Abstract
This article researches the income level of lecturers at public universities in Vietnam and identifies the impacts of income on lecturer attraction in public universities. The article uses public university lecturer income data based on 22 state audit reports in 2018. In addition, 369 questionnaires are also used to analyze barriers in attracting lecturers to public universities in Vietnam. The research results show that salaries make up a small part of the total income of lecturers. The additional income currently accounts for the largest proportion of the lecturer's total income and there is a clear disparity between universities. Bonuses for international scientific publications vary widely between universities. The higher the bonus level of the university, the higher the lecturer's income compared to other universities. Inequality in salary payments and additional income payments have created barriers making it difficult to attract lecturers to public universities in Vietnam. The phenomenon of internal brain drain (social mobility without migration) is increasingly popular and becoming a development trend in the future.
Highlights
Political and economic reforms launched in 1986 have transformed Vietnam from one of the poorest countries in the world into a lower-middle-income country
The research results showed that salaries only make up a small proportion in the structure of revenues constituting the income of public university lecturers in Vietnam
The additional income currently accounts for the largest proportion and there is a clear difference between universities
Summary
Political and economic reforms launched in 1986 have transformed Vietnam from one of the poorest countries in the world into a lower-middle-income country. In the 2018-2019 school year, Vietnam had 237 higher education institutions (excluding universities and institutes under the Security and National Defense sector), of which the number of public universities is CURRENT ISSUES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (accounting for 72, 6%), the number of private universities is 65 (accounting for 27.4%). This proves that public universities play an important role in the higher education system in Vietnam. The research of Dao Thanh Truong and his coworkers in the national scientific topic, code KX01.01/16-20 when surveying the causes of working abroad of Vietnamese talents shows that the factor accounting for the highest rate is the difficulty in conducting high-quality research in Vietnam (87.5%), “low wages in Vietnam” (84.4%); followed by lack of job opportunities (73.3%) (Truong, D.T et al, 2018)
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