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One of the important
factors in regenerating any economy is the quality and quantity of professional and industrial education. To
improve our economy, we need
to elevate the level of intellectuality and professionalism of line staff
to mid-level managers - not necessarily top management especially for rebuilding nation such as Vietnam. The traditional American
management doctrine of "selecting a quality general manager first then use
money to attract better workers as robots" has lead to drastic downfall of
their production or services behind China, who proves that the opposite
presents better economic production methodology. Poor
quality manpower at this level can directly disable any technology or
products of that country. This is one of the dilemma in the US: They have
the technology, the capital, the management software but poor production manpower is ruining their
products and not because of China's advances. Individualism, arrogance,
complacence and US labor policies and a problem-ridden educational system continue to mold workers to be less
productive while allowing commercialism to corrupt their youth into a
fat, playful, mindless population to
be slaves to a life of social and economic uselessness. We need to avoid
this serious mistake for our future generations. This means ANY nations, Vietnam,
China or the US.
To improve production
strength, it takes better workers - NOT better mangers alone - because
managers do not do the production work,
workers do. Traditional schools do not and cannot prepare students for specific
professional skills while professional schools by private companies are
lacking of experience in practical agriculture, industry, production,
machinery and international-related issues. Even if there are, these
schools are intended for people with money. The poor, who is the bulk of the labor force, are not welcome.
We need to have practical vocational and industrial training with direct
relevance to our own industries but at a cost the poor can afford. VINAREX plans organize
specific practical curricula to equip future generations of workers with new
knowledge and skills necessary for modern world.
Teachers will be Vietnamese scholars and volunteers from other nations.
Classes will be at low cost or free in exchange for work with our project or by pay back with portion of their
salary so we can continue to train others. |
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First:
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Trained workers for
modernized agricultural, manufacturing and related industries are
necessary in order to advance our production and product quality.
There isn't such schools in Vietnam anyway especially at low cost for
the poor. |
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Second: |
Being in agriculture, manufacturing or businesses, we provide a better
insight into educational need of the industry and to better our
economy than our neighboring nations, we must also make our workers
better than neighbors. |
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Third: |
Conventional vocational and foreign schools charge a lot of money so
those who are wealthier and who, upon graduation, will not
like to become workers anyway. To prepare the foundations of a
stronger economy, we need more trained workers - not more managers -
to work with modernized production and methods. |
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Fourth: |
As businessmen and
industrialists, we can develop more realistic curriculum than
conventional academicians; We also need to create a training base to
supply quality and capable manpower to our own industries being
developed anyway. |
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Fifth: |
Students can learn more
effectively when there are on-the-job training, apprenticeship
training within the industries we seek to develop. Therefore these
schools will be a mutually supportive component for economic growth at
a much lower cost than typical paid schools operated by private
individuals or foreign companies.; |
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Sixth: |
Whether we like it or not,
foreign educational institutions will introduce the political and
ideological connotations of their own nation in the course of their
instructions. We prefer students to learn skills and information and
maintain the teaching, the culture and other values as Vietnamese. |
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Seventh: |
The poor does not have
money to send their children overseas to study. We must develop a
comprehensive overseas study, internships, work-study programs in
various industries via the international companies or organizations we
are working with so our students can acquire knowledge and experience
from overseas. |
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These practical vocational
classes as additional training are necessary for Vietnam so our labor
population can contribute more effectively to a future economy in a productive
and professional manner.
Curriculum will be designed along the specific industries in today's world.
