THACO College opens 2024-2025 academic year

On November 19, THACO College held the opening ceremony for the 2024-2025 academic year and celebrated the 42nd anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20, 1982). The event was attended by Mr. Tran Anh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee, authorities from departments and agencies of Quang Nam province and Nui Thanh district, partner training institutions, and THACO leadership, including Mr. Doan Dat Ninh, THACO AUTO Production Vice President.

In the 2023-2024 academic year, the college made notable achievements in both regular and continuous training activities. Specifically, it met the enrollment target with 718 students, 450 students graduated, and 100% of those wishing to work at THACO were employed. Additionally, the college provided advanced training in professional skills, management, and soft skills to 7,561 THACO Chu Lai employees, integrated training for 2,869 new staff, safety and occupational health training for 13,327 workers from THACO companies nationwide and some enterprises in Quang Nam province. Notably, in 2024, the college launched the Technical Safety Inspection Center, which has inspected nearly 1,600 devices for THACO units.

The college has been continuously improving its education quality through the teaching in combination with practice model, enabling teachers and students to research and create modern models and equipment.

In the new academic year, THACO College focuses on vocational and technical training and soft skills for students, alongside education on industrial ethics and working style through scientific training programs and extracurricular activities. The college also leverages its advantage as a business-affiliated training institution, providing students with opportunities to intern and work at THACO factories and units, among whom those from high-quality classes are sent to work at maintenance and inspection centers in Japan.

Principal Phan Tiem of THACO College stated that as THACO expands its business operations both domestically and in Laos and Cambodia, along with the surge in digitization and automation, there are new demands for improving the quality of workforce training. THACO College will overcome challenges by continuously innovating management, education methods, curricula, and training quality assessment with the motto "Bridging the gap between school and factory, between production theory and practice."

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan, praised the practice-focused education model implemented by THACO College. He expressed his hope that the college will continue its mission of training high-quality human resources to meet the development goals of the province and surrounding areas in the coming years. To achieve this, the college needs to enhance the quality of training and qualifications of its faculty, organize bridging courses for university and postgraduate studies in mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, and other fields to supply high-quality labor for Quang Nam and the entire country.

On behalf of THACO's leadership, Mr. Doan Dat Ninh, THACO AUTO Production Vice President, acknowledged and commended the efforts and achievements of THACO College's teachers and students over the past academic year. He also extended congratulations to the college's faculty and staff on the Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20), and encouraged students to adopt a proactive learning attitude, continuously improve their knowledge, skills, and industrial working style to become talented personnel contributing positively to the corporation and society.

On this occasion, THACO College honored two lecturers who won awards at the National Vocational Educators’ Conference 2024 and 11 outstanding students from the 2023-2024 academic year.

After 15 years of operation, THACO College has built a solid foundation in vocational training, with well-developed facilities and a dedicated, culturally-aligned workforce. The college has become a reliable and effective training institution, not only meeting the human resource needs of THACO's companies, factories, and complexes but also providing high-quality labor for businesses in Central Vietnam.