How much land area is required to be eligible for establishing a vocational education and training center in Vietnam?

How much land area is required to be eligible for establishing a vocational education and training center in Vietnam?

Under Article 3 of Decree 143/2016/ND-CP, amended by Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree 140/2018/ND-CP, Clause 1, Article 6 of Decree 140/2018/ND-CP, Clause 3, Article 1 of Decree 24/2022/ND-CP, points e and l, Clause 21, Article 1 of Decree 24/2022/ND-CP:

Conditions for the establishment, approval for establishment of vocational education and training institutions

1. Compliance with the network planning for vocational education and training institutions in Vietnam. For public vocational education and training institutions, upon establishment, they must operate under the self-governance mechanism for public service providers prescribed by the Government of Vietnam.

3. There must be a site for building facilities ensuring the minimum land area for a vocational education and training center is 1,000 m²; a vocational secondary school is 10,000 m² for urban areas or 20,000 m² for non-urban areas; a vocational college is 20,000 m² for urban areas or 40,000 m² for non-urban areas.

In cases where the site for building facilities of vocational secondary schools or colleges includes both urban and non-urban areas, the land area shall be converted in accordance with the ratio of 1:2 between urban and non-urban land areas.

4. Investment capital to establish a vocational education and training institution must be funded from lawful sources, excluding land value. To be specific:

a) For a vocational education and training center, a minimum of 5 billion VND;

b) For a vocational secondary school, a minimum of 50 billion VND;

c) For a vocational college, a minimum of 100 billion VND.

Thus, under the above regulations, to be eligible for establishing a vocational education and training center, it is required to have a land area of 1,000 m² and ensure the funding for establishment with a minimum investment of 5 billion VND (funded from lawful sources, excluding land value).

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Does the President of the Provincial People's Committee in Vietnam have the authority to establish a vocational education and training center?

The person with the authority to decide the establishment of a vocational education and training center is stipulated in Article 7 of Decree 143/2016/ND-CP as follows:

Authority to make decisions on establishment or to grant permission to establish vocational education and training institutions

1. Every President of the People’s Committee of the province has the power to issue decisions on establishment of public vocational training centers and vocational schools under the management of the provincial government, and to grant permission to establish private vocational training centers and vocational schools in the province.

2. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level and heads of central authorities of social-political organizations have the power to make decisions on establishment of public vocational training centers and vocational schools affiliated to their organizations.

3. The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has the power to make decisions on establishment of public colleges and to grant permission to establish private colleges.

According to the above regulations, the President of the People’s Committee of the province has the power to issue decisions on the establishment of public vocational training centers and vocational schools under the management of the provincial government and to grant permission to establish private vocational training centers and vocational schools in the province.

Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level authorities and heads of central authorities of social-political organizations have the power to make decisions on the establishment of public vocational training centers and vocational schools affiliated to their organizations.

Thus, the President of the Provincial People's Committee in Vietnam has the authority to establish a vocational education and training center.

From the date of obtaining the certificate of registration for vocational education and training, after how long must a vocational education and training center in Vietnam be put into operation?

Under Point b, Clause 4, Article 24 of Decree 143/2016/ND-CP, amended by Clause 19, Article 1 of Decree 24/2022/ND-CP:

Implementation

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4. Vocational education and training institutions, vocational education and training - continuing education centers, enterprises registered for vocational education and training activities are responsible

a) Private vocational education and training institutions and foreign-invested vocational education and training institutions must create a roadmap to prepare the conditions for self-deciding on the opening of training disciplines, professions as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 14 of this Decree to ensure that from January 1, 2024, if eligible, they may apply self-governance to decide on the opening of training disciplines, professions as prescribed;

b) Within 36 months for vocational secondary schools, vocational colleges and 24 months for vocational education and training centers, from the date the decision on establishment or approval for establishment takes effect, vocational colleges, vocational secondary schools, vocational education and training centers must register for vocational education and training activities;

c) Within 24 months from the date of being granted the certificate of registration for vocational education and training, the certificate of additional registration for vocational education and training, the vocational education and training institution, vocational education and training - continuing education center, enterprise must organize training activities according to the certificate granted by the competent authority;

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Thus, vocational education and training centers must be put into operation within 24 months from the date of obtaining the certificate of registration for vocational education and training.