International education as an export sector: an investigation of 49 Vietnamese universities and colleges using Bayesian analysis

Pham, Hiep‐Hung; Hoang, Anh-Duc; Lai, S.; Dong, Thi-Kieu-Trang; Nghia, Tran Le Huu; Ho, Manh-Toan; Vuong, Quan‐Hoang

doi:10.1080/14767724.2022.2081536

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“…Emerging research on international student mobility to Vietnam has addressed issues such as government policy, trends and programs related to student mobilities (Bui and Tran, 2023; Hoang et al, 2018; Tran et al, 2022; Tran and Marginson, 2018), factors shaping the success of international student recruitment in Vietnam’s tertiary institutions (Pham et al, 2022) and social engagement and student mobility for non-academic purposes (Kumpoh et al, 2021). Yet, little is known about whether and how short-term mobility to Vietnam has transformed discipline-specific knowledge and professional experiences for students from a developed Western country like Australia.…”

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‘It’s a few weeks I’ll cherish forever’: Transformative curriculum-specific learning, language awareness and cultural literacy development for Australian students in Vietnam through New Colombo Plan mobility programs

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Bui

2023

Research in Comparative and International Education

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Despite a range of internationalisation efforts at the government and institutional levels, Vietnam remains on the periphery of the existing scholarship on international education, especially inbound mobility. Drawing on interviews with 38 participants, this article provides insights into how Australian students arrive at a comparative, international perspective in their field of study and develop Vietnamese cultural literacy during their short-term mobility to Vietnam. The study also brings to the fore the hindrances, in particular language barrier, facing Australian students in mobility programs. The article points out how the New Colombo Plan can play an important role in raising the awareness of the value of learning an Asian language like Vietnamese and enriching Vietnamese cultural literacy among young Australians. It concludes with practical recommendations for incorporating the development of regional languages and cultural literacy in learning abroad programs.

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‘It’s a few weeks I’ll cherish forever’: Transformative curriculum-specific learning, language awareness and cultural literacy development for Australian students in Vietnam through New Colombo Plan mobility programs

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2023

Research in Comparative and International Education

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“…Vietnam has long been regarded and researched in ISM literature as a major sending country (Pham et al, 2021) albeit being a host country for international students, especially those from within Southeast Asia (Chao, 2020). Only recently a body of inbound international student research is emerging out of scholarly efforts of Phan et al (2022), Pham et al (2022), and Khanh and Ngoc (2023a, b).…”

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“…Internationally, as CLS are increasingly travelling overseas to pursue higher education, studies devoted to them are emerging (Zhu and Yang, 2022;Li et al, 2019;Sisavath, 2020). This means a study focusing on outbound international student mobility (ISM) from the two countries would be in the position of contributing not only to the emerging literature on Vietnam-bound international student mobility (Phan et al, 2022;Khanh and Ngoc, 2023a, b;Pham et al, 2021Pham et al, , 2022 but also to that on Asia-bound student mobility (Ahmad and Shah, 2018;Jiani, 2017;Ding, 2016;Roberts et al, 2010;Jon et al, 2014) and intra-Asian movement in particular (Lipura, 2021;Kheir, 2021).…”

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International education supports and cross-border student mobility: factors influencing Cambodian and Laotian students’ choice of studying in a Vietnamese university

Kim Khanh,

Ngoc

2024

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PurposeCambodian and Laotian students (CLS) are among the largest groups of international students in intra-ASEAN student mobility as well as in Vietnamese higher education institutions (HEIs). However, little has been researched on the factors influencing CLS’s decision to choose Vietnam as destination country. The purpose of this study is to investigate why CLS decide to go overseas and choose Vietnam as their host country among other opportunities as well as their perceptions of the decision.Design/methodology/approachUsing qualitative methods and employing purposive sampling, data were collected by semi-structured interviews from CLS studying in a HEI in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The data were analysed against the push–pull framework to understand factors influencing the participants’ decision.FindingsThe findings show that CLS in the study were “pushed” by the perceived higher value of a foreign qualification and family encouragements. In terms of pull factors, they were attracted to choose Vietnam as the host country most observably due to scholarship opportunities. However other pull factors were also significant, especially the lack of certain skills in home countries and its congruence with Vietnam’s competitive strength in offering courses for those skills. In retrospect, the participants expressed a sense of optimism, though there was also certain reservation.Research limitations/implicationsThe small sample restrict the generalisability of the findings.Practical implicationsAs an exploratory study, the findings can lay the ground for largerscale studies investigating CLS mobility in Vietnam and be employed for inbound student mobility policymaking reference for HEIs in Vietnam as well as in other developing countries.Originality/valueThis study investigates why Cambodian and Laotian international students decide to go to Vietnam, a developing country in the lesser-known part of international student mobility landscape. This is a topic that remains under-researched in the Asia-bound student mobility literature. Insights from the study can not only contribute to the scholarly gap but also offer implications for HEIs in Vietnam and other Asian countries.

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International education as an export sector: an investigation of 49 Vietnamese universities and colleges using Bayesian analysis

Cited by 7 publications

References 48 publications

‘It’s a few weeks I’ll cherish forever’: Transformative curriculum-specific learning, language awareness and cultural literacy development for Australian students in Vietnam through New Colombo Plan mobility programs

‘It’s a few weeks I’ll cherish forever’: Transformative curriculum-specific learning, language awareness and cultural literacy development for Australian students in Vietnam through New Colombo Plan mobility programs

International education supports and cross-border student mobility: factors influencing Cambodian and Laotian students’ choice of studying in a Vietnamese university

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