Vietnam: Requirements of the training program for intermediate- and college-level vocational education

1. The industry or occupation constituting a training program must be named in uniformity with the Classification of tier-IV college- and intermediate-level training industries and occupations brought into effect by the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

2. The training program must provide the curriculum that conforms to regulatory requirements concerning the minimum knowledge volume and competency that students may attain upon completion of their respective training industries or occupation at the college- and intermediate-level training level.

3. The training program must define the framework and timelength of specific subjects and modules relative to relevant training approaches, theory, practice or internship training timelength.

4. Contents and timelength of compulsory general subjects shall be subject to regulations of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

5. The training program must be logical, well-organized, practical, flexible and adaptable to any change in the engineering or technological sector and labor market.

6. The training program must assure that training timelength is distributed and subjects or modules are arranged in a proper manner to accomplish predetermined vocational education objectives.

7. The training program must set out statutory requirements concerning the minimum number of educational facilities, equipment and teaching staff guaranteeing that the training quality standards are assured.

8. The training program must specify the method for assessment of learning outcomes, determination of the degree of a student’s fulfillment of competency requirements upon completion of his/her subject or module in that training program.

9. The training program must provide training contents that match sectoral, local and national development demands and are in line with current technologies used in production and service provision activities.

10. The training program must ensure modernity, international integration and intend to keep abreast of all latest training tendencies in the region and the globe.

11. The training program must ensure transition between training levels in the national education system.

View more details at Circular No. 03/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam, effective from April 14, 2017.

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