Government official oversea training situation in Vietnam

In the process of leading the revolution, the Communist Party of Vietnam always paid attention on the training of staff and considered this as a key step in the staff work of the government. On September 10, 2008, Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Vietnam issued Decision No. 187-QD/TW, establishing the Steering Committee for implementation of the scheme on State budget-funded training of leaders, managers studying abroad (referred to as Project 165).

Project objective:

- Following the process of training and retraining of personnel in the country to enhance the capability of leaders, managers of the political system according to the requirements of each job position; linked closely with planning officers short and long term.

- Training and retraining of expertise, foreign languages for staff in planning, talented young staff, ensuring that many leaders, creatives of the future are experienced professionals, with views wide, able to work independently in international communication relations. deputy director level or equivalent and above in departments, ministries, unions at the

- The new young university graduates have worked a few years with the prospect of leading cadres and management.

The training programs fostering:

- Training and retraining of management science, such as: Administration, Economic Management, Environmental Management, Urban, Social Management, HR Management, International law, Justice, utilities, information technology ...

- Training and retraining for language.

- Fostering leadership skills, managing on the field.

The form of training, retraining

- Long-term training in the training institutions abroad from 1- 4 year (interns, graduate students, high school).

- Fostering enhanced professional qualifications, foreign language from 3 months - less than 1 year.

- Fostering overseas short term from 2 weeks - 2 months (thematic classes)

- Training at the local facility in the form of collaboration with training institutions abroad.

Place the training and retraining:

In the years ahead, priority sends leaders, school management in several areas:

- East Europe, West Europe, North America: Learn about the administrative management, economic management, social management and public administration reform, urban management, environmental management, foreign languages ...

- Northeast Asia, India: Learning foreign languages, information technology, international law, e-government, public services ...

- The countries of Southeast Asia, Australia, NewZland: Study of corporate governance, economic management, public services, environmental management, foreign languages ...

Election officials plan for training and retraining:

- Period 2009 - 2010: Expected to go every year 30 fellows; 300 high school students;

200 trainees, 400 people learn foreign languages, fostering short 20 unions, 20 people / group = 400.

- From 2010 - 2015: Expected to increase the number of students the kind of 10%.

Enhanced training classes, training in the country; invite foreign experts in training and retraining of staff in domestic institutions. Every year about 1,500 people will send and invite 20-30 faculty, foreign professionals into teaching in Vietnam.

Finance:

Financial resources for the training and retraining of leaders, managers abroad under the Project165 mainly state budget; and mobilize more international funding and contributions from agencies, local elected trainee.

State budget spent on staff training and retraining are summarized below:

- Portuguese language support and testing in the country before going abroad to study.

- Tuition fee, enrollment fee, registration.

- Health Insurance.

- Airfare travel.

- Living fee

Organization and management staff to study abroad

The organization and management of staff to study abroad to follow the current regulations of the Party, State and regulation by the Steering Committee for implementation of the Project 165 issued.

The State budget-funded overseas training of Vietnamese officers has been implemented since the beginning of 2009. So far it has achieved important results. The project has organized various training program: Master, PhD; Short-term training; fostering language proficiency for 11,690 officers. Among 941 people attending master, doctoral programs, 158 doctorates and 444 masters are trained abroad, 339 masters are trained in the form of collaboration; To date, 621 officers have completed the curriculum, in which 282 officers are trained abroad (grade of distinction, excellence: 34%; credit) 339 officials are trained master

courses in 22 countries, 31 officers are Members of the Party Central Committee, 336 deputy ministers and equivalent; 40 general managers, deputy general managers and equivalent of the state economic corporations; 4,329 officers of departmental level and equivalent; 460 planning officers of departmental level, grassroots level and equivalent. With the objective of improving foreign language competence of officers in their work, trade, international relations, meeting the requirements of integration, among 4,275 officers involved in fostering foreign proficiency in domestic and foreign countries, 1,746 officers being sent for training abroad with English, Chinese, Laos, Cambodian, French, German, Russian, Japan, South Korean languages. After training, foreign language proficiency of officers is improved markedly; Most officers can use language well in external relations, meetings, negotiations with foreign partners.

Training results of the project has added young, highly qualified, foreign language knowledgeable officers for units in the country. Many officials have promoted their knowledge, been highly appreciated by units and localities and appointed to higher positions.

Training specialties have been focused on necessary areas, in accordance with the strategic development of national human resources, such as public administration, public management, public policy, law, international relations, economic management, business administration, social management, investment management, urban management, education management, traffic management, human resource management, sociology, international economics, etc.

For short-term training courses, content focuses on sector management, such as the organization, construction of the Party, testing, prevention of corruption, public relations, office, propaganda, foreign affairs, security and defense, etc.; fostering leading capacity, leading skill, management and experience of public administration reform, management of advanced countries. Most officers of the project trained in foreign institutions are appreciated for learning spirit, exemplariness in living; many officers are pivotal in gathering Vietnamese students abroad.

Training programs meet the requirement for practical overseas research, especially in developing countries. The result is not only limited to the training content, but also help expand vision and be a source of encouragement to officers, especially those who in remote areas. The party, mass, armed force who have fewer opportunities for overseas studies. After the training course, many practical contents are applied at different levels and many

cooperation programs for officer training have been connected between local and foreign partners.

Through Project 165, we organized a significant number of level cadres training studying abroad with many programs in many different countries, hope to help expand their vision, raise their awareness; strengthen their leading skill, management, communication and external relations; and accumulate experience in the implementation of overseas training towards higher and higher professionalism.

Besides these achievements, the overseas training of leaders, managers under Project 165 also has some limitations and shortcomings, such as the main target group for M.S. and Ph.D degree. overseas training programs was at departmental level or departmental planning level, In fact, those with the need for master, doctoral training accounted for low rate.

Besides, leaders in some units, for immediate job requirements of the agency, were not active in selecting and sending staff to study. Therefore, the subjects of departmental level or equivalent attending postgraduate education programs occupied a low rate, only 5.6%.

Officers attending short term courses were unfamiliar with the environment and learning methods abroad, learning time was short, learning must be through interpreter, participants in training courses worked in many different areas... so the efficiency was limited. The quality of short-term training programs depends on group organization and translation; delegation members’ awareness of purpose of the business trip was also different, some were not exemplary to abide by the common rules.