On January 19, 2026, the Standing Board of the Hai Phong City Party Committee issued Resolution No. 06-NQ/TU, amending and supplementing Resolution No. 14-NQ/TU dated May 13, 2024. This resolution aims to create a powerful breakthrough in the innovation and quality improvement of vocational education across the city.
Vocational Education as a Breakthrough for Human Resource Development
In the context of the city's new development phase following administrative boundary mergers, Hai Phong identifies vocational education as a vital and long-term strategic solution for high-quality human resource development. The core objective is to position Hai Phong as a leading national education and training center, playing a pivotal role in human resource development for the Red River Delta and becoming an international center for marine science and technology training, research, and application.
Specific Goals by 2030
The Resolution sets ambitious targets to standardize and modernize the vocational education system:
- Enrollment and Training: Reach 16,000 students at intermediate and college levels, with a female ratio exceeding 40%.
- Staff Quality: 100% of teachers and managers are to be trained and fostered to improve digital capacity, skills, and modern pedagogical methods in a digital environment.
- Training Facility System: Develop at least 06 high-quality schools and approximately 80 key occupations. Among these, 4–6 occupations should be competitive within the ASEAN-4 and 3–5 occupations should approach the standards of G20 countries.
- International Cooperation: 100% of colleges must have at least one program for cooperation, exchange, or technology transfer with international partners.
Key Tasks and Solutions
To realize these goals, the city will focus on several strategic solution groups:
- Strengthening Leadership: Promoting the role of the political system and thoroughly grasping central guidelines on breakthrough vocational education development associated with industrialization and modernization.
- Improving State Management Efficiency: Reviewing and rearranging public vocational education institutions; reforming the model of combining vocational training with general education; and encouraging the development of non-public and foreign-invested vocational institutions.
- Promoting Digital Transformation: Building digital infrastructure, developing smart vocational schools, and increasing investment in virtual internship equipment, laboratories, and modern practice workshops.
- Diversifying Investment Resources: Implementing comprehensive autonomy in vocational institutions and effectively applying incentive policies for training facilities in core sectors serving the city's socio-economic development.
The Standing Board of the City People's Committee Party Committee requires all subordinate party cells to organize the dissemination and mastery of this Resolution to every party member, to be completed before March 30, 2026. The effective implementation of Resolution No. 06-NQ/TU is expected to create a highly skilled workforce, meeting the requirements of key economic sectors such as high-tech industry, logistics, the marine economy, and tourism.