Abstract
This article describes the historical evolvement of human capacity building in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. While current research has focused on investigating the motives of international students, skilled migrants and effects of skill migration policies, this article uses a historical approach to unpacking key political documents mostly published in Vietnamese to explore how human capital has been trained, used and retained. Eight successive phases for human capital development projects are analyzed through key publications by the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Central Government and related literature. It argues that human capital is not solely an individual’s asset, but publicly shared commodity. This argument can be used as a reference for further research that looks into issues of Vietnam’s human capital and migration from this country.
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Chi Hong
(2021)
"Vietnam’s Human Capital Development Processes,"
Essays in Education: Vol. 27:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://openriver.winona.edu/eie/vol27/iss1/1
