Abstract

Conclusion.  The study highlights the need for pedagogical innovation, faculty development, and context-specific strategies to enhance entrepreneurship education in vocational institutions. These findings offer evidence-based insights to support policy formulation, institutional planning, capacity building, continuous improvement, and university-industry-government cooperation in alignment with Vietnam’s vocational education reform objectives

Keywords: Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship management, Mekong Delta region, student entrepreneurship, vocational college students.

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