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Chapter 4 Results of Joint Review

and training, focusing on modernization and change of the education and training patterns”. The
Strategy emphasizes the importance of “developing human resources, education and training to
meet the requirements for high quality manpower in service of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and
international integration” and points out the necessity of adequate investment in basic scientific
research and strengthening linkages between industry and research institutes and universities.
Furthermore, the Strategy indicates the need for enhancing the climate change resilience and the
adaptability of infrastructure systems and economy through developing smart measures for climate
change adaptation in agriculture, fisheries and forestry, etc.
The Human Resource Development Strategies 2011-2020 (HRDS) and the HRDMP 2011-2020
developed pursuant to the Strategy (2011-2020) provide direction for human resources development
in higher education. HRDS places human resources as the most important factor for economic
development, international competitiveness, and social stability of the country, setting the goals of
making four or more top universities in compliance with international standards and increasing the
number of university staff and scientists. HRDMP endeavors to increase the number of teachers with
higher academic degrees, and thereby improves the quality of teaching staff in higher education.
Regarding the development plan of education from the perspective of climate change, the Prime
Minister’s Decision No. 622 (May, 2017) on the national action plan for SDGs indicates “under
leadership of MOET, introduce basic knowledge on response to climate change, mitigation of disaster
risks into the curricula of the various levels of education, training; develop training programs;
formulate and adopt policies on developing high-quality human resources for inter-disciplinary experts
relating to adaptation to climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions” in the Target 13.3
of the Goal 13 “Improve educate, raise awareness, and strengthen-raising and human and institutional
capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning (International
target 13.3)”.
2) Consistency with the Japan’s ODA policy

Support for the higher education sector is positioned in the “Industrial and Human Resource
Development Program” of the priority areas of the Development Cooperation Policy for Viet Nam and
its Rolling Plan (Dec. 2017) issued by Ministry Foreign Affairs of Japan. In accord with this policy, the
Joint Research Programs and the New Master’s Programs conducted in the Project are for “supporting
responding to threats such as disasters and climate change” in one of the priority areas “Response to
Fragility”.
In the “JICA Country Analysis Paper for Viet Nam” issued in June 2020, strengthening industrial
competitiveness and human resources is listed as one of the main developmental purposes. The Paper
describes that the Project’s support to CTU will improve high-quality education, strengthen research
capacity, and develop human resources in interdisciplinary fields related to agriculture, aquaculture
and environmental sciences, and thus, it is expected the Project will contribute to solving problems
in the MDR through developing higher-value products in agriculture and aquaculture, the two major
sectors in climate change and industrialization strategies of the MD.
3) Consistency with the development policy of the MDR in Viet Nam and the needs target area/
target group

Since the Project started in Mar. 2016, the Vietnamese Government has issued three important
policy papers: The Resolution No. 120 in Nov. 2017 on sustainable and climate-resilient development
of the MD, the Prime Minister’s Decision Document (Decision No. 417) in April 2019 on action plans for

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