(VNF) - The UK’s leading technical and vocational training and education providers are visiting Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi from January 15-18 to build and extend partnerships with Vietnamese companies, schools, colleges and government organisations.

UK vocational education providers to seek partnership in Vietnam. Illustrative image (Photo: globaltrademag.com)

The British delegation includes representatives from colleges, private training providers and companies specializing in providing business solutions such as professional development programmes, vocational qualifications, teacher training, courses with industry recognised accreditation and management consultancy.

Ian Gibbons, British Consul General in HCM City and Director of the Department for International Trade in Vietnam, speaks at a conference reviewing partnerships of UK and Vietnam in vocational training in 2017 (source: Vietnam Directorate for Vocational Education and Training)

The Department for International Trade Vietnam, in cooperation with the Vietnam Directorate for Vocational Education and Training, will organise seminars in HCM City on January 15 and in Hanoi on January 17.

According to the Voice of Vietnam, the seminars will offer opportunities to share UK’s expertise in technical and vocational training and education and introduce its technology and equipment in the following sectors: Automotive, Textile & Garment, Construction, Hospitality, English skills, ICT skills, soft skills through seminars with the local stakeholders. In addition to the seminars, B2B meetings with members of the delegation will take place in both cities.