The Current Situation and Future Development of Hospitality and Tourism Higher Education in Vietnam

The objectives of the study are to analyse the current situation of hospitality and tourism higher education in Vietnam, to investigate problems and obstacles in producing graduate in the hospitality and tourism field of study, and to identify the future development of hospitality and tourism higher education in Vietnam. This study adopted a questionnaire survey of all institutions offering hospitality and tourism programs in Vietnam The findings showed that 101 institutions offered the programs in 2007 and 13 other institutions will offer the programs by 2010. The recommendations from the study are: teaching staff needs to be improved in terms of qualifications, academic works, and teaching methods; the curriculum needs to be evaluated, re vised, and adjusted to the changing needs of the industry for manpower; and the institutions should add internships to the curriculum and let the industry become involved in hospitality and tourism education