Higher Education Development Policy Program - Second Operation

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The objective of the Second Operation of the Higher Education Development Policy Program for Vietnam is to strengthen governance, rationalize financing, improve the quality of teaching and research, improve accountability for performance, and enhance transparency in financial management within the higher education sector. The program has the following components: (1) Governance: improve efficiency, quality, and responsiveness of higher education and research; and increase quantitative capacity for the higher education sub-sector. (2) Financing: enhance fiscal transparency, sustainability, efficiency, and equity of the higher education sub-sector; and promote autonomy and improve the quality of research and teaching at research universities. (3) Quality improvement: improve the efficiency and transparency of student admission; improve the quality of teaching inputs; and improve the efficiency and transparency of qualifications. (4) Quality assurance: improve information available to government, as well as to employers, graduates, students and their families; improve the quality of teaching and research outputs. (5) Financial reporting and audit: achieve financial transparency and efficiency in public resource use; and ensure adequate oversight of public funds through independent audits.