Industrial revolution 4.0 with human resources development of thai nguyen high-Tech agriculture

r, the fact shows that the 
qualification of labor in rural areas of Thai 
Nguyen is low, the system of vocational 
training is outdated and does not meet the 
requirements. Facing this situation, the 
renewal of training methods and human 
resource development for agriculture 4.0 is an 
urgent requirement for functional levels and 
branches, needing practical solutions for 
development of human agricultural force. 
4.2. Solution on controlling quantity and 
quality and improvement of high-tech 
agricultural human resources 
Firstly, there must be good at controlling in 
terms of the number of human resources, 
limiting the population growth rate of the 
province. According to Thai Nguyen 
statistics, the population of Thai Nguyen 
province in 2016 is 1,227,400 people, the 
natural population growth rate is 0.99%. In 
particularly, the main reason for Thai Nguyen 
population growth due to high migration into 
Thai Nguyen (two directions: rural - Thai 
Nguyen and other urban areas - Thai Nguyen); 
Thai Nguyen crude birth rate in 2017 is 15.14 
‰ (decreasing 0.17 ‰ compared to 2016), the 
reduction is not sustainable, especially, that is 
higher than the other province because of 
childbearing in rural. Thereby, all creating 
many problems that need solved such as labor 
and employment: unemployment rate of labor 
resources in the working age in 2017 is 1.68%, 
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of which rural areas are 1.46%. Therefore, 
ensuring a reasonable population size, limiting 
the birth of a third child, continue to maintain 
and promote the implementation of policies on 
population planning. 
Secondly, improving the quality of human 
resources, it is necessary to improve the 
physical and mental level of human 
resources. Propagating and raising awareness 
for employees, opening propaganda classes 
for managers, thereby enabling them to go 
deeper and closer to the workforce of rural 
agricultural workers (especially ethnic 
minorities) to active, disciplined life skills in 
the new environment as well as knowledge 
of new techniques that will be applied in 
cultivation under the impact of the 4.0 digital 
technology context. Improving the income of 
workers on the basis of stable jobs, ensuring 
social justice to create conditions for 
children of poor families to access 
educational health services. 
Thirdly, creating jobs for the labor force in 
the working age to reduce the unemployment 
rate in both urban and rural areas, accelerating 
labor restructuring to progress and improve 
the efficiency of human resource in use. 
Implementing regional economic 
restructuring towards the formation and 
development of industries and economic 
sectors to form a new form of economic 
structure and labor structure, including three 
closely linked and supportive sections, 
creating a multi-tiered grid system and create 
jobs for human resources. 
4.3. Solutions to improve the efficiency of 
using high-tech agricultural human resources 
In order for human resources to serve high-
tech development with quality and efficiency, 
it is necessary to build a close link between 
four houses "Farmers - State - Scientists - 
Enterprises" this is the development trend of 
modern and sustainable agriculture. In 
particular, enterprises applying industry 4.0 
support effectively farmers applying high 
technology, actively linking with agricultural 
experts in developed countries to provide 
solutions, equipment and specific 
implementation formulas. Domestic high-tech 
agricultural experts will apply all in practice. 
The local governments of the provinces need 
to promote the policy of supporting 
enterprises, creating a coordination 
mechanism, getting close links between the 
state and enterprises, training institutions and 
farmers, promoting potentials power. 
4.4. Solution for training human resources 
in Thai Nguyen province 
Vietnam is lacking of qualified and intensive 
teachers on new rural areas and agriculture, 
specially, high-tech agriculture. There are 
much of theory in training programs, the 
content does not cover all the knowledge, 
skills and skills about new rural areas, lack of 
deep knowledge about international 
integration, climate change, production 
linkages, value chain development, business, 
market orientation, entrepreneurship 
knowledge, high technology, information 
technology application... 
Firstly, the State must be decisive role in the 
development of high-tech agriculture. With 
the tradition of an agricultural production 
economy, there are about 70% of the 
population participating in agricultural 
production in the whole country, in Thai 
Nguyen the labor force in agriculture 
accounts for nearly 50%. Thus, in the process 
of applying high technology to agricultural 
production, farmers and peasants are mostly 
in doing. The State should organize training 
courses to raise farmers' awareness about the 
importance of high-tech agricultural 
development, as well as training of life skills, 
discipline and matching village life with 
industrial style to increase the dynamics of 
rural agricultural human resources but not 
lose the good national identity and culture. 
At the same time, the state also needs to enact 
policies to support businesses, creating 
opportunities for enterprises to train farmers 
to produce according to the order 
requirements of enterprises. Support capital in 
the application and transfer of high 
technology in agricultural production to both 
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farmers and businesses for a number of main 
projects (such as the application of high 
technology in tea production and products 
from tea) ... The state needs enforce policies 
which support talented people, good experts 
in the field of high-tech to develop agriculture 
in Thai Nguyen. 
Secondly, improving the professional and 
technical qualifications of human resources. 
The rate of unskilled workers in Thai Nguyen 
which accounts for a high proportion of 
69.3% (although it has decreased compared to 
70.6% in 2016), of which, untrained workers 
in urban areas are 42.3%, rural areas account 
for a very high rate of 80.8%. Therefore, the 
province needs to build and develop a human 
resource training system in association with 
importance products, high competitiveness 
and great demand. There are prospects for 
future development of Thai Nguyen, such as 
planting and processing tea products, growing 
safe vegetables, flowers and ornamental 
plants, medicinal plants... 
Thirdly, it is necessary to coordinate links 
between enterprises and schools in training 
high-tech human resources. Currently, in 
order to have human resources for developing 
high-tech agriculture, Thai Nguyen province 
needs to be bold in the program to send 
workers to overseas training or training at 
domestic educational institutions, training 
links both learning and doing according to the 
needs of businesses. The school facilitates 
students to practice in the enterprises to have 
more experiences, skills for applying the 
acquired knowledge in the school in working 
at the enterprise. The school with high 
qualified scientific researchers needs to 
cooperate with enterprises to implement 
projects on agricultural applications in 
agriculture such as green agriculture, smart 
agriculture ... including the participation of 
trainees let them directly study as well as gain 
more practical experience. The co-operation 
among universities, businesses and research 
institutes is an inevitable reality when training 
must follow to the demand or according to the 
orders of the business. 
5. Conclusion 
The fourth industrial revolution is changing the 
global economy, having a direct impact on 
Vietnam (both positive and negative). If 
Vietnam takes good opportunities and 
overcomes challenges, Vietnam will be able to 
narrow the development gap with more 
advanced countries. It’s sooner to realize its 
goal of becoming a modern developed country. 
This article contributes to agricultural 
development in Thai Nguyen province in 
accordance with the trend of industrial 
revolution, improving the socio-economic life 
of the local people, aiming at agriculture with 
breeding and farming automation and high 
standards processes. With the participation of 
the political system, businesses and peasants, 
good high-tech agricultural will become a 
reality, contributing to ensuring food security 
and national food in generally and agricultural 
development in Thai Nguyen province in 
particularly. 
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