Australia supports manpower training at Tay Bac University
Tay Bac (Northwest) University and the Aus4Skills, an Australian programme supporting Vietnam’s human resources development, signed a cooperation agreement on August 29.
Graham Alliband, Program Director of the Vietnam-Australia Human Resource Development Partnership (L), and Rector of the Tay Bac University Nguyen Van Bao sign the cooperation deal on August 29 (Photo: Australian Embassy)
Hanoi (VNA) – Tay Bac (Northwest) University andthe Aus4Skills, an Australian programme supporting Vietnam’s human resourcesdevelopment, signed a cooperation agreement on August 29, laying a foundationfor a series of joint activities until 2020.
The cooperation aims to improve the university’sleadership and management, reform curriculum and teaching methods, increase academicsupport for disadvantaged students and promote women’s leadership.
About 80 percent of the students at Tay BacUniversity, located in Son La province – a disadvantaged locality in thenorthwestern region of Vietnam, are ethnics.
Rector Nguyen Van Bao said the AustralianGovernment’s support will help his university train skilled manpower, therebybetter meeting the labour market’s demand and contributing to economic growthin the region. With that assistance, Tay Bac University will set up long-termpartnerships with Australian universities.
Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chitticksaid his country pledges to assist Vietnam’s human resources development in variousways, including through support for Tay Bac University.
“We believe that with strengthened university management,reformed curriculum and teaching methodology, Tay Bac University will be ableto provide better academic support to nearly 4,000 ethnic minority students. Thiswill increase the success rate of ethnic minority students at the universityand help them get better jobs,” he said.
Aus4Skills is also going to sign similarcooperation agreements with Thai Nguyen University and its University ofAgriculture and Forestry in September.
As part of Aus4Vietnam – an Australia-Vietnamdevelopment cooperation programme, Aus4Skills is a five-year aid programme ofthe Australian Government for Vietnam. It is intended to help the SoutheastAsian nation to access and use skilled human resources, thus contributing tosustainable economic and social development.-VNA
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Graham Alliband, Program Director of the Vietnam-Australia Human Resource Development Partnership (L), and Rector of the Tay Bac University Nguyen Van Bao sign the cooperation deal on August 29 (Photo: Australian Embassy) 
