TY - BOOK AU - Bodewig,Christian AU - Badiani-Magnusson,Reena AU - Macdonald,Kevin TI - Skilling up Vietnam: Preparing the Workforce for a Modern Market Economy T2 - Directions in Development - Human Development SN - 9781464802324 AV - HF5549.5.T7 -- .S555 2014eb U1 - 331.11/409597 PY - 2014/// CY - Herndon PB - World Bank Publications KW - Employees -- Training of -- Vietnam KW - Vocational qualifications -- Vietnam KW - Vietnam -- Economic policy -- 1975- KW - Electronic books N1 - Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Skills and Development in Vietnam -- Skills in Demand Today and for the Next 10 Years -- Preparing the Workforce for a Modern Market Econo -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 1 Vietnam's Economic Transformation and the Role of Education -- Trends in Vietnam's Labor Market since Dôi Mó'i -- The Role of Education in Vietnam's Labor Market -- Looking Ahead: Skill Needs for an Industr -- Summary and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Skills for Current and Future Jobs -- Shifting the Dialogue: From Education to Skills -- What Do We Mean by Skills? -- What Skills Are in Demand and Used in the -- Summary and Conclu -- Annex 2A: In Depth -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Skills Formation and the Importance of the Early Years -- What Do We Know about the Formation of Cognitive, Social and Behavioral, and Tech -- Step 1: School Readiness through Early Ch -- Summary and Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 Cognitive and Behavioral Foundation Skills in the Gener -- General Education in Vietnam at a Glance -- Step 2: Building Cognitive and Behavioral -- Summary and Conclu -- Annex 4A: In Depth -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Technical Skills to Promote Employability -- Technical Skills Development in Vietnam at a Glance -- Step 3: Building Technical Skills through -- Summary and Conclu -- Annex 5A: In Depth -- Note -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Back Cover N2 - Education has played an important role in making Vietnam a development success story over the last twenty years. In the 1990s and early 2000s Vietnam experienced rapid economic growth and poverty reduction in the wake of a rapid shift of employment from low-productivity agriculture to higher-productivity nonfarm jobs. Vietnam's committed effort to promote access to quality primary education for all has enabled this transformation and contributed to the country's reputation for having a young, well-educated work force. Skilling Up Vietnam argues that to continue its success story, Vietnam needs to renew its focus on education: not just expanding attainment, but equipping its workforce with the right skills will be needed to foster to Vietnam's continued economic modernization in the coming decade and more. Despite the evidence of impressive basic literacy and numeracy achievements among Vietnamese youth and workers presented in this book, many Vietnamese businesses report that a significant obstacle to their activity is the shortage of workers with adequate skills. Drawing on a survey of employers in urban areas, the book finds that, in addition to job-specific skills, Vietnamese employers value cognitive skills, such as problem solving and critical thinking, and behavioral skills, such as team work and communication. Reorienting Vietnam's education system toward teaching these types of skills will help prepare Vietnamese workers for a modern market economy. Skilling Up Vietnam proposes a three-step holistic skills strategy that looks at today's workforce as much as the future workforce. Vietnam's skills development efforts should focus on promoting school readiness through early childhood development, ensuring a strong cognitive and behavioral foundation in general education, and building job-relevant technical skills through a more connected; system among employers, students and universities, and vocational schools UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1744226 ER -