A programme to send 1,000 government and university staff in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta abroad for post-graduate training has been unevenly regional implemented among the 13 provinces. The Mekong 1,000 programme (2005–15), chaired by Can Tho University, was launched as a platform project for high-level human resource training in the region.The programme, worth nearly US$50 million and funded by 13 provinces and one city in the region, aims to promote the region's development goals through training young university staff and provincial administrators. But in some provinces, it has not even kicked off, primarily due to a lack of funding, and delays in other provinces have been caused by the low foreign language (mostly English) skills of candidates. Meanwhile, some overseas universities have increased the target language requirement score for candidates. For the IELTS test, for example, a score of 6.0 or 6.5 is now needed compared to the previous 5.5, and for TOEFL, the score has risen from 450 to 500 or 550.Programme administrators said few candidates had chosen the majors of social sciences and humanities, medicine and public health, or public administration management, and instead have focused on a narrow range of majors. Bui Van Binh, manager of Tra Vinh Province's Department of Education and Training, said about 100 staff from different departments and sectors have applied to study abroad. In many of the province's districts, no one had applied because of the lack of foreign language competence, he said. Some provinces, like Tien Giang, Kien Giang and Ben Tre, have not sent any candidate abroad for training, mostly because of budget problems.
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