Mr. Nguyen Cong Hinh
Director-General, Continuing Education Department, Ministry of Education and Training Vietnam

In his opening remarks, Mr. Nguyen Cong Hinh, General Director of Continuing Education Department, Ministry of Education and Training, emphasizes the role of CLCs in creating LLL opportunities for the people, lending a hand to increasing their knowledge and understanding of different aspects of social life, enhancing social stability and improving quality of life. Despite the rapid growth of Vietnam CLCs in terms of number, which has reached around 11,000 to date, a majority of these have been running ineffectively due to a lack of infrastructure, poor management and a shortage of qualified teachers and speakers. As a result, thematic sessions related to different target groups’ professional needs were unresponsive and lacking. To help CLCs operate efficiently and sustainably, Mr. Hinh proposes that the workshop discussions should be centered around solutions to such current issues of CLCs as management capabilities, resources mobilization, investigation into learning needs, and learning promotion. Mr. Hinh also suggests setting up an ASEAN corner in CLCs to build a one-vision, one-identity and one-community ASEAN.

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