Vietnam to develop tertiary education
Vietnam has planned to have, by 2010, 20 students per 1,000 residents, and 10 universities which have at least one faculty whose training quality is equal to that of the world's renowned universities, according to local newspaper Pioneer on Tuesday.
Under a plan on developing universities and colleges in the 2006-2020 period recently approved by the Vietnamese government, the country will strive to have, by 2015, 20 universities which have at least one faculty whose training quality is equal to that of the world's renowned universities, and one university which is among top 200 universities in the world.
By 2015, over 70 percent of university lecturers and more than 50 percent of college lecturers will hold master or doctorate degrees.
By 2020, 70-80 percent of local students will undergo training according to profession and application programs, and 20-30 percent according to research programs. By the year, 30-40 percent of students will study at private universities.
More major universities and colleges will be established in Hanoi capital, central Da Nang city, central Hue city, southern Ho Chi Minh City and southern Can Tho city. By 2020, the Northwestern region is expected to have 10 universities and colleges, the Northeastern region 37, the Red River Delta 125, the northern part of the central region 45, the southern coastal part of the central region 60, the Central Highlands region 15, the Southeastern region 105, and the southern Mekong Delta 70.
By mid-2005, Vietnam, with a population of some 82 million at that time, had 22.5 million students from pre-school to higher education, or over 27 percent of its population, who attended 214 universities and colleges, 546 vocational training establishments, 26,359 grade schools, and 10,104 kindergartens, according to the country's Ministry of Education and Training.
Vietnam had literacy rate of 95.4 percent and 13 university students per 1,000 residents by mid-2005.
Xinhua - July 31, 2007.
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