Saigon Port Training Centre The project will establish a training centre in Ho Chi Minh City for the port- and transport market: despite the need for human resource development and great demand for skilled workers, such an institute, which could contribute to the upgrading of the port and transport sector, still does not exist in Vietnam.The centre will develop a port training programme for the transport chain, local trainers will be trained and the first graduated managers and workers certified. A number of 8 staff will be employed and trained.For this purpose a Joint Stock Company (JSC), registered with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, will be set up between Dutch applicant STC and the local Vietnamese container terminal partner, Saigon New Port Company. This JSC will closely collaborate with the Vietnamese University of Transport Ho Chi Minh City (UT-HCMC).Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Dutch and local standards concerning CSR will be implemented, amongst others combating corruption, wage dumping and excluding child labour. Also, STC is an IIP (Investor in People) certified company since 2003. This standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation's performance through its people and this is what the project partners also envisage for the training centre.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsAt the end of the project, Saigon Port Training Centre will full-time employ 8 employees of which 4 at medium-/high-level.Income levels of the planned Saigon Port Training Centre staff will at least be in accordance with regular Vietnamese compensation levels for staff and instructors of training centres.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe knowledge transfer of the port and transport chain and the operational skills training is new to Vietnam. Vietnamese instructors will for the first time be exposed to didactic approaches and tools in competency based education, in the use of simulators, in the process definition of logistic problems, in the development and design of scenario's for the logistic chain. The centre could also claim a position as service centre for vocational training and train-the-trainer programmes.•	Chain effectsIn the medium and long term, the national port, transport and logistics companies (state owned and private) will directly benefit from the project. Secondly, foreign investors will be supported through the availability of well-trained staff.By upgrading people's knowledge and skills at managerial, supervisory and operational level, the efficiency of the transport chain will increase. At the same time this shall positively affect the environmental, personal and financial risks. There will be better chances for a career and employment in the ports, on terminals and /or the Vietnamese transport industry.•	EnvironmentThe increase in expertise and knowledge on operations and terminals, and specific training activities aimed at the increase of safe and secure operations, will, but in the long term, have a positive effect on the local awareness and handling of the environment.•	Position of womenFor this project, the project partners are convinced that the participation of women at operational and managerial level in the transport and logistics industry can be increased. This conviction motivated the STC-Group to start the first 100% women groups for the maritime sector next academic year. The goal of the project is to establish, build and operate a port training centre for professional port and transport managers, supervisors and workers to increase the efficiency in all Vietnamese ports. Within the scope of the project in total 240 students will be trained at the centre.