The 2024 E-Commerce and Digital Economy Lecturer Training Program with the theme "Workshop on Improving the Quality of Training and Career Practice for E-Commerce Students" has attracted more than 400 lecturers, and was successfully held in Ho Chi Minh City (18/9) and Hanoi (20/9).
In 2023, the E-Commerce and Digital Economy Lecturer Training program held for the first time in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City has attracted nearly 500 lecturers and faculty leaders from universities across the country and a number of delegates from related units. The program has helped lecturers have an overview through new perspectives in digital human resource training activities,
Following the success, the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) in collaboration with the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy (IDEA) continues to organize the E-commerce and Digital Economy Trainer Training Program in 2024 with the theme "Workshop on improving the quality of training and professional practice for e-commerce students" for lecturers at schools universities and colleges nationwide. The program is within the framework of the project "Building lectures, organizing events, and training on e-commerce to improve the quality of human resources and develop the market". According to the national e-commerce development master plan for the period of 2021 – 2025, the task is "Training e-commerce knowledge and skills for teachers of universities, colleges and professional high schools, developing a network of lecturers and experts with experience in teaching, imparting knowledge and skills about e-commerce"
Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 645/QD-TTg dated May 15, 2020 on approving the National E-commerce Development Master Plan for the period of 2021 – 2025, which sets the goal of having 50% of e-commerce education and training institutions by 2025 and states the task of "Knowledge training, e-commerce skills for teachers of universities, colleges and professional high schools, developing a network of lecturers and experts with experience in teaching, imparting knowledge and skills on e-commerce".
The workshop was attended by Dr. Le Hoang Oanh - Director of the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy (E-commerce and Architects), Ministry of Industry and Trade; Mr. Bui Trung Kien, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam E-commerce Association; ASS. TS. Le Thai Phong, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Foreign Trade University; and delegates from the Department of E-commerce and Architects, Vietnam E-commerce Association, Foreign Trade University and nearly 200 lecturers from universities and colleges nationwide.
Dr. Le Hoang Oanh
Director of the Department of E-commerce and Architects
Speaking at the workshop, Dr. Le Hoang Oanh - Director of the Department of E-commerce and Economics (iDEA) said that for many years, human resources for e-commerce, especially high-quality human resources, have always been a big problem hindering the development of e-commerce in Vietnam. This is a field that requires broad knowledge in many fields such as economics, information technology, management and foreign languages... so it requires a long training period; short-term classes and vocational training are only temporarily solved in times of shortage of human resources. Therefore, long-term formal training at higher education institutions has become a fundamental solution for high-quality human resources of e-commerce in the future. In recent years, at educational institutions, e-commerce is one of the trending disciplines, providing open and diverse job opportunities, with attractive salaries, and a dynamic working environment.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung
Chairman of VECOM
According to the Cooperation and Connection E-commerce Training Report of the Vietnam E-commerce Association, in 2023, excluding schools that have trained in e-commerce, 89 out of a total of 238 universities not in the security and defense sector (accounting for 37% of the schools participating in the survey) have trained e-commerce modules.
Leaders of the Department of E-commerce and Architects, Vietnam E-commerce Association took a souvenir photo with lecturers of universities and colleges in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Schools training e-commerce modules are increasingly diverse, not only including schools in the fields of economics, commerce, business administration, finance but also schools in the fields of forestry, fine arts, culture, etc.). Also in the Report, statistics from 34 universities show that the number of students studying e-commerce is increasing rapidly. The total number of students in e-commerce in the 2023 academic year is 2.5 times higher than in the 2020 academic year, the number of graduates in e-commerce in the 2021 academic year is 880, in 2022 it is 1,196 and in 2023 it is 1,327 students. The most obvious trend is the increasing benchmark into the e-commerce industry. According to statistics, 62% of schools have gradually increasing benchmark scores, 20% remain unchanged and 18% are unclear about the upward or decreasing trend, which proves that e-commerce has gradually affirmed its important role and e-commerce training is increasingly concerned.
According to the 2024 enrollment scheme of a number of universities, colleges, the e-commerce industry belongs to the formal training system. Currently, many schools have increased the quota, enrolling from 200 to 300 students. That partly shows the interest and investment of universities and colleges to meet the great demand from society for e-commerce human resources today.
