Publication: Improving the Performance of Higher Education in Vietnam: Strategic Priorities and Policy Options
Date
2020-04-28
ISSN
Published
2020-04-28
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The progress of East Asian economies in
recent years illustrates a strong symbiotic relationship
among higher education, innovation, and growth through the
production of research and skills. In the case of Vietnam,
higher education has a significant positive effect on
household poverty and long-term earnings at the individual
level, where annualized private returns to higher education
are above fifteen percent, one of the highest levels in the
world. As Vietnam aspires to become an upper middle-income
country by 2035, its productivity needs to increase
continuously, which requires greater production and
effective use of highskilled manpower and science,
technology and innovation (STI). There is a disconnect
between Vietnam’s remarkable achievement on equitable
economic growth and human development, on the one hand, and
the performance of the higher education system, on the other
hand. Vietnam has experimented with a number of higher
education reforms in the last two decades, with some success
in expanding access but missing opportunities in achieving
good results on quality and relevance, and in furthering
equity. The main objective of this Bank’s report is to
provide a diagnosis of the current performance of the
Vietnamese universities and propose a range of options for
transforming and developing the higher education system.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Improving the Performance of Higher Education in Vietnam; Improving the Performance of Higher Education in Vietnam : Strategic Priorities and Policy Options. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33681 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”