ADB unterstützt Vietnam, um Fachkräftemangel zu begegnen

Die Asiatische Entwicklungsbank stellt 70 Millionen Dollar bereit, um die Qualität von Ausbildungsprogrammen in Schlüsselbranchen in Partnerschaft mit dem privaten Sektor zu verbessern. Denn das Land kann die Nachfrage nach qualifizierten Arbeitskräften nicht decken. Nur 13 Prozent der arbeitsfähigen Belegschaft hat berufliche Qualifikationen.


ADB to Help Viet Nam Improve Technical Training to Meet Skill Shortages

Viet Nam’s drive to improve vocational training to address a worsening shortage of skilled workers in key areas of its economy is getting support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

ADB is providing $70 million in loans from its concessional Asian Development Fund for the Viet Nam Skills Enhancement Project, which will offer quality training programs in priority industries, in partnership with the private sector.

Around 24,000 students are expected to benefit from the program, with about 25% of them women and members of ethnic minority groups.

Viet Nam has posted impressive gains in growth and poverty reduction over the past 20 years, but with it aiming to target as an industrialized country, it is struggling to meet the demand for qualified specialized technical workers. Just 13% of the employable workforce has vocational qualifications.

“Viet Nam’s long-term prosperity and development depends on its increasing competitiveness in regional and global markets, and if it is to expand as an industrialized country, it must develop highly skilled industrial workers,” said Wendy Duncan, Principal Education Specialist, in ADB’s Southeast Asia Department.

The project will fund training programs in public and private vocational colleges in the automotive technology, electrical and mechanical manufacturing, hospitality and tourism, information and communication technology (ICT), and navigation and shipping industries – all of which currently lack sufficient skilled workers. It will provide management and instructor training to upgrade skills and improve planning and allocation of resources, and will also help develop new curricula and training materials, with support from the industries.

Credit will be also made available to approved private colleges to upgrade their equipment and facilities, with institutions expected to borrow up to $3 million to $4 million each.

Women in Viet Nam, who make up nearly half the labor force, are underrepresented in skilled occupations, with vocational training largely targeted at males in the industrial trades. The project aims to address gender inequity by including programs in ICT and hospitality and tourism where females are well represented. It is also carrying out a social marketing campaign for vocational training targeted at poor rural students, women and ethnic minorities, along with school pilot programs designed to attract more females into male-dominated industries such as electronics.

ADB’s assistance includes a regular ADF loan of $50 million equivalent with a 32-year term and grace period of 8 years, with annual interest of 1% per annum during the grace period, and 1.5% for the balance of the term. A second 32-year loan of $20 million will be made available for onlending to private vocational colleges, with an annual interest charge of 2.22% per annum. The government will contribute $8 million for a total project cost of $78 million.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs will be the executing agency for the project which is expected to be completed by August 2015.