Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam is Chairman of the National Council for Education and Human Resources Development. (Photo: VNA)

The 27-member council is chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam while the Minister of Education and Training acts as Vice Chairman.

Its members include representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Health; Viet Nam Association for Promoting Education; and universities.

The Council serves as a think tank responsible for advising the Prime Minister on reviewing and evaluating reforms in education and human resource development; and on executing the Laws on Education, Higher Education and Vocational training structural framework of the national education system, national qualifications framework, education development strategies, and major educational projects.

Additionally, it provides consultancy for the Government in policy making on furthering comprehensive reforms in education, vocational education and human resource development; and studies and gives opinions on building and implementing major mechanisms, policies and projects in the field.