It is common that numerous English teachers in Vietnam now leave the classroom before entering retirement, even before joining in teaching job. The situation is keeping happening and triggering the shortages of qualified English teachers at any levels in Vietnam Education; however, there are a few studies investigating this issue, even ignore it. It was hypothesized that this teaching attrition phenomenon is attributed to a host of rationales, especially from the effect of opportunity alternatives combined with push and pull factors from two sides with the aim of maximizing their expectation or fulfillment. Many theories such as self-efficacy and organization applied in many previous studies in order to find out the main reasons for attrition intension or teaching mobility in terms of the lack of English competencies and facility inadequacies. This study reports the results of a qualitative method examining the accounts of both former and existing certified and experienced English language teachers in Vietnam and through a lens of expected utility combined with push and pull factors in order address the reasons for their permanent departure from the teaching profession.

It is common that numerous English teachers in Vietnam now leave the classroom before entering retirement, even before joining in teaching job. The situation is keeping happening and triggering the shortages of qualified English teachers at any levels in Vietnam Education; however, there are a few studies investigating this issue, even ignore it. It was hypothesized that this teaching attrition phenomenon is attributed to a host of rationales, especially from the effect of opportunity alternatives combined with push and pull factors from two sides with the aim of maximizing their expectation or fulfillment. Many theories such as self-efficacy and organization applied in many previous studies in order to find out the main reasons for attrition intension or teaching mobility in terms of the lack of English competencies and facility inadequacies. This study reports the results of a qualitative method examining the accounts of both former and existing certified and experienced English language teachers in Vietnam and through a lens of expected utility combined with push and pull factors in order address the reasons for their permanent departure from the teaching profession.

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