Is investment in enhancing training quality a State policy on the development of vocational education in Vietnam?

Is investment in enhancing training quality a State policy on the development of vocational education in Vietnam?

According to Clause 3, Article 6 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, specific regulations on State policies for developing vocational education in Vietnam are as follows:

State Policy on Developing Vocational Education

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3. Investment in improving training quality, developing a network of vocational education institutions according to the planning; focusing investment to establish several high-quality key vocational education institutions to meet the manpower needs of the labor market, the learning needs of workers, and gradually popularizing vocations for the youth.

4. The State has policies to channel students graduating from secondary schools and high schools into vocational education suitable to each stage of socio-economic development.

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Thus, through the above regulation, investing in improving training quality is a State policy for developing vocational education.

Is investment in enhancing training quality a State policy on the development of vocational education in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What are the policies for vocational education institutions in Vietnam?

According to Clause 1, Article 26 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, specific regulations on policies for vocational education institutions are as follows:

- Granted land by the State or leased land, and infrastructure; enjoying credit incentives to invest in infrastructure or improve training quality;

- Tax incentives according to the provisions of tax law; tax exemption on undistributed income of the institution reinvesting in the field of vocational education; tax exemption and reduction as regulated on profits earned from products and services created from training activities;

- Tax incentives for the production, business, and services in alignment with training activities, publishing textbooks, teaching materials, producing and supplying training equipment, importing books, newspapers, documents, training equipment;

- Participating in bidding, receiving government training orders according to the provisions of the law on bidding, ordering public service delivery services using the state budget;

- Access to preferential loans from domestic and international programs and projects;

- Participating in training programs for teachers, vocational education administration staff both domestically and internationally funded by the state budget;

- Supporting investment to ensure conditions for receiving ethnic boarding high school students upon graduation into vocational training;

- Supporting the development of training in sectors and professions meeting the learning needs of workers going abroad;

- Policies encouraging private investment according to legal regulations.

Note:

People's Committees at all levels create favorable conditions for vocational education institutions in the region to carry out training activities, disseminate scientific and technical advancements, and transfer technology.

What is the organizational structure of vocational education institutions in Vietnam?

According to Article 10 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, specific regulations on the organizational structure of vocational education institutions are as follows:

[1] The organizational structure of public, private intermediate colleges includes:

- School council for public intermediate colleges; board of directors for private intermediate colleges;

- Principal, vice principals;

- Departments or professional and operational units;

- Faculties, subjects;

- Advisory councils;

- Sections; scientific and technological research organizations; organizations serving training, scientific research and technology application; production, business, service establishments (if any);

[2] The organizational structure of public, private vocational training centers includes:

- Director, deputy directors;

- Departments or professional and operational units;

- Subject departments;

- Advisory councils;

- Units serving training; production, business, service establishments (if any).

- Vocational education institutions with foreign investment have autonomy over their organizational structure.

What are regulations on the Charter of vocational education institutions in Vietnam?

According to Clause 2, Article 22 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, specific regulations on the charter of vocational education institutions include the following main contents:

- Goals and mission;

- Tasks, powers of the vocational education institution;

- Organizing training activities;

- Tasks and rights of teachers, management staff;

- Tasks and rights of learners;

- Organization and management of vocational education institutions;

- Finance and assets;

- Relationship between vocational education institutions, enterprises, families, and society.