USAID has supported the National Innovation Center (NIC) in training and enhancing the quality of Vietnam’s human resources for Industry 4.0 through the implementation of its Workforce for an Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem (WISE) program.

A meeting was held on January 23 by the NIC to review the implementation of the program after three years.

From 2021-2023, the USAID-WISE program targeted strengthening basic digital skills and developing the market for digital skills training and innovative financial solutions for education.

The NIC cooperated with numerous public and private partners to organize various training sessions, conferences, and in-depth seminars to address issues related to the development of high-quality human resources in key areas such as AI, cloud computing, product development, and smart factories.

With total funding of $2.2 million from USAID, the program equipped 500 lecturers at 70 universities and colleges with Industry 4.0 skills and benefited some 3,000 students.