This book provides a comprehensive and scholarly review of various dimensions of the higher education system in Vietnam, including its recent history, structure and governance. The authors include both western and Vietnamese scholars, often writing together.

Vietnam is a dynamic member of the community of Southeast Asian nations. Consistent with aspirations across the region, it is seeking to develop its higher education system as rapidly as possible. Vietnam's approach stands out, however, as being extremely ambitious. Indeed, it may be at risk of attempting to do too much too quickly. By 2020, for example, Vietnam expects its higher education system to be advanced by modern standards and highly competitive in international terms. This vision faces many challenges. The economy, though growing rapidly, remains reliant on the availability of unskilled labour and the exploitation of natural resources, and decision making in many areas of public life continues to be hamstrung by a legacy of over-regulation and centralised control. A large number of goals and objectives have been set for reform of the higher education system by 2020. The success of these reforms will have a major bearing on the future quality of the system.

This sober assessment Vietnam's global competitiveness forms a backdrop to the subject matter of this book, that is, the state of Vietnam's higher education system. The book provides a comprehensive and scholarly review of various dimensions of the higher education system in Vietnam, including its recent history, its structure and governance, its teaching and learning culture, its research and research commercialisation environment, its socio-economic impact, its strategic planning processes, its progress with quality accreditation, and its experience of internationalisation and privatisation.

Sole up-to-date text on recent developments in higher education in Vietnam Book presents a fascinating case-study how one Asian country that 20 years ago moved to a market economy is approaching reform of modernisation of its higher education system Authors include both western and Vietnam scholars, often writing together Authorship includes leading scholars internationally in higher education studies

Inhalt
Higher Education in Vietnam: Reform, Challenges and Priorities.- Vietnam's Higher Education System.- Higher Education in Vietnam 19861998: Education in Transition to a New Era?.- The Higher Education Reform Agenda: A Vision for 2020.- Reforming Teaching and Learning in Vietnam's Higher Education System.- The Research Role of Vietnam's Universities.- ResearchIndustry Cooperation Supporting Development in Vietnam: The Challenge of Translating Policy into Practice.- Intellectual Property and Vietnam's Higher Education System.- Reforming the Governance of Higher Education in Vietnam.- Processes for Strategic Planning in Vietnam's Higher Education System.- Processes of Modernisation in Two Public Universities in Vietnam: University Managers' Perspectives.- Optimising the Impact of Vietnam's Higher Education Sector on Socio-Economic Development.- Accreditation in Vietnam's Higher Education System.- Internationalisation of Vietnamese Higher Education: Retrospect and Prospect.- Private Higher Education in Vietnam.