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ANNEX 1: TEMPLATE FOR COUNTRY PLAN

Please complete this form and submit it to SEAMEO CELLL (director@seameocelll.org) by
27 May 2016 to be considered for financial support. If your country does not need financial
support, kindly submit this form by 03 June 2016.
1 Country name: VIETNAM
2 Responsible institution: HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY
3 Contact persons name and E mail address:
1. Dr Truong Tien Tung - President of Hanoi Open University
Email:truongtientung@hou.edu.vn
2. Dr. Nguyn Mai Huong Chairwoman of Board of Regents of Hanoi Open University
Email: huongnm@hou.edu.vn
3. Assoc.Prof. Dr. Tran Huu Trang Head of Department of Scientific Research and
International Cooperation
Email: huutrangstran@hou.edu.vn
4. MBA. Nguyen Thi Huong An - Department of Scientific Research and International
Cooperation
Email: huongan.nguyen@hou.edu.vn
4 Provisional title of report: The Role of Open and Distance Learning in Building a
Learning Society in Vietnam
5 Categories of successful lifelong learning practices (please select upto three
majorcategories your country would like to share as successful practice.)
PURPOSES OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Gender equality and womens empowerment through lifelong learning
Poverty reduction
Teachers and facilitators continuing professional development
Sustainable development through lifelong learning
SYSTEMS OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Financing for lifelong learning
Measures to address low participation and exclusion in lifelong learning
Linking different sectors (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labour) for lifelong
learning
Collaborations with private and social partners
Multiple and flexible learning pathways for children and adolescents
Recognition, validation and accreditation of nonformal and informal learning
Other approaches linking different forms of learning
Monitoring and evaluating lifelong learning policies and strategies
Research for lifelong learning (e.g. impact assessment)
SITES OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Learning and education practices bridging different sites for lifelong learning (e.g.
schools, higher education, workplaces, libraries, museums, tourist sites)
Community-based learning places and centres
Building learning environments in families, communities, cities and regions
Using distance and ICT-based lifelong learning strategies
Others:

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6 Government policies and legislation (please provide a brief description of policy/

legislation which will be covered in the report and describe how national and local legislation
is passed in your country):
1. Decision No. 711/QD-TTg dated 13 June 2012 of the Prime Minister approving the
education development strategy 2011-2020;
Brief description:
Article 1. To approve together with this Decision the 2011-2020 education development
strategy.
Article 2. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing.
Article 3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached
agencies and chairpersons of provincial-level Peoples Committees shall implement this
Decision.
2. Decision No.89/QD-TTg dated 09 January 2013 of the Prime Ministers approval
of the project Building a learning society period 2012-2020
Brief description:
The goal of the plan is to obliterate illiteracy and promote broad education, raising the
level of computing literacy, foreign languages, professional qualifications, expertise and skills,
improving soft skills, developing personal and social environment.
Solutions are given out to raise the awareness about purpose, importance and benefits of
building a learning society and organizing the lifelong learning activities through mass media,
libraries, museums, cultural houses, clubs; consolidating network of educational institutions,
promoting the form of distance education and online education, implementing measures to
support learners to improve quality and effectiveness of lifelong learning; building
coordination mechanisms among the different levels, sectors and business organizations in
the process of building a learning society.
3. Decision No. 1559/QD-TTg dated 10 September 2015 of the Prime Ministers
approval of the project Development of distance training period 2015-2020.
Brief description:
1. The overall objective
To promote distance learning and improve the quality of distance learning programs to
meet the demands of learners, providing open, flexible and diversified learning programs,
ensuring the regional and international integration, contributing to the construction of a
learning society.
2. Specific objectives 2020
a) All degree-granting distance learning programs are accredited.
b) All distance learning programs have sufficient learning materials and supporting
equipment of international standards.
c) All managers, teachers and trainers participating in the implementation of distance
learning programs are professionally trained on distance learning.
d) Developing key distance learning providing institutions; encouraging relevant education
institutions, enterprises, organizations and individuals to supply learning materials and
technologies for distance learning.
7 Levels of education covered in the teaching-learning content of chosen successful
practice(s)(please describe in terms of International Standard Classification of Education
(ISCED)1 or by school education level):
Bachelor
8Age group and specific characteristics of learners in the chosen successful
practice(s):
Age group: between 25-45 years old
Specific characteristics: having a job
9 Activities planned for writing a national report (desk review, interviews, field visits):
desk review, interview, field visits, questionnaire

1UNESCO Institute for Statistics .2012.International Standard Classification of Education: ISCED 2011 [online].

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10 Budget (if you would like to request financial support from SEAMEO CELLL, please
provide a budget proposal):
Financial support is not required from SEAMEO CELLL
Financial support is requested from SEAMEO CELLL
Budget item

Unit cost

Cost

Contribution
Govt

1. Personnel (5 researchers and 5

collaborators)
2. Material
3. Questionnaire (sent via post
mail)
4. Interview (50 people in different
cities)
5. Field visit (10 university)
6. Indirect cost

$150

$750

$750

$400
$1

$200
$500

$200
$500

$50

$1,500

$1,000

$350
$100

$2000
$50

$1,500
$50

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