Despite recent high GDP growth rates, Vietnam remains a developing country in need of developing human resources (HR) of both genders. This can be done through education, workplace training, corporate social responsibility, policies for gender equality, support for entrepreneurship, and other practices and policies. Yet, national human resource development (NHRD) is a relatively new concept in Vietnam. This edited volume highlights the importance of HR, HRD, and NHRD, enabling Vietnam to experience sustainable growth and become a modern industrial country. It examines the positive changes effected by HRD considering Vietnam's unique historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts. This book offers scholars and practitioners an indigenous HRD approach and discusses implications for future research and practices.

Winner of the 2021 R. Wayne Pace Book Award

1. Historical and Cultural Contexts of Vietnam Affecting Human Resource Development

2. National Human Resource Development of Vietnam: An Exploratory Review Study
3. National Human Resource Development under Industry 4.0 and Implications for Vietnam
4. Vietnam and Regional Human Resource Development in ASEAN
5. Higher Education's Role in Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems in Vietnam: An Evaluation of the Innovative Partnership Program
6. Preparing Competent Business School Graduates for the Emerging Vietnam: A Critical Human Resource Development Issue
7. STEM Education and STEM-focused Career Development in Vietnam
8. Corporate Training and Firm Performance: Evidence from Vietnam
9. Characteristic Descriptions of Women on Boards of Vietnamese Listed Companies
10. Managing Culture for Management Innovation
11. Importance of Human Resources in Building Sustainable Enterprises: Cases ofSmall and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
12. Knowledge Management: Perspectives and Implications for HR Practices in Vietnam
13. Making Vietnam's HRD Impossible Dream Possible.