The future is bright, with an increasing talent pool available over the coming decades. Many multinationals are investing in Vietnam and for good reason. Vietnam places a high premium on education and recognises the value of having a young success-focused workforce driving its economic growth.
Tapping into Vietnam’s young and vibrant talent pool has never been easier, with Vietnam increasingly open to business opportunities from around the world.
Over half the population (almost 90 million) is 25 years or younger, resulting in a workforce that is newly educated and computer-savvy. Vietnamese staff have a strong work ethic and are willing to ‘go the extra mile’ to improve their skills and experience. This also benefits employers looking for remote staffing solutions.
Finding and attracting qualified workers is best left to the offshoring company as they understand the local employment environment. Remote Resources provides the platform for recruitment by understanding your organisation’s requirements and then finding the staff best suited to your needs. As an offshore provider, we screen potential candidates, conduct interviews and skills-tests, and then assemble a team who will more than meet your needs.
Having a dedicated offshore team of people who have grown up with technology is a bonus for any organisation, and Remote Resources takes this a step further by ensuring its staff have good English skills.
All levels of English can be catered for by the in-house trainer, who provides out-of-hours teaching, with lessons tailored to the needs of your business. For example, if you’re looking for an offshore team to develop a mobile app you’ll have the ideal talent base in Vietnam, combined with a team of staff who can understand your organisations’ needs and communicate effectively.\n\nMany multinationals are investing in Vietnam and for good reason. Vietnam places a high premium on education and recognises the value of having a young success-focused workforce driving its economic growth. There’s a clear positive relationship between a country's economic strength and its educational outcomes. Education makes up 20% of government spending, and the Vietnamese school system now has a focus on computer science.
The future is bright, with an increasing talent pool available over the coming decades. The decision to start teaching computer science at an early age has already put Vietnamese students way ahead of children in other countries. Even back in 2013, when Google employee Neil Fraser visited Vietnam, the programming proficiency level of 17-year-old Vietnamese students was said to be on-par with the entry level for employment with Google, and that’s before they had studied at university!
Vietnam is also increasingly producing highly qualified university graduates, and in 2016 Forbes Magazine rated Vietnam in the top 10 countries worldwide for engineering graduates. It’s estimated that there are 100,000 new graduates in engineering added to the Vietnamese workforce each year.
So, with over 20% of Vietnam’s total graduates qualified in the field of engineering, there is no doubt that the technology sector has the momentum and resources to continue its rapid growth.
In December 2016, the Ho Chi Minh City-based University of Science placed on the top-three list of universities ranked for producing the world’s best coders. More than 5,500 students from 126 countries participated in the coding competition. This demonstrates that Vietnamese universities not only teach computer skills but more importantly can teach students how to put their skills into real-world practice.
Of course, computing and engineering skills are not just attractive for employment, they are part of everyday life. Young Vietnamese are highly engaged with digital platforms and social media, especially in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), which has free wi-fi in every coffee shop, and in almost all public spaces. With over 40 million users online it’s common to see Vietnamese using the internet to communicate, play games, and do business, and this is especially true in HCMC, Vietnam’s economic capital.
The Vietnamese school system now has a focus on computer science, and having a dedicated offshore team of people who have grown up with technology is a bonus for any organisation.
