Skills development in higher education in Vietnam

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-586

  Trung, Tran Quang ^a,b   Swierczek, Fredric William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Graduate competencies; Higher education; Learning approach; Skill delivery; Student performance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77951658233     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380802364175     Document Type: Article

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