Promoting Open Educational Resources for Higher Education in Vietnam

In the context of increasingly robust and widespread globalisation and digital transformation, Open Educational Resources have become an inevitable trend in higher education. While Vietnam has made significant progress in educational digitisation, OER development still faces substantial challenges including limited infrastructure, unclear legal frameworks, and insufficient stakeholder awareness. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of Open Educational Resources implementation in Vietnamese higher education through descriptive analytical research combining document analysis, comparative assessment, and case study examination of 52 institutions during 2020-2023. The analysis revealed that while 57.7% of institutions had implemented basic Open Educational Resources initiatives, only 23.1% achieved advanced integration with interactive elements. Quality assessment indicates that only 15.3% of content meets excellent academic standards, though 80.7% demonstrates good cultural relevance. Four primary barriers constrain development: inadequate legal frameworks affecting 89.4% of institutions, infrastructure disparities particularly disadvantaging regional universities, cultural resistance to open sharing among 71.6% of institutions, and limited specialised human resources. Successful Open Educational Resources implementation requires coordinated approaches addressing policy, infrastructure, quality assurance, and cultural transformation simultaneously. Priority interventions include developing clear legal regulations within 12-18 months, establishing national quality standards, implementing comprehensive faculty training, and creating unified national platforms. Success models at leading institutions demonstrate that effective implementation is achievable with sustained institutional commitment. The study contributes to international literature by documenting that technical infrastructure alone is insufficient—systematic capacity building and cultural change prove to be equally essential for sustainable Open Educational Resources development in emerging economy contexts.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64233/LVTM2762