c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s o f Vi e t n a m ’s

Engineering Workforce

Education Background ……….......…. p3

Professional Performance ……....... p7

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 HIGHLIGHTS
Top 10 Countries in the World
with the Most Engineering Graduates
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report 2015
Top 10 Countries in Asia Pacific
with the Highest Human Capital Index
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report 2016
Top 10 Countries of Origin Top 30 Countries in the World
of Int’l Students in Key Study-Abroad Markets and Top 2 in SEA
IIE - Institute of International Education, 2016 for Basic Academic Skills
Japan Student Services Organization, 2016 OECD – PISA rankings 2015
Australian Government, End of Year Summary of International
Student Enrollment Data, 2016
Top 7 Countries in Asia Top 10 in Regional Group
with the Highest EF EPI Average
in Attraction and Global Knowledge Skill
Top 5 Countries in Asia Global Talent Competitiveness Index, 2017
with the Fastest Improvement in English skills
2
English Proficiency Index, 2018
Top 10 Countries in the World
with the Most Engineering Graduates

# Country Number of annual graduates

Rapid development of IT
1 Russian Fed. 454,436 majors in Vietnam
2 United States 237,826 universities provide an
extensive supply of
3 Iran 233,695
software developers for
4 Japan 168,214 Vietnam software
outsourcing companies in
5 Korea 147,858
the years to come
9 France 104,746
10 Vietnam 100,390

Source: World Economic Forum – Human Capital Report 2015

Education background 3
Top 10 Countries of Origin
of International Students

Destination Vietnam’s # of Vietnamese

countries ranking students
When these students return
US 6 21,403 home, they help boost the
productivity, English
Japan 2 53,800
communication, and
interpersonal skills of the local
Australia 5 29,766
labor force
Sources:
• IIE - Institute of International Education, 2016
• Japan Student Services Organization, 2016
• Australian Government, End of Year Summary of International
Student Enrollment Data, 2016

Education background 4
Top 30 Countries in the World
for Basic Academic Skills
The research was based on the results of a two-hour
problem solving test sat by 540,000 15-year-olds from 72
countries Among countries in
MATH READING SCIENCE South East Asia,
1 Singapore 1 Singapore 1 Singapore Vietnam ranked 2nd for
all subjects, following
2 Hong Kong 2 Hong Kong 2 Japan
Singapore, and far
3 Macao 3 Canada 3 Estonia outscored other
22 Vietnam 30 Vietnam 8 Vietnam countries in the region.
25 Australia 32 Italy 11 Korea

27 UK 38 Hungary 12 New Zealand

Source: OECD, PISA rankings 2015

Education background 5
Top 5 Countries in the World
with the Highest Achievement
in International Olympiad
Vietnam at International Olympiad Vietnamese education
International International International does a good job at
Mathematical Chemistry Physics imparting basic
Olympiad 2017 Olympiad Olympiad cognitive skills, together
(IMO) 2017 (IChO) 2017 (IPhO) with excellent
Ranked 3/111 2/76 5/86 performance in
Source:
Mathematical
Vietnam at International Mathematical Olympiad, 2017 Olympiad, Chemistry
Vietnam at International Chemistry Olympiad, 2017
Vietnam at International Physics Olympiad, 2017 Olympiad and Physics
Olympiad.

Education background 6
Top 10 Countries in Asia Pacific
with the Highest Human Capital Index

Overall index 15 – 24 age group

1 Japan 1 Australia
With positive ranking in
2 New Zealand 2 New Zealand
current and especially future
3 Singapore 3 Japan
human capital resources,
7 Thailand 6 Vietnam Vietnam is promisingly a new
10 Vietnam 7 Korea, Rep. outsourcing powerhouse for
11 China 8 Thailand many multi-national
12 Indonesia 10 China companies in the world.

Source: World Economic Forum – Human Capital Report 2017

Professional Performance 7
 Top 5 Countries in Asia
with the Fastest Improvement in English skills

EF EPI Score Change (2007-2013)

11.23
Vietnam showed some of the

8.38
7.96
7.25
fastest gains in English

6.19
proficiency, over the 7 year
period
-1.94

-1.29
-5.1

(2007 to 2013)

Source: English First – English Proficiency Index, 2014

Professional Performance 8
 Top 7 Countries in Asia
with the Highest EF EPI Average

Asia Regional Ranking

63.52
60.33
In Vietnam, English is

54.29
53.12
52.94
51.69
50.94
47.21

used extensively for

trade, international
business,
manufacturing, and it is
increasingly used in the
academic world.

Source: English Proficiency Index, 2018

Professional Performance 9
Top 10 in Regional Group
in Attraction and Global Knowledge Skill
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
ATTRACT
SKILL (GK SKILL) It is evident that Vietnam
1 Singapore 1 Singapore still remains its position as
2 Australia 2 Australia one of the top options for
foreign investment, as well
3 New Zealand 3 New Zealand
as the high ranked in global
5 Japan 5 Japan knowledge skill compared
8 Thailand 8 Malaysia to countries in Eastern,
Southeastern Asia and
9 Korea, Rep. 9 Vietnam
Oceania.
10 Vietnam 10 Mongolia
Source: Global Talent Competitiveness Index, 2017

Professional Performance 10
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