German businesses provide vocational training skills
(VOV) - More than 100 German businesses are willing to work with Vietnamese vocational training centres to offer internships to Vietnamese students.
The German Embassy revealed the information at a conference on German development cooperation in Hanoi on September 26.
It said the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will finance a range of vocational training projects in Vietnam, with a focus on DeveloPPP - an initiative guiding German business investment in developing nations.
DeveloPPP extends enterprises financial and professional skill support. Businesses must cover half of the specified project’s costs to be eligible for assistance, and the BMZ will offer each enterprise a maximum of EUR200,000.
Projects can last for up to three years and relate to a range of occupations. In Vietnam, many vocational training centres can offer students internships with German businesses receiving BMZ support.
German Ambassador to Vietnam Jutta Gisela Frasch expressed hopes the BMZ scheme will create numerous new opportunities for vocational training cooperation between Vietnam and Germany.
Practical experience, especially in factories, is essential to preparing students for employment after graduation. Vietnamese vocational training centres are working with businesses on fine-tuning their curricula to business demands.
Frasch said this fine-tuning is bound to improve Vietnam’s competitiveness in the ASEAN labour market.