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International links and standards: Knowledge generation is a borderless enterprise, but Vietnamese academic institutions lack meaningful international connections. Indeed, young foreign educated scholars frequently cite the concern that they will be unable to stay current in their fields as a reason why theywish to avoid careers in theVietnamese academy. As Professor Hoang Tuy describes, the Vietnamese academyis very inward looking and does not evaluate itself according to international standards.Accountability: Vietnamese universities not accountable to outside stakeholders, including, critically, employers. Within the publicsystem, funding is not tiedto performanceor quality in any meaningfulway. Similarly, government research funding is awarded uncompetitively and is primarily a form of salary supplementation. Becauseuniversity slots are so coveted—only one in ten Vietnamese of college age are enrolled in post-secondary institutions—Vietnamese universities do not feel pressureto innovate. They have a captive market, for whom study abroad is an option for a tiny minority. Academic freedom: Even in comparison to China, Vietnam is notablein the degree to which its universities lack intellectual dynamism. Even as universities have gradually been accorded greater space, a web of formal and informal controls and constraints ensuresthat universities have remained intellectually moribund while thepublic discourse has grown more vibrant
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