Lecturers will be required to have a degree and hold a communication skills certificate.
A ministry statement said Vietnamese workers were weak on communication.
The ministry said the public’s opinion on the programme would be sought before it was launched.
Nguyen Manh Kien, a student at the Vocational School for Technology and Business in Hanoi, said he and his classmates tended to focus on acquiring knowledge required to pass their exams.
“I get nervous speaking in front of an audience. However, I have never had training in public speaking,” Kien said.
A report last October by the World Bank entitled “Putting higher education to work: Skills and Research for Growth in East Asia” stated that insufficient attention was paid to “soft skills” such as communication, English language and social knowledge in Vietnam.
A recent survey of 240 students at the Health College in Tien Giang Province last month showed that 30% of those who took part had no clue what was meant by the term “soft skills,” and did not know if they were good or bad communicators.
