Vietnamese vocational schools will set out the recruit and train 1,748,000 people in 2010, aiming to raise the ratio of skilled workers nationwide to 30 percent. The specific type of training offered should reflect market demand and requirements said head of the General Department of Vocational Training Nguyen Tien Dung

One of the biggest problems nowadays is that the vocational graduates report difficulty in finding jobs, while businesses still lack human resources.

Mr Dung said that there are many reasons for this. Some students choose vocational programmes for which there are very few actual jobs while other fail to meet the business skills requirements.

Many enterprises report having to retrain workers after hiring them.

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