French training programmes, training of trainers and project management was also offered."}, {"bbox": [85, 1452, 1142, 1501], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ Resolution No 617-NQ /BCSĐ dated on 28 December 2018 on Improvement of the quality of vocational education to 2021 and orientation to 2030"}, {"bbox": [85, 1501, 1142, 1551], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ Law on Vocational Education (2014): Clause 7, Article 6 (Government's policy on vocational education development); Article 60 (Rights and Obligations of the learners); and Article 62 (Policies for learners of vocational education programs)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1551, 1142, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ UNWOMEN (2021) Country Gender Equality Profile Viet Nam 2021 (Retrieved from: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2021/10/country-gender-equality-profile-viet-nam-2021#:~:text=Country%20Gender%20Equality%20Profile%20Viet%20Nam%202021%20(CGEP)%20is%20a,available%20evidence%2C%20data%20and%20research.)"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 28"}]