Inception Seminar of the Project for Strengthening TOT Functions at Hanoi University of Industry

In the morning of October 4^th, 2013, Mr. Phuong Hoang Kim- the General Director of the Department of Human Resource Development under Ministry of Industry and Trade, also the Project Direct- chaired the inception seminar to introduce the Project for Strengthening TOT Functions at Hanoi University of Industry.

Among the guests coming to the seminar, there were: Mr. Mutsuya Mori – Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam, Mr. Cao Van Sam – Deputy General Director of the General Department of Vocational Training (GDVT), and other leaders and representatives from ministries, agencies, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions from all over the country.

Among the participants from Hanoi University of Industry, there were Mr. Tran Duc Quy – the Rector and also Manager of the Project, Mr. Ha Xuan Quang – the Vice Rector and also Vice Manager of the Project, and all the members of the Working group.

In the opening speech, Mr. Phuong Hoang Kim – Project Director, expressed his gratitude to JICA, to the related ministries, agencies, and all the TVET institutions for their interest and support for the project in the past time. He also hoped that the Project will continue to cooperate closely with all the agencies and organizations in the coming time.

Mr. Cao Van Sam – Deputy General Director of GDVT highly appraised all of the activities that the Project has been implementing and asserted that this is the right direction to develop and improve the quality of vocational trainers in Vietnam.

The seminar focused on introducing the Japan-Vietnam technical cooperation model at Hanoi University of Industry, the activities of the 3 outputs, and the management system of the Project.

During the discussion, the representatives from TVET institutions exchanged opinions on the current vocational training system which is related to the activities of the Project outputs.

The seminar also received comments from the representatives for the Project to improve the quality and efficiency of its activities, such as survey, development of training model, and trial training course.

The seminar successfully ended at 12:00 on the same day.