From now until 2030, train at least 35,000 Vietnamese railway workers

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has just signed Decision No. 2230/QD-TTg dated October 9, 2025 approving the Project on training and developing human resources for Vietnam's railways until 2035, with a vision to 2045 (the Project).

In the 2031 - 2035 period, the Project will train at least 70,000 human resources.

The project aims to build a synchronous railway workforce with professional qualifications, vocational skills and high technological capacity, meeting the requirements of implementing high-speed railway projects, electrified national railways and urban railways; gradually receiving and mastering technology, improving national competitiveness, contributing to promoting the development of a modern, autonomous and sustainable railway industry.

In the period 2025 - 2030, train at least 35,000 human resources

Specific goals for the 2025 - 2030 period : train at least 35,000 human resources, focus on training high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of implementing high-speed railway projects, electrified railways, urban railways and supplementing teaching human resources for training institutions, specifically:

Postgraduate level is about 1,000 people, including about 80 PhDs, about 920 masters (of which 60 PhDs and 150 masters are lecturers); university level is about 14,000 people; college level is about 11,000 people and intermediate level is about 9,000 people.

Railway construction engineering about 4,700 people; construction engineering about 16,300 people; railway information - signaling about 3,700 people; railway electricity and energy systems about 1,100 people; locomotives - wagons about 1,700 people; construction economics and railway transport economics about 1,500 people; railway transport exploitation about 6,000 people.

Training and professional development for about 5,000 people to meet the requirements of operation, exploitation and maintenance of urban railway lines. Training knowledge and professional skills on railway management, development and operation for cadres, civil servants, public employees and experts at agencies and units performing state management of railways, about 500 people.

Providing training in knowledge and professional skills on railway project management for the project management team, about 1,000 people...

By 2045, Form a number of training centers and transfer modern railway technology in the region

In the 2031 - 2035 period, the Project will train at least 70,000 human resources, enhance training of high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of implementing high-speed railway projects, electrified national railways, urban railways and supplement teaching human resources for training institutions, specifically:

Postgraduate level is about 2,000 people, including about 100 PhDs, about 1,900 masters; university level is about 18,000 people; college level is about 30,000 people and intermediate level is about 20,000 people.

Railway construction engineering about 12,300 people; construction engineering about 21,400 people; railway information - signaling about 9,300 people; railway electricity and energy systems about 7,600 people; locomotives - wagons about 8,000 people; construction economics and railway transport economics about 2,100 people; railway transport exploitation about 9,300 people.

Training and professional development for at least 40,000 people to meet the requirements of operating, exploiting and maintaining railway lines, including: high-speed railways about 13,800 people, national railways about 5,000 people, urban railways about 21,200 people...

By 2045, continue to train and develop additional human resources to meet the actual needs of implementing railway projects and operating, exploiting and maintaining railway lines; aiming to form a number of training centers and transfer modern railway technology in the region.

6 tasks and solutions

To achieve the above objectives, the Project sets out the following tasks and solutions:

1. Perfecting institutions and policies for developing railway human resources.

2. Strengthening capacity for training and research facilities.

3. Training and development of human resources.

4. Developing human resources for research, application, technology transfer and mastery of railway industry.

5. Promote international cooperation in training and development of railway human resources.

6. Strengthening mobilization and diversification of investment resources and enhancing public-private partnership for training and development of railway human resources.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/tu-nay-den-2030-dao-tao-it-nhat-35-000-nhan-luc-duong-sat-viet-nam-719054.html