Nhan Dan, September 16, 2006
The Management Unit of the “Vietnam Human Resources Development in Tourism Project, in co-operation with the Vietnam Tourism Certification Board (VTCB), held the first certificate awarding ceremony for 142 qualified trainers from the Northern area, in Hanoi on September 15.
These trainers were officially accredited by VTCB, which is the awarding body. This will enable them to conduct the on-the-job training activities and register their trainees who go through a training and assessing process.
These trainers came from 59 organizations operating in the tourism sector, including 6 tourism schools, 27 hotels and 26 travel agencies from Nghe An province to the north of Vietnam.
Enterprises that have the largest number of accredited trainers include the Sofitel Metropole with 10, the Melia Hotel with 8, The Hoa Sua school and Hanoi Tourism College also with 8 trainers, each.
Trainers are normally skilled and experienced supervisors and managers from hotels and travel agencies and teachers from tourism training institutes. They have attended a 7 day Trainer Development Programme, during which they learn how to use the VTOS standards to conduct training, as well as training techniques to enable them to conduct training and pass on their skills to their trainees. At the end of their programme, their training skills are evaluated and those that pass are certified by VTCB.
The certificate awarding ceremony for accredited trainers from the southern area is tentatively scheduled for Ho Chi Minh city later.
