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"I want my son to go to school in Canada." Mac Van Tien the group leader and a member of a delegation of government and state officials from Vietnam currently visiting Ontario is most impressed with our post-secondary institutions. Mac Van Tien is Vice- Director of the Vocational Scientific Research Department, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Issues (MOLISA) based in Hanoi. Director of the Vocational Scientific Research Department, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and
Social Issues (MOLISA) based in Hanoi. The delegation arrived in Kitchener-Waterloo on
Saturday June 17th, after a grueling 23 hours en route from Vietnam. They are touring educational institutions in southwestern Ontario, including the Ontario Ministry of
Education/Training, Universities and Colleges
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A Vietnam delegation of state officials visited the office of the
President of Wilfrid Laurier University recently to learn more about
program offerings at Wilfrid Laurier University. Pictured in the photo
is President Dr. Robert G. Rosehart, along with Norm Damaren,
INFOworks Educational Services Inc.
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based in Toronto, collecting first-hand data
on our province's universities and colleges. They plan to use the information from their
visits, to construct a strategic plan that will respond to their need to strengthen their
vocational and technical education infrastructure.
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Last week the group visited Conestoga College, Renison College/University of Waterloo,
University of Guelph, and Fanshawe College in London. They also spent time visiting the
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and our local landmarks.
Vietnam is undergoing massive educational reform. It is reported that the overall
objective of tertiary educational reform in the next 15 years in Vietnam is to achieve
basic changes in the quality and scope of the system so that it can respond to the
country's socio-economic development and the people's demands for further studies. It
is expected that by December 2006, the proposal to establish Vietnamese universities of
international standard will be completed and submitted for approval.
"In an effort to address these issues, Vietnam's General Department on Vocational
Training of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Issues (MOLISA), is cooperating with
foreign partners in retraining teaching staffs and improving vocational curriculums.
Current vocational and technical education projects include 76 long-term training
programs focusing on teaching 48 specific job skills, and 27 short-term training
programs." Source: Industry Canada
On Tuesday June 27th, the group will spend the day on campus at Wilfrid Laurier
University. Dr. Robert Rosehart, President, Wilfrid Laurier University will discuss various
aspects of decision-making and program development while other presenters will focus
on information technology and the management of academic information. The
delegation plans to leave Canada for Hanoi on Friday June 30, 2006. A second group is
scheduled to arrive on July 8th, 2006. INFOworks Educational Services Inc., based in
Waterloo Region, is hosting the group.
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For more information, please contact Norm Damaren at INFOworks Educational Services Inc.
(519) 576 8757 or e-mail:
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