FUNiX, the leading online education provider in Viet Nam, and Udemy, the largest global learning and teaching marketplace, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a new partnership.

The partnership aims to train Viet Nam’s workforce to be ready for future careers that are being shaped by the impact of digital technologies, according to their representatives. The two parties expect to deliver affordable digital instruction at scale for everyone.

Under the MoU, the two sides will consider working together on three core activities, including developing the Vietnamese Instructor Community to publish courses on Udemy, promoting Udemy Business solutions to strategic market segments across private and public sectors and distributing Udemy marketplace products in Viet Nam.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Founder of FUNiX Nguyen Thanh Nam said that in Viet Nam, families invest heavily in their children’s education, and people are very adaptive to the internet and digital society. Through online education, he expressed hope for a future where international standard education is accessible to all.

“FUNiX and Udemy will work together to make this dream a reality and ensure that no one is left behind as society progresses,” he said.

Richard Qui, Senior Vice President, Business Development of Udemy, said: “Udemy’s mission is to provide access to affordable quality education at a global price. This collaboration is another step to achieve that mission.”

FUNiX is the online education system specialising in large-scale IT Professional training in Viet Nam. Established in 2015, FUNiX has trained more than 16,000 students and developed a pool of over 5,000 industry mentors.

The ecosystem of FUNiX encourages students to leverage the huge resources from the internet with the support of industry mentors and to learn everything from basic programming languages to advanced technology. The credits and certificates of FUNiX are widely recognised by corporates & universities in Viet Nam and overseas.

Udemy is one of the biggest Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platforms globally. Millions of students are mastering new skills from 57,000 expert instructors teaching over 150,000 online courses in topics from programming and data science to leadership and team building.

For companies, Udemy for Business offers an employee training and development platform with subscription access to over 4,000 courses, learning analytics, and the ability to host and distribute their content.

Eighty per cent of Fortune 100 companies say they trust Udemy for employee upskilling. — VNS