tailieunhanh - Current skilled labour shortage in Vietnam

This paper aims at analysing Vietnam’s current shortage of skilled labour and assesses the causes of this shortage. Some of the reasons include insufficient training with an educational approach, the lack of technology infrastructure, low investments in research and development (R&D) due to a mismatch between supply and demand. | Current Skilled Labour Shortage in Vietnam Vu Thi Phuong Dung1 1 Institute of Chinese Studies Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Email phuongdungvu155@ Received on 6 May 2019. Revised on 27 May 2019. Accepted on 26 June 2019. Abstract This paper aims at analysing Vietnam s current shortage of skilled labour and assesses the causes of this shortage. Some of the reasons include insufficient training with an educational approach the lack of technology infrastructure low investments in research and development R D due to a mismatch between supply and demand. Finally the paper gives some recommendations for policy implementations and solutions to improve Vietnam s skilled labour market. These solutions focus on the training and education system vocational training and on strengthening partnerships between firms and universities and attracting highly skilled Vietnamese labour forces from abroad to return home. Keywords Vietnam labour skilled labour shortage. Subject classification Economics 1. Introduction In early 2012 Vietnam s Government identified three bottlenecks in the economy that must be resolved immediately to guarantee sustainable growth and development infrastructure institutional framework and human resources of which skilled labour is the most important part. Even more important than capital are human resources as a key factor for economic development. However for developing countries like Vietnam it is challenging to acquire a skilled labour force. The country has not yet a skilled labour force with the desired composition and quality. The main reasons for this are the lack of proper education and training as well as utilisation mechanisms to motivate a skilled labour force to lead the economy in the right direction towards competitiveness and efficiency. The small size of the skilled labour force coupled with inefficient utilisation has weakened the economy s competitiveness. The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community 2015 will transform

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Skilled labour shortage
• Technology infrastructure
• Institutional framework
• Human resources
• White collar workers