The Opening Ceremony of the Intermediate Tourist Guide Class - Course 2022-2024 was solemnly held at 10:00 a.m. on May 22, 2023 at the hall of the Vocational Education and Continuing Education Center of Ba Tri District - Ben Tre Province.

The ceremony was honored to welcome the presence of Mr. Pham Thanh Hung - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Ben Tre Province, Mr. Doan Hai Nam - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Ben Tre Province, Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong - Head of the Department of Labor - Vocational Education - Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Ben Tre Province, Mr. Tran Van Hoang - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Tri District, Ben Tre Province, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Vocational Education Association - Human resource forecasting expert.

Photo 1: Local leaders attending the Opening Ceremony took a photo with the leaders of the two affiliated units

With the presence of the Teachers of the Vocational Education and Continuing Education Center of Ba Tri District; Representatives of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs; The Department of Education and Training of Ba Tri district; the Center for Culture, Sports and Broadcasting of Ba Tri district came to record and report. In particular, there was a large presence of students and parents of the Intermediate Tourist Guide class.

Photo 2: Dr. Huynh Trong Hien - Vice Principal of Southeast Asia Intermediate School delivered the opening speech at the ceremony.

The demand for labor recruitment is increasing and requires a high-quality workforce to meet the development of the labor market. Along with the characteristics of socio-economic development, a well-trained skilled workforce plays an urgent role in increasing labor productivity, developing the economy, and improving social life. Grasping the development opportunities and policies to support the development of skilled labor resources of the government, especially policies for secondary school graduates, will certainly create a breakthrough for the future of students studying at the Center for Continuing Education and Vocational Training of Ba Tri district. Implementing the educational streaming work in Ben Tre province according to Decision 522 of the Prime Minister; Project 06 of Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee on human resource training to meet the socio-economic development needs of the province.

Figure 3: Mr. Bui Quoc Phong - Deputy Director of the Center for Continuing Education and Vocational Training in Ba Tri district spoke about the joint program

After a period of preparation in all aspects, with the permission of leaders at all levels, with the permission of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ben Tre province and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City; After the enrollment period, we have now organized the Opening Ceremony of Vocational Intermediate classes - school year 2022 -2024". The opening ceremony aims to recognize the joint training program between the Center for Continuing Education and Vocational Training in Ba Tri district - Ben Tre province and the Southeast Asia College - Ho Chi Minh City.

Figure 4: Flag-raising ceremony at the Opening Ceremony

During the ceremony, Southeast Asia College awarded 05 scholarships to support learning equipment for students and Japanese language scholarships (E-leaning) worth 20 million/student to all students of the Tourism Guide class opening on May 22, 2023, training at the Center for Continuing Education - Vocational Training Center of Ba Tri District - Ben Tre Province.

Figure 5: Speech by Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City Vocational Education Association - Human resource forecasting expert on the tourism industry market

To help students of the Tourism Guide class update on the current labor market of the industry, helping students to be ready to take on the challenges in the upcoming study period, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City Vocational Education Association - Human resource forecasting expert shared his enthusiasm with the new students of Southeast Asia College.

Figure 6: Student Cao Thanh Loan - Representative of the intermediate vocational class of Tourist Guides expressed her feelings.

In the joyful atmosphere of the opening day, the sincere feelings from new student Cao Thanh Loan representing all the intermediate vocational class of Tourist Guides and firmly believed that this was the most determined and responsible first step that you have chosen to develop yourself.

Figure 7: Intermediate vocational class of Tourist Guides of Southeast Asia General College, opened at the Center for Continuing Education - Vocational Training Center of Ba Tri District - Ben Tre Province

The opening ceremony of the intermediate vocational class of Tourist Guides of Southeast Asia General College, opened at the Center for Continuing Education - Vocational Training Center of Ba Tri District - Ben Tre Province has been successfully completed. Promising a course with many outstanding factors and providing high-quality human resources for the labor market in the near future.