Under this "low cost" network, students are selective and will participate
in various programs and plans within our network of companies. |
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VOCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO MODERNIZE LABOR
FORCE IN THE RURAL VIETNAM |
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This listing represents what
are considered to be relevant to the agricultural and industrial
operations under planning. They are to be developed and improved over a
period of time. |
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Vocation Areas |
Subjects |
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Agriculture -Support
Curricula |
Modern Agriculture
- Agricultural planning and development - Agricultural business -
Agricultural export - World Agriculture - Agriculture in Asia and
South East Asia - Vietnam's competitors in Agriculture in Asia -
Vietnam Agricultural and Natural Resources - Agricultural
Machineries and Operations - Diesel Mechanics - Agricultural
Equipment Repairs and Fabrication - Modern Technology tools: from
sensors to satellites - Agricultural Tools and Equipments today - Flood Control Planning and Prevention -
Geology of Vietnam - Geological Problems in Vietnam - Crop Planning
and Management Software - Farm site Management and Software - Farm
Financial Management - Farm Tool Fabrication - Engines in
Agriculture: Diesel, 1/4-cycle, battery-operated |
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Export - Business
International Maritimes |
Modern Export
Principles & Strategies - Studies of Specific Importing Nations -
Strategies in International Business - International Business and
Maritimes Laws - Studies of HTS (Harmony Tariff System for
Importers) - Problems of International Tariff - WTO issues and
answers - Dealing with Export problems: WTO, Custom Rulings,
Protests... - Control and Prevention of Export Problems -
International Shipping Principles and Strategies - Trade Zones,
Enterprise Zone Issues - Dealing with Quotas, Impounding, Disputes,
Discrepancies... - Export Business Network: Who and How - Export
Shipping: Who, How, Why - Export Business Software and Management -
Export Marketing Strategies: Specific Vietnamese styles/strategies
should not use - How to evaluate your exporter and importers without
seeing them - |
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Industrial
Manufacturing and related skills |
Modern Industrial
Manufacturing Principles - New Industries around the World - Major
Industrial Nations: Who, How, Why they are better than us? - Industrial
Profile of Vietnam: Problems, Strategies and Answers - Industries by
Vinarex - Industrial Welding Machinery, Tools - Industrial Warehouse
Operations, Management - Industrial Machinery Drivers Training: Forklifts,
Material Handling Equipments, Container Hauling skills, Tractor Driving
skill, etc. - Modern Industrial Metals and Steel Fabrication - Modern
Industrial Materials - Industrial Plastics - Plastic Welding - How to read
construction blueprints? - How to read equipment blueprints -
Understanding Metallurgy - Understanding Modern Composites and Advanced
Materials - Industrial design software: AUTOCAD, FORM-Z, SOLID WORK,
MASTERCAM, PRO ENGINEER, 3-D MODELING... |
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Modern
Industrial Product Designs |
Major Industries important to Vietnam
- Food Processing Equipments - Restaurant Dishwashers - Restaurant
Grease Traps Designs and Fabrication - Restaurant and Store
Equipments - Restaurant/Store Refrigeration: Materials,
Fabrications, Repairs - Sewage systems: Residential, Industrial,
Restaurants - Industrial and Commercial Waste Systems - Monitors and
Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Waste - Environmental Crime
Detection - Garbage Disposal Systems - Garbage Processing Systems:
Issues and Answers - Water Purification Principles - Water
Sterilization Equipments - Reverse Osmosis systems - Ice Machines -
Dishwasher Designs for large scale restaurants and hospitals -
Waster Disposer and Processor for Industrial use - Garbage
By-Products: What, How, Why... |
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Logistics,
Business English |
Logistics Business -
Warehousing - Transportation - Logistics Management and Software -
Inventory Planning, Management, Technology - Tracking systems -
Remote Readers - Security and Security Management - Warehousing
Equipment and Rack Fabrication - Modern Shipping Businesses - Small
Shipping Business - Business English - Business Communications
Styles and Strategies - Technical Writing - Business Advertising
Materials: Where, How, What, How much? - Modern Advertising and
Marketing: Goods and Bads - Business Communications for Export:
Goods & Bads - Writing of English Letters and Emails for Export use
- Importer-Exporter Business Evaluation - Exporter Development and
Marketing - |
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Food Lab/Mfg -
Food Service - Food Prep & Preservation |
Fundamental Food
Biology, Bacteriology and Virus - Food Processing Principles -
Modern Food Processing Equipment: Operation Principles - Vegetable
Cleaning Equipment designs - Typical Food processing equipments -
Food Service Operations and Software - Food Processing Operations,
Software, Management - Food Hygiene - Hygiene Testing, Materials,
Tools - Hygiene Strategies for Food Manufacturers - Food
Preservation Principles and Equipments - Fermentation and
Bacteriology for Beverages - Routine Test Development Procedures for
Specific Business - Control Atmosphere Food Processing - ASEPTIC
packaging - Pasteurization Principles - Food Machineries: How they
work - Intelligent Packaging and Labeling for International Markets
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Supporting Business
Classes |
English Classes -
Accounting Software Usage - Computer usage - Basic Software
Operations - Software and Record Keeping - Business etiquettes -
