A study tour group from Binh Thuan Community College (BTCC) in Vietnam spent time at four College of the North Atlantic (CNA) campuses in the province last month.
The 11-day trip was a part of the Vietnam Skills for Employment Project (VSEP) – a five-year project funded by Global Affairs Canada.
The eight delegates from BTCC, which included vice-rector Phan Thi Minh Hanh, five instructors of tourism and two instructors of foreign language, visited the Clarenville, Prince Philip Drive, Ridge Road and Seal Cove campuses.
The primary objective was to learn and observe CNA’s hospitality program, as well as Canadian tourism and culinary arts curricula, which will allow BTCC to develop market-driven programs.
Hanh said the delegates experience on the tour was focused and insightful.
“We achieved our agenda, we observed the different classes at CNA which gave us access to different teaching aids and methodologies used while delivering lectures,” Hanh said in a CNA news release.
“We visited many hotels and restaurants in the local area and toured different rooms. We also connected with key industry stakeholders at Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador, then we spoke to government and looked at the program – we learned a lot from the study tour.”
The VSEP project started in 2014 and will conclude in 2020. The recent study tour was the third of four in total.