[International] Strong Partnerships Forge Win-Win: Taiwan-Vietnam Industry-Academia Collaboration to Cultivate Local Tech Talent
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The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam and Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) held a seminar on the 20th, attracting approximately 80 participants from Taiwan's and Vietnam's industry, government, and academia. Facing the talent gap in technology and management for Taiwanese businesses in Vietnam, both sides are actively promoting "on-site" industry-academia collaboration and talent cultivation, aiming to build a win-win business model that is deeply rooted in the local community.
Participants in the "Industry Brings Talent: Starting from Education" seminar included representatives from Taiwanese businesses, the International Cooperation Department, the Department of Higher Education, the Department of Vocational Education, and representatives from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, as well as representatives from VNU and various universities and colleges in Vietnam, totaling about 80 attendees.
Vietnam is one of the important investment destinations for Taiwanese enterprises, and Taiwanese businesses are the 4th largest foreign investor in Vietnam. However, many Taiwanese businesses cannot find sufficient local talent in technology and management, with a gap between immediate workforce needs and school education content.
Pham Bao Son, Vice President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, stated in his speech that the Vietnamese government has been actively transforming its development model and cultivating innovative technological talent in recent years. He hopes to connect businesses and schools to shorten the distance between education and practice, moving from merely "serving" businesses to "cultivating" talent "together" with businesses.
Pham Bao Son mentioned that there are over 50,000 Vietnamese students studying in Taiwan. Therefore, he hopes to use the representative office as a bridge to understand business needs and strengthen cooperation with Taiwan.
He noted that VNU has established a campus in the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, the largest and oldest in the country, to promote industry-academia collaboration locally and invites Taiwanese enterprises to establish platforms there.
Liu Shih-chung, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam, said in his speech that talent cultivation is paramount for Vietnam's technological transformation. Last year, over 50,000 students went to Taiwan to study, the highest number of foreign students in Taiwan.
Furthermore, Taiwan and Vietnam are forging another path: a business model where Taiwanese businesses and high-tech companies deeply rooted in Vietnam cultivate suitable local talent, collaborating with the Vietnamese government, universities, and businesses to find talent locally and integrate them into the future science park ecosystem.
In an interview with CNA after the event, Liu Shih-chung said that over the past year, he has visited electronics companies in Northern Vietnam, and they all believe that finding local talent is an effective, practical, and long-term solution for the human resource needs of high-tech or ICT companies. They are also willing to cooperate with Vietnamese universities and the government. "This is a win-win cooperation that is a perfect match, with both sides having interest and needs, and can be seen as a business model."
Hung Chih-hua, Chairman of the General Association of Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce in Vietnam, also attended and stated in his speech that industry-academia对接 will help schools consider Taiwanese business needs during the education phase, jointly solving the talent gap from the front end, and hoping that Vietnamese talent can shine on the international stage of Taiwanese businesses.
Ho Chang-yi, Senior Manager at Deloitte, pointed out to the attendees during the seminar that the talent gap in Taiwanese-invested enterprises mainly occurs "between professions," indicating deficiencies in the transformation of three types of capabilities: from theoretical knowledge to practical application, from language proficiency to professional skills, and from individual work to organizational collaboration.
Ho Chang-yi told CNA that talent recruitment currently tends to be "point-to-point." However, "if the same industry can unite, with the representative office acting as a connector, and jointly discuss with various universities how to design courses, whether for the electronics industry or the shoe industry, by transforming the professional skills required by each into curricula or projects, it can create economies of scale, avoid poaching talent from each other, and achieve joint talent development."
Le Tuan Anh, Director of International Affairs at VNU, who visited Taiwan previously, was deeply impressed by the university laboratories and teaching equipment that almost perfectly simulate real industrial production lines, enabling students to seamlessly transition into corporate work and needs after graduation. "I hope that Taiwanese enterprises will not only recruit talent after graduation but also directly participate in the cultivation process at VNU."
Phenikaa University, dedicated to promoting scientific research and technological innovation, has in-depth cooperation with many Taiwanese universities and research institutions.
Nguyen Quoc Dinh, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Office, analyzed, "Taiwan-Vietnam relations are currently at a very high point of bilateral cooperation, and Taiwan is one of the main sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam. Taiwan plays a very important role in Vietnam's overall development, both economically and in terms of human resource development."
The seminar lasted for three hours. Ou Chi-hsi, head of the education division at the representative office, also answered many questions from the floor after the presentation. Both Taiwan and Vietnam actively engaged in exchanges, and attendees agreed that this seminar was very necessary, providing a platform for cooperation between Taiwanese enterprises, the Taiwanese government, and Vietnamese universities. (Editor: Liu Hsiang-hua)
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