Business Development - |
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Special Group (*)
Seminars with Vietnamese Businesses |
Business
Strategies without Vietnamese style Tricks - Doing Businesses with
US importers or distributors - Doing Businesses with China - Doing
Businesses with UK and Select EU nations - Doing Businesses with
South Americans and Africans - Strength and Weakness of
American Businesses - Tricks and Cheats practiced by American
Corporations and How to Overcome them - Strength and Weaknesses of
Franchising System - Objective Evaluating a Franchise - Working with
US Customs and Importers -
(*) This is a
Group Discussion held on special occasions only for1 or 2 times a
year. |
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These are the training
necessary for Vietnamese in general to be in business with other nations
especially if we want to increase our trade with US and international
markets. |
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SPECIALISTS TRAINING PROGRAMS
within VINAREX for our own agricultural and rural development
programs |
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Education and training
are the foundation of growth and quality within our system. To
strengthen the future of our export agriculture and light
industries, these are SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS within
the first 2 years to be taught by senior professionals and technicians. Funding
will be inquired with UN, other leading nations and from private
interests. Proposed funding and support sources are:
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United
Nations |
United
States |
Government of Vietnam |
Foreign
Governments |
Private
Companies |
VINAREX |
Local
Universities |
Other
Personal Support |
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Salaries
for teachers and staff UN teachers |
Start up
expenses, equipments, Teachers |
Facility, rent |
On-going
supplies Recruitment Advertisements |
Supplement Salary for management |
On-site,
field training, Development |
TBD |
TBD |
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SPECIFIC
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS BY VINAREX |
SPECIFIC
CERTIFICATION LEVELS |
Typical
Subjects |
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1) Agricultural, Industrial, Mechanical,
Manufacturing vocations |
9-month Junior
Technicians |
Modern agriculture,
Ecology, Environment, Organic agriculture, Agricultural Equipment,
Basic Entomology, Pesticide Usage, Occupational Safety, Industrial
designs, Basic Engines, Diesel Mechanics, Modern Welding,
Fundamental Manufacturing, Modern Factories, Manufacturing
procedures and safety |
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2-year Technicians |
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Requirement: High
School level |
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2) Supervisor
skills, Management, English, Management/Admin software |
9-month Office
Technicians |
Management and
leadership, Work Organization, English, International trade,
Import-Export, Maritime laws, International laws, Ethics and
Marketing, Management and business software usage,
Transportation/shipping, etc. |
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2-year Junior Manager |
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Requirement: 6-mo
Apprenticeship |
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3)
University-related Training: Work-Experience, Teachers Training,
Overseas work/study/scholarships, Teachers exchange |
Student-work,
Internship, teacher-intern |
Programs designed to
provide Vietnamese students with work, jobs, experiences in
various fields and to work with our programs or others. |
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6-year
University-certified Teachers |
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Training, exchange,
scholarships |
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4) Certified
Program for: Teacher, Pesticide Users, Agricultural/Export
Inspectors, |
2-year Junior
Instructor Program |
We will design these
programs with the Government of Vietnam to immediately train teachers,
government inspectors, pesticide users-trainer-inspector program. |
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Pesticide Users,
Inspector training |
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Senior Inspector
Training |
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5) Other
Specific industrial training or Technicians for greenhouses,
machinery, equipment, shipping, export, distribution,
transportation, etc. |
Must setup immediate
training for specific work before and during specific industries
are operational. |
Such as: Plastics,
Metallurgy, Folk Lift safety, heavy equipment operator, Modern Ag
Equipments, Truck-Tractor Testing-training, Detail Skill Tests,
Distribution Management, Transportation management, Shipping
management, Installer of agricultural structures, etc. |
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6) Certified
Specialist for: Infrastructure and environment programs:
sanitation system, sanitation technology, machinery operations,
Environmental Inspectors, etc |
9 to 12-mo Technician
program, |
As we start build
infrastructural programs/products, garbage processing sites/plans,
environmental protection programs, etc. we must train sufficient
staff specialized in these subject areas and projects. |
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2-yr Supervisor
programs |
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6-months workers
programs |
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7) Special
creation and training of new staff: Government specialists to
prevent/detect abuses of chemicals, bio agents harmful to habitat,
environment, waters, etc to protect public health, export,
environment, etc |
Similar to modern air
security officers, we must create officers to protect exports
economics and public interests.
