Internationalisation in Vietnamese Higher Education

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This book focuses on models, strengths, opportunities, constraints and tensions in internationalisation in Vietnamese higher education. It reflects on key concepts from contemporary theories and models of internationalisation and discusses the implications for innovation, flexibility and responsiveness to local needs in Vietnam. Based on empirical research, theoretical knowledge and the experiences of researchers from Vietnam and overseas, the book draws out the distinctiveness and complexity of internationalisation practices and charts a way forward. It examines the key drivers and dimensions of internationalising Vietnamese higher education, and compares internationalisation in Vietnam to that in other countries. It clarifies and discusses tensions related to the appropriation of ‘Western’ internationalisation practice and models, and neo-liberal ideologies, to the local context of Vietnam. It provides readers with insights into government policy, quality assurance and benchmarking strategies, curriculum, the impact of international organisations on higher education, international student mobility, transnational education, employability, brain drain and brain gain and brain circulation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Internationalisation of Vietnamese Higher Education: An Overview (Ly Thi Tran, Simon Marginson)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Vietnamese Government Policies and Practices in Internationalisation of Higher Education (Lan Hoang, Ly Thi Tran, Hiep-Hung Pham)....Pages 19-42 Current Perspectives on Internationalisation of Quality Assurance at the Institutional Level (Quyen T. N. Do)....Pages 43-54 The ‘Advanced Programmes’ in Vietnam: Internationalising the Curriculum or Importing the ‘Best Curriculum’ of the West? (Ly Thi Tran, Huong Le Thanh Phan, Simon Marginson)....Pages 55-75 Transnational Education in the Vietnamese Market: Paradoxes and Possibilities (Nhai Nguyen)....Pages 77-97 Impacts of International Organizations on Vietnam’s Higher Education Policy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Diep-Ngoc Tran)....Pages 99-117 English-Medium-Instruction Management: The Missing Piece in the Internationalisation Puzzle of Vietnamese Higher Education (Huong Thu Nguyen)....Pages 119-137 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Historical Trends of Vietnamese International Student Mobility (Chi Hong Nguyen)....Pages 141-159 International Students’ Choice of Destinations for Overseas Study: A Specific Push-Pull Model for Vietnam (Hiep-Hung Pham)....Pages 161-175 International Students’ Aspirations to Contribute to Socioeconomic Development in Vietnam (Lien Pham)....Pages 177-199 Employers’ Perspectives on Vietnamese Returnee Students (Anh Pham)....Pages 201-215 From Brain Drain and Brain Gain to Brain Circulation: Conceptualizing Re-Expatriation Intentions of Vietnamese Returnees (Nga Thi Thuy Ho, Pi-Shen Seet, Janice Jones)....Pages 217-234 Vietnamese Students’ Transition to International Non-Government Organisations (Lan Thi Quynh Mai)....Pages 235-251 Internationalisation of Vietnamese Higher Education: Possibilities, Challenges and Implications (Ly Thi Tran, Simon Marginson)....Pages 253-257 Back Matter ....Pages 259-261