Do students in Vietnam have the right to elect? What is the grade at which students learn about election?
Do students in Vietnam have the right to elect?
Under Article 27 of the Constitution 2013:
Every citizen who reaches the age of twenty-one has the right to stand for election to the National Assembly or People’s Councils. The exercise of those rights shall be prescribed by a law.
Additionally, according to Article 2 of the Law on Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and Members of People's Councils 2015:
Voting age and age of candidacy
From the date on which the polling day is announced, every 18-year-old or older citizen of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is entitled to vote in the election and every 21-year-old or older citizen is entitled to stand for the election to the National Assembly and the People’s Councils as prescribed in this Law.
Thus, according to the above regulations, students in Vietnam have the right to elect. However, they must be at least 18 years of age to exercise of the right to elect.
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What are the regulations on educational levels and entry ages of students in general education in Vietnam?
Under Article 28 of the Education Law 2019, the educational levels and entry ages are defined as follows:
- Educational levels and age groups of general education are regulated as follows:
+ Primary education lasts for 05 school years, from the first to the fifth grade. The entry age for the first grade is 06;
+ Lower secondary education lasts for 04 school years, from the sixth to the ninth grade. Students must complete the primary educational programme before entering the sixth grade. The entry age for the sixth grade is 11;
+ Upper secondary education lasts for 03 school years, from the tenth to the twelfth grade. Students must complete the lower secondary educational programme before entering the tenth grade. The entry age for the tenth grade is 15;
- Cases where schooling could be commenced at younger ages or at higher ages prescribed in clause 1 of this Article are as follows:
+ Commencing schooling at younger ages for students with early intellectual development;
+ Commencing schooling at older ages for students repeating classes, students living in areas with exceptional socio-economic difficulties, students belonging to ethnic minorities, disabled and handicapped students, students with physical or intellectual disadvantages, orphan students, students of poor households, students returning from overseas and other cases as prescribed by law.
- General education shall be divided into 2 phases: basic education and career-orientated education. Basic education includes primary education and lower secondary education; career-oriented education is upper secondary education. Students of institutions of vocational education shall learn the upper secondary education knowledge.
What is the grade at which students in Vietnam learn about election?
According to sub-section 2, Section 5 of the Upper Secondary Education Program, subject Civic Education issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the content of the 11th-grade Civic Education syllabus is outlined as follows:
| Content | Required Outcomes |
| Competition, supply, and demand in the market economy | - Competition + Define competition. + Explain the causes leading to competition. + Analyze the role of competition in the economy. + Criticize manifestations of unfair competition. - Supply, demand, and the relationship between supply and demand. + Define supply and factors affecting supply. + Define demand and factors affecting demand. + Analyze the relationship and role of supply-demand in the economy. + Analyze the supply-demand relationship in specific business activities. |
| Inflation, unemployment | - Define the concepts: inflation, unemployment. - List the types of inflation and unemployment. - Explain the reasons leading to inflation, unemployment. - Describe the consequences of inflation, unemployment on the economy and society. - State the role of the State in controlling and curtailing inflation, unemployment. - Support compliance and criticize violations of the State's policies in controlling and curtailing inflation, unemployment. |
| Labor market, employment | - Define concepts: labor, employment, labor market, employment market. - Identify the relationship between the labor market and the employment market. - Recognize labor hiring trends in the market. - Identify the responsibility of self-improvement to participate in the labor market and choose a suitable career. |
| Ideas, business opportunities and necessary skills for entrepreneurs | - Define what constitutes a business idea and a business opportunity. - Explain the importance of developing business ideas and identifying, evaluating business opportunities. - Recognize why business ideas are necessary; sources that help generate business ideas. - Identify the necessary skills for entrepreneurs. - Develop business ideas through exercises; analyze one's business ideas and entrepreneurial skills. |
| Business ethics | - Define the concept and role of business ethics. - Identify manifestations of business ethics. - Explore and learn the ethical qualities of businessmen. - Encourage family members to practice business ethics. - Criticize manifestations of violations of business ethics. |
| Consumer culture | - Define the role of consumption in economic development. - Define the concept and role of consumer culture. - Describe some characteristics of Vietnamese consumer culture and measures to develop consumer culture. - Practice cultural consumption behaviors. - Criticize uncivilized consumption habits; advocate cultural consumption among friends and family. |
| Citizen's right to equality | - Articulate basic legal provisions about: + Citizens' right to equality before the law (equality in rights, obligations, and legal responsibility). + Gender equality in various fields. + Equality rights among ethnic groups and religions. - Recognize the significance of citizens' equality rights to human life and society. - Evaluate acts violating citizens' equality rights in simple real-life situations. - Practice legal provisions concerning citizens' right to equality. |
| Some basic democratic rights of citizens | - Articulate some basic legal provisions about: + Citizens' rights and obligations in participating in state and social management. + Citizens' rights and obligations concerning voting and candidacy. + Citizens' rights and obligations concerning complaints and denunciations. + Citizens' rights and obligations concerning national defense. - Recognize the consequences of acts violating citizens' democratic rights. - Voluntarily comply with legal regulations on citizens' democratic rights. - Analyze and evaluate common acts related to citizens' democratic rights in everyday life. |
| Some basic freedoms of citizens | - Articulate some basic legal provisions about: + The inviolability of personal freedoms. + Legal protection of life, health, honor, and dignity. + Inviolability of residence. + Security and confidentiality of correspondence, telephone and telegraph. + Citizens' rights and obligations concerning freedom of speech, press, and access to information. + Citizens' rights and obligations concerning freedom of belief and religion. - Recognize the consequences of acts violating citizens' freedoms. - Understand students' responsibilities in exercising citizens' freedoms. - Analyze and evaluate acts violating citizens' freedoms in some simple scenarios. - Voluntarily adhere to legal provisions on citizens' freedoms through specific, appropriate actions. |
| STUDY TOPIC | |
| Topic 11.1: Economic development and environmental change | - Identify the negative impacts of economic development on the natural environment, and determine the causes of these impacts. - Explain the necessity to address the negative impacts of economic development on the natural environment. - Conduct research exercises on cases where human life is adversely affected by negative impacts from economic development on the natural environment. - Evaluate some measures and policies currently being applied to overcome or limit the negative impacts of economic development on the natural environment. |
| Topic 11.2: Some issues concerning labor law | - Define the concept, basic principles of labor law; labor law provisions concerning: labor contracts, wages and bonuses, social insurance, labor disputes, and dispute resolution. - Analyze and evaluate the consequences of labor law violations in simple, commonly encountered situations; present convincing arguments in discussions or debates on some current issues related to labor law in daily life. - Actively advocate for compliance with labor laws among those around you. |
| Topic 11.3: Some issues concerning civil law | - Define concepts, principles, and some specific stipulations of civil law: civil contracts, civil obligations, inheritance of property, intellectual property rights and technology transfer, marriage and family law. - Recognize the consequences of civil law violations in specific, commonly encountered scenarios. - Present analysis and evaluation arguments in discussions or debates on simple, commonly encountered civil law issues. - Adjust personal legal behavior when resolving issues related to civil law provisions. - Actively encourage others to adjust their civil law behavior; criticize acts of civil law violation. |
Thus, students will learn about election in the 11th-grade Civic Education (11th-grade Economics and Law Education subject).
