In the context of science and technology changing every day, Vietnam has a great opportunity to attract investment and develop strategic technology fields, the foundation of the fourth industrial revolution such as: semiconductors, artificial intelligence, automation, biotechnology, new energy and advanced materials, as well as fields applying those technologies.
However, according to many experts, Vietnam's biggest bottleneck today is the shortage of qualified science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM) human resources with the skills and qualifications to meet the requirements of large technology corporations.
This shortage of human resources will be a major risk that could cause Vietnam to miss out on the opportunity to attract investment in high-tech fields, restructure the economy, and improve labor productivity and national competitiveness.
Currently, the Ministry of Education and Training is soliciting opinions on the draft Project "Training human resources to serve high-tech development, period 2025-2035 and orientation to 2045" to prepare abundant STEM human resources with high professional and technical qualifications to meet the needs of expanding investment in developing high-tech fields, especially a talented workforce capable of participating deeply in the research and development stage in a number of key technology fields.
Mr. Dang Van Huan - Director of the Higher Education Quality Improvement Project (SAHEP) said that the goal of the Project for the period 2025 - 2030 is that the proportion of people studying STEM majors will reach 35% at each training level, of which at least 2.5% will be in basic science majors and 18% will be in majors related to digital technology.
Regarding the quality index of university admissions, most STEM majors have improved and are higher than the average, with at least 40% of students from specialized high schools studying STEM majors.
The goal for the 2030 - 2035 period is that the proportion of people studying STEM majors will reach 40% at each training level, of which at least 3% will be in basic sciences and 20% will be in digital technology-related majors.
The total estimated budget for implementing the project's main tasks and solutions by 2030 is about VND20,000 billion; of which the State budget is about VND16,000 billion and other legal capital sources are about VND4,000 billion.
There are 25 public universities and 3 non-public universities prioritized for investment and implementation of talent training programs.
Regarding the issue of developing human resources to serve high-tech industries, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Duc, Chairman of the Council of the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said that in 2012, the proportion of the university's engineering and technology majors accounted for only 8% of the enrollment target. By 2023, this proportion had increased to 31%. This is a remarkable achievement in improving the quality of training high-quality human resources.
However, Professor Dr. Nguyen Dinh Duc commented that the team of teaching and research staff in the field of high technology is still limited in quantity and quality; infrastructure and modern laboratories cannot keep up with advanced technologies in the world; strong research groups in the field of high technology are still very few, investment funding is still modest; recruiting high-quality foreign scientists is difficult; the strategy has not prepared human resources for new technology industries...
According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Duc, in order to have good human resources, it is necessary to have good experts to access the world's technology, and it is necessary to build an orientation for training experts in this field. At the same time, promote cutting-edge high-tech research; effectively train foreign languages in universities. In particular, higher education institutions need to promote links with businesses in high-tech research and training...
According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quy Thanh, Principal of the University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, to improve the quality of human resources, it is necessary to clearly define high-quality criteria associated with the labor market, carefully analyze the economic structure and technology market until 2035 and the following years to have a suitable training program structure, along with the conditions for implementation, ensuring quality with high-quality programs.
Dr. Le Truong Tung, Chairman of the Board of FPT University, emphasized that there should be policies and mechanisms to attract students to study natural sciences right from high school in order to increase the quantity and quality, and find talent for training high-quality human resources.
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