Human Resource Development in The Southeastern Region of Vietnam: An Empirical Study 2010-2024

Abstract

The Southeast region of Vietnam is notable for its economic performance; however, its human resources remain underdeveloped. Using panel data from six provinces and cities between 2010 and 2024, this study assesses the impact of public investment, cooperation among training institutions, and economic attractiveness on the proportion of the trained workforce. Using fixed effects, robust standard errors, instrumental variable estimation, and mediating repeated distributions, the authors confirm that all three factors have positive and statistically significant impacts. Labor productivity was found to have a partially mediating effect, accounting for approximately 69% of the total impact of enterprise training cooperation. Variables such as workforce size, population density, amount of foreign direct investment, and average value of fixed asset investment per unit of labor were not statistically significant at the 5% level. Therefore, this paper proposes focusing on strengthening targeted public investment, expanding the tripartite cooperation system, and improving strategies for recruiting and retaining skilled labor.