OPENING Photo Exhibition

28.01.2011

Photo 1: Mdm. Nguyen Thi Hang – Chairwoman of Vietnam Vocational Training Association (VVTA) opens the photo exhibition.

Photo 2: Mdm. Nguyen Thi Hang emphasizes the close cooperation between Viet Nam and Germany in promoting TVET.

Photo 3: Mdm. Ngan – Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) welcomes the audience of the photo exhibition.

Photo 4: Dr. Horst Sommer –Priority area coordinator of TVET speaks about the high relevance of promoting TVET in Viet Nam.

Photo 5: Dr. Sommer thanks Ralf Bäcker, international photographer, who photographed the young people at TVET institutes and in social life.

Photo 6: Appreciation for the cooperation in TVET

Photo 7: Dr. Beckmann hands over the membership certificate of European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training (EVBB) to Mdm. Hang.

Photo 8: Mdm. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is visiting the photo exhibition

Photo 9: … for the success of the photo exhibition.

Photo 10: Mdm. Hang and Dr. Horst Sommer are interviewed after the opening ceremony by The Thanh Nien Channel

Photo 11: Dong Van Nam (teacher) and Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh (student) from Vietnamese – German Vocational College of Ha Tinh.

Photo 12: Ngo Thi Kim Vi (in red) – a student/trainee from Ho Chi Minh Vocational College of Technology

Photo 13: Dinh Van Hoa - graduate from Ho Chi Minh Vocational College of Technology

Photo 14: Cao Van Loc – student from Ho Chi Minh Vocational College of Technology

Photo 15: Nguyen Quoc Thanh (teacher) and Cao Van Loc (student) from Ho Chi Minh Vocational College of Technology

Photo 16: Mr. Dang Minh At (principal) and Mr. Nguyen Duy Vinh (vice principal) from Vietnamese – German Vocational College of Ha Tinh

Photo 17: Students and pupils from Hanoi Industrial Vocational College visit the exhibition

Photo 18: Young people studying the information material about different occupations

Hanoi, 19 – 23/1/2011

The Photo Exhibition “Career and Life” was opened on January the 19^th 2011 at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi, by Mdm. Nguyen Thi Hang, Chairwomen of the Vietnam Vocational Training Association. Mdm. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs honored the efforts on Awareness Raising for TVET in Viet Nam with her speech at the opening.

The exhibition jointly conducted by the Vietnam Vocational Training Association (VVTA) and German Development Cooperation (GDC) is part of a broader PR Campaign on TVET in Vietnam and took place on the occasion of 20 years of Vietnamese – German Cooperation in TVET.

“Career and Life” displays more than 50 lively images of students/trainees and teachers/instructors at TVET institutes as well as of TVET graduates working successfully in their vocation. Among those ‘success stories’ are also disadvantaged TVET graduates who have entered a promising career path as a result of their vocational training.

This is the first ever photo exhibition on TVET to take place in Hanoi. Visitors, in particular youngsters and their parents, will learn more about TVET in Vietnam and its potentials to open a way for younger generations to employment, income and a promising career.

The exhibition lasted from 19^th to the 23rd 2011 of January. Now, it will go on the road to TVET institutes across the country.

The following are the persons visible on the photos – they participated at the exhibition to provide lively messages to visitors, especially to young people and their parents who are interested in TVET