What are the requirements for formal vocational training in Vietnam?

What is formal training in vocational education in Vietnam?

Under Clause 5, Article 3 of the Vocational Education Law 2014, formal training means a form of training which vocational education and training institutions and higher education institutions, or enterprises registering vocational education operation (hereinafter referred to as vocational education and training institutions) provide full-time courses in elementary-level, intermediate-level, and college-level vocational training.

Formal training in vocational education aims to provide full-time courses in elementary-level, intermediate-level, and college-level vocational training.

What are the requirements for formal vocational training in Vietnam?

According to Article 36 of the Vocational Education Law 2014, the requirements pertaining to formal vocational training in Vietnam are prescribed as follows:

Requirements pertaining to training methods

1. The training methods applied to elementary-level must attach special importance to vocational practice skills and promotion of the positiveness and self-awareness of students.

2. The training methods applied to intermediate-level or college-level must combine the vocational practice skills and vocational knowledge; promote the positiveness, self-awareness, dynamic, independent working and working in groups; use teaching software and apply information technology and communication to teaching and learning.

Thus, the requirements for formal vocational training in Vietnam are as follows:

- The training methods applied to elementary-level must attach special importance to vocational practice skills and promotion of the positiveness and self-awareness of students.

- The training methods applied to intermediate-level or college-level must combine the vocational practice skills and vocational knowledge; promote the positiveness, self-awareness, dynamic, independent working and working in groups; use teaching software and apply information technology and communication to teaching and learning.

What are the requirements for a vocational training program in Vietnam?

According to Article 34 of the Vocational Education Law 2014, vocational training programs in Vietnam must meet the following requirements:

- Clarify the training objectives for elementary-level, intermediate-level, or college-level; introduce regulations on knowledge and skills of the graduates; scope and structure of curriculum, methods and types of training; methods of assessment of learning outcomes applied to every module, course credit, subject, major, or vocation and level;

- Ensure the a scientific, modern, systematic, practical, and flexible program to adapt to the variation in the labor market; arrange reasonably the duration of body of knowledge and professional skills; ensure the connectivity in the national education system;

- Update and supplement periodically the program conformable with the technology in production, businesses and services.

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What are the regulations on enrollment for formal vocational training programs in Vietnam?

According to Clause 2, Article 32 of the Vocational Education Law 2014, the regulations on enrollment are as follows:

Enrollment

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2. The enrollment shall be carried out as follows:

a) The vocational education and training institution shall carry out the enrollment once a year or twice a year according to the determined enrollment quotas;

b) The elementary-level enrollment shall be carried in the form of admission;

c) The intermediate-level, or college-level enrollment shall be carried out in the form of admission or examination or the combination between admission and examination. The Principal of the vocational training school or vocational college may decide the shorlisting before performing the admission or examination according to the specific requirements of the major or vocation.

Thus, the organization of enrollment for formal vocational training programs of vocational education and training institutions  in Vietnam is conducted as follows:

- The vocational education and training institution shall carry out the enrollment once a year or twice a year according to the determined enrollment quotas;

- The elementary-level enrollment shall be carried in the form of admission;

- The intermediate-level, or college-level enrollment shall be carried out in the form of admission or examination or the combination between admission and examination.

The Principal of the vocational training school or vocational college may decide the shorlisting before performing the admission or examination according to the specific requirements of the major or vocation.