Director Le Hoang Oanh affirmed that the training to improve the quality of e-commerce human resources is not only for students at universities but also needs to pay attention to e-commerce lecturers. Therefore, in 2023, the Department of E-commerce and Economics has collaborated with the Vietnam E-commerce Association to organize a training program on e-commerce and architecture for the first time, including 03 sessions, in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, for lecturers from universities training in e-commerce in the country.
In 2024, continuing to realize the goals and tasks set out in the National E-commerce Development Master Plan for the period of 2021 - 2025 and the National Strategy for the development of the digital economy and digital society to 2025, with a vision to 2030, the Department of E-commerce and Architects in collaboration with the Vietnam E-commerce Association organized 02 "Workshops on improving the quality of peach creating and practicing careers for students in the e-commerce industry" with the participation of nearly 400 lecturers from universities and colleges nationwide.
Accordingly, these workshops will aim at the goal of "Training e-commerce knowledge and skills for teachers of universities, colleges and professional high schools, developing a network of lecturers and experts with experience in teaching, imparting knowledge and skills on e-commerce"; at the same time, "Strengthen the practical content in training majors in digital technology, digital economy, digital society, bring digital platforms, digital technologies, especially Vietnam's digital platforms, open technologies into the introduction in training programs so that students have the conditions to practice and approach reality".
At the workshop, the speakers focused on sharing about the development of e-commerce and application trends in businesses today; at the same time, from practical issues at universities and colleges to discuss the orientation of e-commerce and architect training in the coming time.
Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh
Director of the E-commerce Development Center
Accordingly, Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh, Director of the E-commerce Development Center (Department of E-commerce and Architects) - one of the leading units in e-commerce training in Vietnam today, said that regarding domestic e-commerce training activities, since August 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Department of E-commerce and Architects) signed with Google to provide digital skills training courses; Coordinating with the Department of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities, Vietnam E-commerce Association, Shopee, TikTok, Lazada, Viettel Post, VN Post, Vnpay... and training institutions organize about 70 training courses on e-commerce for about 15,000 students/year. Regarding cross-border e-commerce, iDEA signed with Amazon Global Selling, Alibaba... to improve cross-border e-commerce human resources for about 3,000 businesses per year.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung
Member of the Senior Advisory Council on E-commerce
Vietnam E-Commerce Association
Regarding the goal of sustainable e-commerce development, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung - Member of the Senior Advisory Council on E-commerce, Vietnam E-commerce Association encourages businesses to focus on social responsibility and environmental protection. According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung, in order to develop sustainable e-commerce, it is necessary to have a clear legal framework, support businesses to comply with the law and protect consumer rights. The representative of the Vietnam E-commerce Association called for cooperation between state agencies and businesses to build a safe and effective e-commerce ecosystem.
Ms. Nguyen Le Ly Na
Manager of Seller Engarement Shopee Vietnam
Speaking at the workshop, Ms. Nguyen Le Ly Na - Manager of Shopee Vietnam's Seller Engarement Department emphasized that not only creating an e-commerce platform with a safe and interesting shopping experience, attracting millions of customers every day, Shopee also contributes positively to the development of the digital economy in the region. In particular, Shopee always actively connects with universities and the Department of E-commerce and Architects to support training and improving skills for young entrepreneurs and students. Ms. Nguyen Le Ly Na believes that this cooperation will contribute to the development of high-quality human resources, and at the same time promote innovation and creativity in the field of e-commerce in Vietnam in the coming time.
At the discussion session, representatives of the units proposed to the Government: Pay attention to and allocate funds through programs and schemes to train a team of qualified leading experts to jointly build a system of specialized management institutions and build a framework for training digital human resources to catch up with current development trends; To promulgate a specific mechanism to allow a few specialized training institutions to open postgraduate training programs; Develop a set of criteria, organize exams and issue practice certificates for consulting digital economy activities in general and e-commerce in particular; Linking and sharing open learning data, employment data between agencies from the central government to specialized training institutions nationwide...
At the end of the training course, nearly 400 lecturers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have received certificates to participate in the Program. The organizers would like to thank you for your support and participation, which has made an important contribution to the success of the program. The organizers hope that the sharing from businesses will not only help you have a deeper insight into the reality of the e-commerce industry but also expand your knowledge to other related industries. From there, this information will contribute to improving the quality of training and better orientation for students in the process of learning and career development.
