Issued a Resolution on renovating the training of high-quality human resources aligning with Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development to 2030
On April 3, in Hanoi, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam had a meeting with Mr. Shishido Kenichi, Special Advisor to the President of JICA. The two sides discussed cooperation in training high-quality human resources for Vietnam’s agricultural industry.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said “Over the years, JICA has supported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in human resource training. The Government of Vietnam has approved the Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development to 2030, with a vision to 2045, which clearly defines the role of human resource training for the agricultural and rural sector”.
“In addition to training highly qualified human resources at the university and college level, Vietnam also needs to train human resources directly involved in agricultural production and local agricultural extension forces. Currently, the number of students studying agriculture majors accounts for a low percentage. Vietnam’s agricultural industry is in dire need of high-quality, skilled workers to develop the agricultural industry” he added.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a Resolution on renovating the training of high-quality human resources, divided into three groups: Centralized undergraduate and postgraduate training (at schools and academies of the agricultural sector) Vocational training and vocational colleges.
Training farmers and grassroots extension forces in the direction of starting to form professional farmers at the grassroots who have market knowledge and know how to organize production. Training methods are diverse and based on actual local conditions to have appropriate training methods. Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam wished that JICA would accompany the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in training these groups of human resources in the coming time.
According to Shishido Kenichi, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has a completely right orientation on promoting human resource innovation. He expressed his wish that JICA could support Vietnam in this field.
“The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has directed institutes and schools under the Ministry to coordinate with corporations and businesses to have training orientations according to the needs of corporations and businesses. Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said that in the near future, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will organize conferences on human resource training so that businesses and localities can have a closer connection in training, as well as for people. and localities better understand the field of human resource training in agriculture: added According to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.
