Under Prime Ministerial Decision No. 2230/QD-TTg, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long on October 9,  a project for training and developing Vietnam's railway human resources until 2035, with a vision 2045, has been approved.

The project aims to build a synchronized workforce with high professional qualifications, vocational skills, and technological capabilities for the railway sector to meet demands from high-speed railway projects, electrified national railways, and urban railways. It also aims to master technology, enhance national competitiveness, and promote the development of a modern, autonomous, and sustainable railway industry.

In the 2025–2030 period, the project targets training at least 35,000 personnel, focusing on a high-quality laborforce to meet the requirements of the high-speed railway projects, electrified railways, and urban railways, while also supplementing teaching staff for training institutions. Specifically, it plans to train about 1,000 postgraduates, including 80 PhDs and 920 masters (with 60 PhDs and 150 masters being lecturers); 14,000 university-level personnel, 11,000 college-level personnel, and 9,000 intermediate-level personnel.

The project also plans to train 4,700 personnel in railway construction engineering, 16,300 in construction engineering, 3,700 in railway information and signaling, 1,100 in railway electrical and energy systems, 1,700 in locomotives and carriages, 1,500 in construction economics and railway transport economics, and 6,000 in railway transport operations. Additionally, it will train about 5,000 personnel for operating, exploiting, and maintaining urban railway lines; provide management and railway development skills for about 500 officials, civil servants, public employees, and experts, and provide project management training for about 1,000 personnel.

For the 2031–2035 period, the project will train at least 70,000 personnel, continuing to strengthen the training of high-quality teams to serve the implementation of high-speed railway projects, electrified national railways, and urban railways, while also developing the teaching staff for training institutions. It is expected to have 2,000 postgraduates (100 PhDs and 1,900 masters), 18,000 university-graduated personnel, 30,000 college-level personnel, and 20,000 intermediate-level personnel.

In terms of specialization, the project will train 12,300 personnel in railway construction engineering, 21,400 in construction engineering, 9,300 in railway information and signaling, 7,600 in railway electrical and energy systems, 8,000 in locomotives and carriages, 2,100 in construction economics and railway transport economics, and 9,300 in railway transport operations. Additionally, it will train and provide professional development for at least 40,000 personnel to meet the requirements of operating, exploiting, and maintaining railway lines, including 13,800 personnel for high-speed railways, 5,000 for national railway lines, and 21,200 for urban railways.

By 2045, Vietnam will continue to train and supplement human resources to meet the actual needs of railway projects and operations, maintenance activities, and form several modern railway training and technology transfer centers at the regional level.

To achieve these goals, the project identifies six main tasks and solutions, including: completing the institutional framework and policies for railway human resource development; enhancing the capacity of training and research institutions; promoting training and professional development of human resources; developing research, application, reception, and mastery of railway technology; strengthening international cooperation in training and human resource development; diversifying investment resources, and promoting public-private partnerships in training and developing railway human resources.