Human Resources: Key to Vinh Phuc Development

"Human resources are the key to development of Vinh Phuc," said Mr Nguyen Van Tri, Chairman of Vinh Phuc Provincial People’s Committee at the conference of "Fostering sustainable partnerships between educational institutions and business community to meet the development needs of human resources" held by Vinh Phuc People's Committee in collaboration with Portland State University in the US state of Oregon on December 9.

 

The workshop is under the framework of the Vietnam Oregon Initiative (VOI), a new partnership model between Vietnam and the U.S, under which US cities directly cooperate with Vietnamese cities for mutual benefit. Vinh Phuc is the third province that has hosted events of the Vietnam Oregon Initiative, after Binh Duong and Quang Nam. This is one of the practical activities to commemorate 20 years of normalisation of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the US.

 

According to Mr Nguyen Van Tri, Vinh Phuc is one of the top provinces in attracting large investments. Human resources is one of the factors contributing to the development of Vinh Phuc. In recent years, Vinh Phuc has paid due attention to the development of human resources, which is considered a determinant for sustainable development. The province has developed and implemented a project of developing human resources in Vinh Phuc by 2020, along with issuing and implementing various mechanisms and policies to support vocational training, job creation and enhancing investment and development resources on the network of vocational training centres. To date, the province has three universities with 53 vocational training institutions. However, the quality of vocational training has not met the needs of the labour market. The mechanism that links training institutions, enterprises and the government has not really met the requirements of businesses.

 

At the conference, Ms Ho Thu Uyen, Public Relations Manager of Intel Vietnam, said that after more than 5 years in manufacturing operations, Intel Vietnam has achieved many successes thanks to the Vietnamese staff. In 2006, when Intel first arrived in Vietnam, human resources in the technical field were not developed, but after several years of cooperation with training partners to provide professional education programmes, the Vietnamese staff of Intel have been trusted with many jobs requiring higher skill levels. Along with business development, the company also has performed its social responsibility for Vietnam by investing tens of millions of dollars in the training of human resources and other sustainable initiatives in Vietnam. “The Vietnamese workers will be a determinant of the success of the company in the future,” said Ms Uyen. Annually, Intel recruits outstanding students in the engineering sector of the universities such as Hanoi University of Technology, Danang University of Technology, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology to provide scholarships for studying abroad. Portland University is receiving many Vietnamese students to study and they then return to Vietnam to work at the company.

 

Representing the business community in Vinh Phuc, Cosmos Technology also offers options for language training to meet the needs for the enterprise's development in the province. Shaking hands with Portland University, a prestigious university of the United States located in the state of Oregon where there are many large corporations investing in Vietnam such as Intel and Nike, will also open up training opportunities for human resources of Vinh Phuc.

 

Developing the knowledge economy and high-quality human resources play important roles for the development of Vinh Phuc. Once participating in the TPP and other multilateral agreements, Vietnam will face fiercer competition. This requires high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of companies. Therefore, the educational institutions should coordinate more closely with local authorities to overcome the inadequacies in human resource training, of which local governments have roles in facilitating. "This will help Vinh Phuc keep pace with development in the future,” said Mr Tri.