Heavy fines must be
required for environ-mental and infrastructural work. |
In time, Vietnam must
develop industries but must protect its human habitat, environment
especially against the use of bio agents on plants, animals and
contaminations of river, lake with industrial chemical, biological
wastes. The abuses can lead to dangerous public health and
threaten the future of our economy, agriculture. |
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These vocational or
specialist training programs must be planned immediately and to
take place no later than the first year of operations (other
literature/theory/admin programs can start earlier) so by the 3rd
year of operations, we may have trained sufficient number of staff
and workers for us and/or for Vietnam industries in the future. |
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SPECIFIC
PROBLEMS IN CREATING TRAINING SCHOOLS IN VIETNAM AND HOW WE
CAN SOLVE THEM |
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There are unique
problems in providing quality training/education in Vietnam especially in
vocation-related training. These problems must be addressed and resolved
so students/people can be effectively retrained to advance the country
into a stronger nation in Asia. |
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Issues or Concerns |
Interim Solution |
Future Solution |
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Lacking of books, books are in English |
Using On-line books,
selling printers at low cost for students to use at home |
Importing books or reprint
them in Vietnam |
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Students lacking of English skills |
On-line Google
translations or other translations |
Reprint books in
Vietnamese (with permission from author) |
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Lacking of Audio-Video Equipments, printing equipments |
Must request government
for special import permits |
Low or no duties on books,
educational materials |
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Distant Students in many Provinces |
Internet/on-line studies |
Same as previous answer |
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Lacking of teachers |
Teacher volunteers from
US; train graduates from Vietnam and overseas to be teachers |
Special training of
Vietnamese graduates to become permanent teachers |
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Lacking of practicing equipments |
Seeking used equipments |
Donations of used/new
equipments from Japan & US |
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These temporary
solutions are just for the beginning. We hope that within a few years of
our operations, we can generate sufficient supports and donations
international and educational organizations to purchase useful
equipments and supplies for these schools. |
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SPECIFIC
REPAYMENT PLANS FOR POOR STUDENTS |
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If we can be a little
innovative, we can create a system upon which students can learn,
can repay yet becoming meaningful citizens not only for our
organization, for the local Provinces but also for others |
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Payment Methods |
Explanation |
Great for himself and
for society |
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Working at VINAREX
as interns or pay back a % of income ea month |
This is a common method: A percentage of income to be deducted so
school can train others |
Working at VINAREX will help both the organization and the student to
gain experience for further professional development |
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To become
Teacher-Assistant of the same class later |
If
student is with skills, he/she can be trained to become assistants in
the classes; This is also good for the School |
During the growing stage, we need to develop as many teachers as we
can to expand these classes to more students |
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To be responsible
to take care of a talented child and tutor him/her |
This is a part of our plan: Trained student is to sponsor or to become
"older brother" to a talented young student and be responsible to care
for the young to excel in his talents or skills |
This process or method facilitate constructive social relationship and
to strengthen both persons' sense of pride, happiness in their growth
and making better citizenry for both |
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To volunteer to
assist farmers on a crop or product related to his studies |
To
assist a farmer with his crop is also a great way to be productive and
to gain further experience or connections with the community |
Farmers can pay with the extra income made from his products, etc.
This helps farmers increase production and create great friendships |
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To work at the
school in any capacity to help new students |
When necessary or useful, students to work in the same school to help
with the operation or with new students |
Special training of
Vietnamese graduates to become permanent teachers |
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These innovative
payment methods are great for the students to have a
chance to learn, to appreciate social relationships among
people and to gain a sense of personal pride
in social responsibilities and in contributing to others. This is important and useful
for an individuals. Such teaching not only create positive change
in society, it produces more talents at lower costs to society.
Pitifully this method is not acceptable in the US, for example, as
it may be viewed as a hindrance to profits for private school
business and other issues. |
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The above
examples illustrate the importance of education in the future of
Vietnam's economy. Education has always been important for
Vietnamese. This tradition has been exploited for business profits
by domestic and foreign companies. Some even charge high prices
for useless "diplomas" and "certificates" without much credibility or no real use in life. High cost
in education will continue to breed more managers
to pressure higher median wage without increasing economic output.
High costs of education will exclude the poor from better
education and will make more Vietnamese to grow up just to become
another $100 a month slave for foreign factories because they did
not have money to pay for schools. By providing the poor with
an educational opportunity and at low cost, we hope that other business-oriented schools will lower their prices
for the people. If they don't, we will consider setting up
permanent national school network at low cost within 5 years with profits
we make from our agricultural and industrial operations. |
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