During a career orientation session at Byron Nelson High School in Texas, USA, my daughter and I had the opportunity to experience an exceptionally well-organized Culinary Arts vocational training model. In the U.S. education system, students are guided toward basic career paths as soon as they enter middle school, preparing them for vocational training in high school if they choose not to pursue a university pathway.

On the morning of November 20th, at Hue City Employment Service Center, the Department of Employment (Ministry of Home Affairs), in coordination with the National Employment Service Center and Employment Service Centers in regional localities, organized an offline-online hybrid job fair, simultaneously connecting with Quang Tri, Da Nang, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Quang Ngai. The event attracted a large number of businesses and workers.

On the afternoon of September 29, the “Hue - A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” project (TVA project), in collaboration with Hue Tourism College, held the launch ceremony of the Sustainable Tourism Vocational Training Center and sign a training cooperation agreement at Villa Hue Hotel.

Having professional skills and a stable job is the dream of many young people from disadvantaged families. Through free vocational training courses linked to market needs, REACH Hue Center has accompanied them from vocational classes to the doorway of employment.

On December 13th, Hue Industrial College (HueIC) collaborated with Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) to organize a professional workshop titled “Developing Sustainable Vocational Education: From Digital Transformation to Green Vocational Training.”

On the morning of July 15th, Hue Tourism College, in collaboration with IKIGAI International Soft Skills Training Center, organized the career orientation program “Understanding yourself, Understanding your career” to help students make solid steps when choosing vocational education at the intermediate level.

“Reaching the sustainability from noodle covers” is a program carried out in Hue by the Green Instant Noodle Club from July 26 to train knitting techniques for people with disability at Hope Center – a Vocational Training and Job Creation Center for People with Disability and Children in Difficult Circumstances (No.20 Nhat Le St., Hue City).

On July 28, Asia Education's office in Hue signed a cooperation agreement on vocational training program in Australia between Asia Education (Daystar Group) and Royal Greenhill Institute of Technology (RGIT) Australia.

On the afternoon of March 6 at Hue Industrial College, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport, Vietnam Association for Vocational Education and Training and Social Work, together with universities and colleges held the debate competition on Green Traffic – Round for the Central Region.