Education in Vietnam

Abstract

Vietnam is a country on the move. Yet contemporary Vietnam's system is at a crossroads. Rapid economic growth has permitted rapid increases in the scale and scope of formal schooling, but there is a prevailing sense that the current system is inadequate to the country's needs. Sunny assessments of Vietnam's achievements in the sphere of have given way to a realization that the country lacks skilled workers. Some have even spoken of an education crisis. These are not abstract concerns. What is occurring in Vietnam's system today has broad implications for the country's social, political, economic, and cultural development. Featuring contributions from scholars and policy analysts from within and outside Vietnam, Education in Vietnam addresses key issues pertaining to the political economy of education, the provision and payment for primary and secondary education, and the development of vocational and tertiary education. The book marks an important contribution to existing understandings of Vietnam's system and contributes to broader understandings of social conditions and change in contemporary Vietnam.

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