Creating New HabitsIntegrating Engineering into Vietnamese Society

Vu Tu Thanh – Vietnam Representative

Outline

• Problems• Solutions

Challenges to engineering education in Vietnam• Little inspiration and incentive from early on• Family• School• Society

• Perceived high costs• For schools• For students

Challenges to engineering education in Vietnam• Gender factor• Traditional thinking: girls not naturally fit for engineering

• Job environment unfavorable to engineers• Gaps between school training and actual job environment: 2 extremes• Inadequate training => needs retraining• Adequate training but engineers have to compromise under pressure

from corrupt practices

Some suggestions

• Raise awareness about engineering: communication and outreach efforts

• Recruiting more girls into engineering by both educating society, including girls themselves, and positive discrimination

• Better public and corporate policies to protect and incentivize engineers who uphold professional integrity

Contributions by private sector

• HEEAP activities

• Company exhibit/museum

• Internship programs

• Sharing employer best practices (Best employer for engineers award)

How US-ASEAN Business Council can help

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