Graduate Employment in Vietnam

Authors

  • Linh Tong Central European University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2019.97.10948

Keywords:

Vietnam, educational reform, structural skill mismatch, university employability rates, professional orientation

Abstract

As of 2018, it is mandatory for Vietnamese higher education institutions (HEIs) to publish the employment rates of their graduates. Failure to comply with this regulation will automatically disqualify accredited HEIs from the right to recruit new students. So far, less than 5 percent of Vietnamese HEIs have published employment rates for their alumni and there is a lot of criticism and suspicion from the public toward the reliability of these statistics. The ministry of education and training should either conduct a national employability survey or establish an accreditation agency to monitor the surveying process, rather than leaving this task to voluntary cooperation from universities.

Author Biography

Linh Tong, Central European University

Candidate for Master of Public Administration, School of Public Policy, Central European University

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Published

2019-03-13

How to Cite

Tong, L. (2019). Graduate Employment in Vietnam. International Higher Education, (97), 22–23. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2019.97.10948

Issue

No. 97: Spring 2019

Section

Focus on Southeast Asia

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