The deployment of manila STCW 78/95 amendments in sea-going education and training at VIMARU

In the maritime economic development strategy, the urgent important role of human resource education has been affirmed by the Vietnamese Government. At present time, this human resource primarily comes from Vietnam Maritime University (VIMARU), Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Maritime College No.1, Ho Chi Minh City Maritime Vocational College and a number of non-public vocational training colleges. Every year more than 3,000 students graduate from sea-going sector become the seafarer and devote their service to the Vietnam maritime industry. These seafarers should be standardized as stipulated in STCW 78/95 amended in 2010. The standardization of crew team can only be realized through a rapid and comprehensive change in all national sea-going training institutions where VIMARU) plays a leading role. Concurrently, with the strategy of developing the University into the national center of maritime training and science and technology, the improvement of the University’s training quality becomes the core step in the process of integration into international maritime industry.
On that basis, after the overview of education and training results in sea-going profession, the recommendations for deploying STCW 78/95 amended in 2010 in the University shall be put forward in the paper.