Microsoft and VCCI launch M-Powered e-portal to assist Vietnamese youth
US tech giant Microsoft and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) recently launched M-Powered e-portal in Vietnam with the aims to strengthen commitment to support young people in the country.
Launching M-Powered, Microsoft continues to boost its commitment to assist young people in Vietnam.
Powered by the MS public cloud and people, by partnerships with government, academia, multilateral agencies and non-profit organisations, the portal will enhance Vietnamese human resourece by providing technical and soft skill learning opportunities and access to job listings.
The portal will carry Microsoft and partner-created content in Vietnamese. M-Powered will help young people to strengthen their skills as well as helping businesses to find suitable employees and reducing the cost of training new people.
According to data on labour and employment in the first six months of 2016 from the General Department of Statistics, the unemployment rate was at an average 6.83 per cent and 2.27 per cent of young people (from 15 to 24 years old) in working age, respectively, in the first six months of 2016.
Currently, young people are much more difficult to find jobs than other citizens in working age.
To address this gap, Microsoft partners with VCCI to launch M-Powered which is a part of the Microsoft YouthSpark programme- a Microsoft’s initiative to increase access for all youth to learn computer science, empowering them to achieve more for themselves, their families and their communities.
M-Powered reinforces Microsoft’s long-term commitment to the future of Vietnam in terms of developing the country's economy, encouraging innovation and helping Vietnamese people.
M-Powered will focus on the following key pillars:
Provide Computer Science/ICT and soft skills learning opportunities for youth to improve their competence for work.
Through the network of business partners of VCCI and Microsoft Vietnam, the portal will introduce and connect job opportunities from businesses to young people.
Besides, on the portal, experts and experienced staff, leaders, trainers from Microsoft, VCCI, universities, colleges, business partners, startup accelerators will provide mentoring to youths on career development, technical skills and business management knowledge, and more which will enable them to address issues and enter labor market easily and smoothly.
In Vietnam, Microsoft collaborates with local NGOs such as VCCI, VIETNET-ICT, CED and Kenan Institute Asia to implement YouthSpark programme.
YouthSpark Vietnam has achieved impressive outcomes in the past three years. More than 100,000 Vietnamese young people were trained on Computer Science-ICT, soft skills and attended variety of forums, workshops, career days, internship organised by Microsoft and partners to help them meet the demand of modern learning and working environment.
CEO of Microsoft Vietnam Vu Minh Tri said that the Vietnamese government targets to have one million IT workers by 2020.
As a technology leader and commitment to support Vietnam, Microsoft has been cooperating with local partners to provide a variety of IT courses and technology resources to thousands of young people, he added.
M-Powered online portal will serve as the bridge for the youth to make their dreams come true, Tri noted.
Microsoft also calls for collaboration from corporations, businesses, experts to support Vietnamese youth having more opportunities of jobs, internships, consultants, via M-Powered to make the e-portal become a truly useful platform in Vietnam, according to the CEO of Microsoft Vietnam.
M-Powered e-portal can be accessed at youthvietnam.vn or thanhnienvietnam.net.vn.
Powered by the MS public cloud and people, by partnerships with government, academia, multilateral agencies and non-profit organisations, the portal will enhance Vietnamese human resourece by providing technical and soft skill learning opportunities and access to job listings.
The portal will carry Microsoft and partner-created content in Vietnamese. M-Powered will help young people to strengthen their skills as well as helping businesses to find suitable employees and reducing the cost of training new people.
VCCI General Secretary Pham Thi Thu Hang speaks at the launching ceremony.
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Currently, young people are much more difficult to find jobs than other citizens in working age.
To address this gap, Microsoft partners with VCCI to launch M-Powered which is a part of the Microsoft YouthSpark programme- a Microsoft’s initiative to increase access for all youth to learn computer science, empowering them to achieve more for themselves, their families and their communities.
M-Powered reinforces Microsoft’s long-term commitment to the future of Vietnam in terms of developing the country's economy, encouraging innovation and helping Vietnamese people.
M-Powered will focus on the following key pillars:
Provide Computer Science/ICT and soft skills learning opportunities for youth to improve their competence for work.
Through the network of business partners of VCCI and Microsoft Vietnam, the portal will introduce and connect job opportunities from businesses to young people.
Besides, on the portal, experts and experienced staff, leaders, trainers from Microsoft, VCCI, universities, colleges, business partners, startup accelerators will provide mentoring to youths on career development, technical skills and business management knowledge, and more which will enable them to address issues and enter labor market easily and smoothly.
In Vietnam, Microsoft collaborates with local NGOs such as VCCI, VIETNET-ICT, CED and Kenan Institute Asia to implement YouthSpark programme.
YouthSpark Vietnam has achieved impressive outcomes in the past three years. More than 100,000 Vietnamese young people were trained on Computer Science-ICT, soft skills and attended variety of forums, workshops, career days, internship organised by Microsoft and partners to help them meet the demand of modern learning and working environment.
CEO of Microsoft Vietnam Vu Minh Tri said that the Vietnamese government targets to have one million IT workers by 2020.
As a technology leader and commitment to support Vietnam, Microsoft has been cooperating with local partners to provide a variety of IT courses and technology resources to thousands of young people, he added.
M-Powered online portal will serve as the bridge for the youth to make their dreams come true, Tri noted.
Microsoft also calls for collaboration from corporations, businesses, experts to support Vietnamese youth having more opportunities of jobs, internships, consultants, via M-Powered to make the e-portal become a truly useful platform in Vietnam, according to the CEO of Microsoft Vietnam.
M-Powered e-portal can be accessed at youthvietnam.vn or thanhnienvietnam.net.vn.
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