VIE/031
Strengthening of Human Resources in the Hospitality and Tourism Sector in Vietnam

The aim of the project is to strengthen the human resources to enable the supply of quality training, up to international standards to all students. So far, the project concentrates on improving practical training facilities, which will allow tourism training to become fully responsive to the industry’s needs. The schools should also be able to generate revenue, which is critical for the long-term sustainability and survival of quality tourism training.

Furthermore, the project aims to consolidate the outputs obtained up to this day as well as disseminate the good practice acquired throughout the new hotel schools.

The proposed overall objective of this project is to strengthen human resources in the hospitality sector of Vietnam and the proposed specific objective is to strengthen the capacity of the hotel schools in Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, Vung Tau and Hanoi to deliver quality training as well as to propagate best practices in newer hotel schools in Danang, Dalat, Nha Trang, Hai Phong and Can Tho.

The project rests on two pillars:

• The improvement of hotel management as well as the management and operation of hospitality schools in Vietnam;
• The adaptation of the quality of teaching and academic standards to the needs of the hospitality sector and their alignment with the national policy and government regulations.

Latest news

• Vietnam - Da Nang Hospitality College receives state-of-the-art equipment

  Published on 20 November 2014    By Ronny Thill, International Training Expert   

  On 8 October 2014, the Da Nang Vocational Tourism College (DVTC) received a new practice kitchen through the support of the Luxembourg government and the technical assistance of project VIE/031 (Strengthening of human resources in the hospitality and tourism sector in Vietnam). The newly installed kitchen will enable the tourism college, as one of nine national tourism schools, to offer a variety of Pastry -, Bakery - and Asian and Western Cuisine Banqueting courses to the delight of it's students and the whole tourism industry of Da Nang.

  

  Being the third largest city in Vietnam, Da Nang has a growing tourism industry with many five-star hotels and resorts located at one of the most beautiful beaches of the country. Five years ago, the college started in Pasteur Street in the centre of Da Nang with a very small building and meagrely equipped practice rooms. However, over time the local authorities recognised the importance of upgrading the training facilities to provide a better tourism and catering training venue for young students in the city. The college has now moved to a brand new campus next to the marble mountains on the main touristic road from Da Nang to Hoi An.

  With the support from Luxembourg, the college is now on its way to become a national reference point, especially for culinary and cookery capacity development for professional staff such as Kitchen and Pastry Chefs, but also for ancillary skills and services such as Waiter, Housekeeping and Front & Back Office. 

  

  Complementing the installation of the kitchens, Project VIE/031 organised also a series of hygiene courses for the teachers to use the new equipment correctly and to develop an hygiene plan in line with the international rules for food safety in hospitality to be followed by all Food & Beverage staff. 

  In the next few months, the project will provide even more support to the college with the establishment of a practical training room for bartending as well as a practice restaurant for students.