TRAINING VIETNAMESE OVERSEAS STUDENTS - EIGHT DECADES OF BUILDING HIGH-QUALITY HUMAN RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This article reviews the 80-year journey (1945–2025) of Vietnam’s program to send students abroad for training, tracing its evolution from the early years of resistance to the present era of deep international integration. Overseas training of Vietnamese students has not only contributed to the struggle for national independence but has also played a vital role in providing human resources for reconstruction and modernization in later periods. The study offers an overview of Vietnam’s policies and practices for dispatching officials, pupils, and students abroad over the past eight decades. Employing historical analysis, synthesis, and descriptive statistics - drawing on archival materials, official reports, and published research - the findings highlight the significant roles and achievements of these programs. By reflecting on and synthesizing the outcomes attained, the paper underscores the strategic importance of overseas training - not merely as an ad hoc solution to postwar shortages of qualified personnel, but as a deliberate and visionary policy that has helped cultivate generations of revolutionary intellectuals, leaders, and innovators across key national sectors.