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MANIVONG BONGSOUVANH
TRAINING AND FOSTERING
OF CADRES
AND OFFICERS IN SAVANAKHET
PROVINCE,
PEOPLE’S DEMOCRACY REPUBLIC OF
LAOS
Major: Public management
Code: 9 34 04 03
SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS OF
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
MINISTRY OF HOME
AFFAIRS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
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The work has been completed at: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
PUPLIC ADMINISTRATION
Supervisors: 1. Assoc. Prof. PhD. Luu Kiem Thanh
2. Assoc. Prof. PhD Ngo Thanh Can
Reviewer 1: ……………………………………
Reviewer 2: ……………………………………
Reviewer 3: ……………………………………………
The thesis is presented at the Academic - level Thesis Assessment
Council
Location: Meeting Hall .. ... Floor ..., National Academy of Public
Administration.
No. 77 - Nguyen Chi Thanh Street - Dong Da District - Hanoi
Time: ……… date …… month…. 2021
The thesis can be found at the National Library of Vietnam or the
library of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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PREFACE
1. Reason to choose the topic
In the Lao PDR, training for civil servants is determined to
train basic skills and professional knowledge in order to improve the
quality of civil servants according to the requirements of
administrative reform and society nowadays especially in the 21st
century. When the fourth industrial revolution sets many new
requirements for public servants to meet the demands of increasing
management requirements, building civil servants who are proficient
in professional expertise. They have knowledge and skills to work
effectively. Moreover, they also have good management skills, and
completely loyal to the socialist regime in Lao PDR. In recent years,
the training of civil servants in Savanakhet province has made
remarkable achievements, improving the quality of civil servants,
making an important contribution to the renovation and socio-
economic development in the locality. However, the quality of
training for civil servants in Savanakhet province is not high. The
application of knowledge after training is still limited. The program
has not met the diverse requirements of civil servants. Content,
which is not reasonable and suitable for learners, is not associated
with practice. Equipment for teaching and learning is weak and
lacking. The teaching staff still is inadequacy and the quality of the
staff is not synchronized, qualification is still limited. Practical
knowledge, which is limited, is still backward . Teaching methods
have not been innovated strongly and they have not been closely to
reality. Furthermore, teaching methods is not promoting the
activeness and initiative of students. Lecturers have not been
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facilitated to access and use modern means in teaching. The teaching
staff is still lacking and it percentage is not reasonable.
There are many authors who research about training of cadres
and officers with different approaches which is from the actual
situation, experience and the job position. In Western countries, it is
often mentioned to foster civil servants. In Laos, fostering and
traning are for cadres and civil servants
They have created a diversely theoretical basis for training
study in Lao PDR. However, there are not many researches on
carders and officers training especially fundamental studies in the
locality.
Due to the complex activities of cadres and civil servants
training and limited knowledge related to this field, the thesis
continues to clarify and deepen the theoretical issues of carders and
officers training.
Contributing to improve the quality of fostering and training
civil servants in Savanakhet province of Lao PDR today, the author
chooses the thesis of " Training and fostering cadres and officers in
Savanakhet province, Lao People's Democratic Republic " as the
research topic for a doctoral thesis in Public Administration.
2. Purposes and tasks of the study
2.1 Purpose of the study
On the theoretical basic of training and fostering of cadres and
officers, the thesis assesses the current situation of training and
fostering of civil servants in Savanakhet province, Lao PDR, and
then it proposes some solutions to improve the activities of training
and fostering of civil servants and public servants in Savannakhet
province, Lao PDR.
2.2 Tasks of the study
- An overview of scientific works related to the thesis topic.
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- Systematizing and clarifying the scientific basis for the
activities of civil servants training.
- Analyzing, evaluating and clarifying the current situation of
training activities for civil servants in Savanakhet province, Lao
PDR.
- Proposing some solutions to improve training activities for
civil servants in Savanakhet province, Lao PDR nowadays.
3. Objects and scope of the study
- Objects of the study is activities of training and fostering of
cadres and officers.
- The thesis has scope of study is in Savanakhet province, Lao
PDR from 2010 to the present vision for the following years.
4. Methodology and research methodology
- The thesis is based on the method of dialectical materialism
and historical materialism of Marxism-Leninism
- In terms of theoretical research, there are methods of
practical summaries, statistics, synthesis, comparative analysis,
expert, sociological investigation.
5. Scientific hypotheses and research questions
5.1. Scientific hypothesis
- How does training and fostering cadres and officers proceed
based on scientific basic in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- What are the results and limitations of fostering and training
cadres and civil servants in Savanakhet province, Lao PDR? Why?
- How to improve the quality and efficiency of public service
of training activities in Savanakhet province, Lao People's
Democratic Republic in the current period?
5.2. Research question
There are still many problems in training and fostering cadres
and officers in Savanakhet province, therefore they not only affects
the quality of the province's civil servants but also costs money and