Skills development

Brief: Towards a skills strategy for the textile and garment industry in Viet Nam

The brief highlights the achievements, opportunities, and challenges of Viet Nam’s textile and garment industry amid increasing international integration and participation in global value chains. It provides key recommendations for developing a sector skills strategy to ensure the industry's continued competitiveness and sustainable growth.

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This brief draws on insights from two key reports jointly developed by the ILO and Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), namely: "Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification: Analysis of the textile and garment industry in Viet Nam" and "Towards a sector skills strategy for Viet Nam’s textile and garment industry: Priority skills needs, actions, and recommendations for education and training system" (ILO and VITAS, 2025). It recommends optimizing the policy environment, enhancing industry and training linkages, ensuring the relevance of training programs, and promoting inclusive, gender-responsive education and training policies. It also emphasizes quality assurance, industry participation in skills development, and financing for sector-specific training. Additionally, the brief identifies business capability gaps, skills implications, and highlights priority skills and interventions for key occupational groups in the short, medium, and long term.