RESTRUCTURING VIETNAMESE HIGHER EDUCATION IN RESPONSE TO THE DEMAND OF A STRATEGIC BREAKTHROUGH IN HIGH QUALIFIED MANPOWER TRAINING

A number of studies, together with comments to the amendment of some articles of the Higher Education (HE) Law, have pointed out some areas where HE needs to be restructured in order to better meet the requirements of implementing the strategic breakthrough in high qualified manpower training. This article aims to supplement with a more complete approach based on the identification of Vietnamese HE weaknesses through a systematic approach to assess both the workforce development policy and the overall HE system. Accordingly, this points to the need of restructuring some areas which are very important, but not yet paid adequate attention. They are: 1/ Vision and action plan; 2/ Strategy and its implementation; 3/ Mechanisms for the provision of incentives to HE institutions; 4/ Socialization in HE towards public-private partnership orientation; 5/ Come-based monitoring and evaluation mechanism through the HE management information system.