A project approved by the Prime Minister aims to enhance foreign language proficiency of learners to meet the needs of studying, communication and international integration, thereby improving the competitiveness of the workforce at domestic and international labor markets.

Under Prime Ministerial
Decision No. 2732/QD-TTg, signed recently by Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh
Long, a project on strengthening the teaching and learning of foreign languages
for the period 2025–2035, with a vision to 2045, has been approved.

The project, as cited by the Government News, aims to
enhance foreign language proficiency of learners to meet the needs of studying,
communication and international integration, thereby improving the
competitiveness of the workforce at domestic and international labor markets.

During the 2025–2030 period, language teaching programs of
several ASEAN countries will be implemented, prioritizing Lao and Cambodian
language programs at educational and training institutions, especially at
border communes.

Under the project, preschool children will be facilitated to
familiarize with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean while grade 1 and 2 students
will have opportunity to get access to learning programs in Chinese, Russian,
French, German, Japanese, and Korean.

Programs teaching Korean and German will be carried out at
educational institutions that meet required conditions.

The teaching of subjects and professions in foreign
languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, will be promoted across the
national education system.

Meanwhile, the project targets to improve the quality of
teaching and learning Russian, French, German, and other foreign languages
within the national education system.

Earlier, under a new national project approved by Deputy
Prime Minister Le Thanh Long through Decision No. 2371/QD-TTg, English will
officially become the second language in Vietnam’s schools.

The project, titled “making English the second language
in schools for 2025–2035, with a vision to 2045, aims to make English a widely
used and effective language across the education system, in teaching,
communication, management, and school activities, creating an English-speaking
ecosystem at all educational levels.

Ultimately, it seeks to develop a generation of citizens who
can meet Vietnam’s requirements on international integration.

VGP-Khanh Van