This will include efforts to increase Australian understanding of Vietnam’s education systems, to support Vietnam with strategically implementing education and skills reforms — including targeting efforts that reduce regulatory barriers for Australian (and foreign) investment in Vietnam’s education and training sectors, and increase commercial collaboration between our universities, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) providers and research partners.
Build enduring higher education institutional linkages
Vietnam and Australia will support efforts to build enduring relationships between our universities, especially in relation to increasing exchange of students and staff, and collaboration in research and innovation, including to support Vietnam’s university governance reform agenda.
Work together to build enduring relationships between Australian and Vietnamese universities, including sharing lessons learnt on university governance
Key initiatives- Vietnam and Australia commit to deliver the previously agreed Pilot Program, under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) side letter on the Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and Viet Nam to maintain TPP bilateral understandings.
- Australia to establish an Australia-Vietnam University Leaders Dialogue, to bring together Australian and Vietnamese universities and share expertise in university governance and create further mutually beneficial partnerships.
- Australia and Vietnam to continue to support of the Vietnam-Australia Centre, to bring together influential leaders to pursue policy solutions to shared regional issues, with a heightened focus on advancing women in leadership.
- Australia to establish an Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute, to provide a platform for universities, think-tanks, and businesses to share research and insights on Vietnam.
- Australia to support implementation of Vietnam’s Project 89 to provide capacity building and academic training for university lecturers and executives.
- Vietnam and Australia to prioritise an increase in the number of joint bachelor and joint doctoral qualifications on offer in Vietnam.
- Australia to support Vietnam’s capacity building in higher education through the Aus4Skills Program for the period 2021 to 2025.
Strengthen Vietnam’s National Qualifications Framework and recognition system
Australia will support Vietnam to develop its national qualifications framework and qualifications recognition system to enhance two-way student and labour mobility across borders, and to meet respective skilled labour and economic needs (including for the broader ASEAN region).
Support Vietnam to develop its qualifications framework and qualifications recognition system to enhance two-way student and labour mobility
Key initiatives- Australia to continue to support the implementation of the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework through Phase V of the ASEAN Qualifications Referencing Framework initiative.
- Australia to provide practical policy support to Vietnam to further develop its qualifications recognition system, as well as to become a Party to the UNESCO Tokyo Convention on qualifications recognition best principles and practices, including through the MoU between the Department of Education, Skills and Employment and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Support development of an industry-focused TVET system in Vietnam
Australia will continue to work with Vietnam to support the development of a quality, industry-focused TVET system, including through piloting online delivery and digital technology use to showcase the products and services Australia can offer to Vietnam, and encourage the creation of further partnerships and opportunities between our TVET providers.
Support the development of a quality, industry-focused TVET system in Vietnam, including through online delivery and digital technology use
Key initiatives- Australia and Vietnam to undertake a Digital Transformation in TVET pilot program to position Australia and Vietnam as key knowledge partners and create further partnership opportunities between Australian and Vietnamese TVET providers.
- Vietnam and Australia to continue to promote industry linkages with TVET providers, initially in the logistics and allied sectors, through a further phase of the Aus4Skills investment.
- Australia to raise awareness among Australian TVET providers on the conditions required to establish a training college in Vietnam, following issuance of Decree 15 in March 2019.
- Vietnam and Australia to support increased collaboration between Australian and Vietnamese VET colleges, including through delivery of joint qualifications.
- Vietnam and Australia to explore further opportunities for Australian providers to deliver short courses and micro credentials in Vietnam that meet the needs of industry.
- Australia to promote commercial partnerships between Australian providers and Ministries in Vietnam for the virtual delivery of best-practice English language intensive courses for overseas students.
- Australia to connect educators, edtech entrepreneurs and education institutions focused on education innovation through a technology-focused pilot project to explore key trends in each market.
Promote people-to-people links through eased restrictions for students
Vietnam and Australia will also support initiatives that promote lasting people-to-people links through eased restrictions for students.
Promote lasting people-to-people links between our two countries through easing students’ restrictions
Key initiatives- Vietnam to implement greater post-study work rights for international (including Australian) students in Vietnam to support internationalisation of Vietnam’s education system.