Need to supplement practical skills

According to Mr. Do Thanh Binh - Director of International Cooperation of Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA), each year, Vietnam trains about 50,000 more IT workers, but of these, up to 70% of them need to be retrained and attend additional courses to supplement and improve their lacking and weak skills.

Previously, the 2023 Vietnam IT market report by Topdev, a platform specializing in recruiting IT personnel in Vietnam, also pointed out that when IT graduates only 35% meet the requirements of employers.

Like many other professions, new IT graduates often lack experience, although schools now focus on training in conjunction with businesses, increasing practice and internship time, etc. Businesses assess that even bachelors and engineers with good academic achievements cannot immediately apply their knowledge and skills to work when they work directly due to lack of exposure. In particular, an important requirement for IT human resources is foreign language ability, which is currently not met by many people.

Mr. Do Thanh Binh pointed out a current reality that when going to work, many young people tend to finish their work, return home to rest and go to work the next day, without any direction to master the product, and to become a leader in the group or in the enterprise. This will limit the development potential of themselves and the enterprise. Therefore, Mr. Binh suggested that in addition to focusing on training hard skills for university students, schools need to pay attention to training soft skills, specifically here is the "mastery" mindset. Analytical skills are also very important, helping to solve problems proactively and promptly. Fast learning and self-study skills need to be practiced continuously because technology changes every day, we have to learn very quickly to be able to meet the development needs of technology, keeping up with the trends of the times.

In fact, the IT job market in Vietnam is witnessing an unprecedented boom, especially in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing and cybersecurity. The demand for recruiting high-tech personnel is increasing rapidly, with dream salaries in the current labor market. Statistics on the average salary of programmers in Vietnam in 2024 range from 27-73 million VND/month, depending on skills and experience. However, as analyzed above, to achieve the "dream salary", learning knowledge in class alone is not enough, but it is necessary to cultivate many other necessary skills. Each person, right from when they are in school, needs to clearly recognize the lack of skills and expertise to continuously learn. Attitude and effort are also the key for businesses to recruit, consider salaries, bonuses for each job position or eliminate from the unit to create opportunities for others better.

According to data from the Ministry of Information and Communications , the Vietnamese IT market needs to add at least 500,000 technology workers from now until 2025. Currently, about 70% of the total number of universities and colleges in Vietnam are training in the IT sector. Supply is available, demand is also open, but whether the two sides can meet or not requires efforts from training institutions, businesses and especially learners.