Vietnam: Are pregnant learners pursuing a master's program allowed to retain their academic results?

Are pregnant learners pursuing a master's program in Vietnam allowed to retain their academic results?

Under Clause 1, Article 13 of the Regulation on enrolment and training for master degree issued together with Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT, the provisions are as follows:

Pausing study progress, and dropping out 

1. Learners may temporarily cease their academic progress and retain obtained results when:

a) they are enlisted in armed forces;

b) they are mobilized by competent authority, representing the country to participate in international competitions or exams, or performing other tasks of the country or sector;

c) they are sick, pregnant, or injured by accident which requires prolonged period of treatment where written confirmation of competent medical examination and treatment establishments is required according to regulations of Ministry of Health; 

d) they have other personal reasons as long as they have completed as lease one semester in the education institution and are not enforced to drop out or receiving disciplinary actions. 

2. Pausing period for Point d Clause 1 of this Article must be included in the deadline for completing the course under Clause 2 Article 3 hereof.

3. Learners will be allowed to drop out by education institutions for personal reasons, except for cases where learners are enforced to drop out or receiving disciplinary actions.

4. Regulations of education institutions shall elaborate on eligibility, entitlement, and procedures for applying for pausing study progress, resuming study progress and dropping out; retaining and verifying accumulated study results for learners dropping out.

Thus, pregnant learners pursuing a master's program may temporarily cease their academic progress and retain obtained results.

The education institution shall elaborate on eligibility, entitlement, procedures for evaluating temporary leave, and the retention of academic results for students.

Are pregnant learners pursuing a master's program in Vietnam allowed to retain their academic results? (Image from Internet)

What are the cases in which learners pursuing a master's program in Vietnam are subject to enforced drop-out?

Under Clause 3, Article 16 of the Regulation on enrolment and training for master degree issued together with Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT, learners who commit the following violations shall be enforced drop-out:

- Commit frauds in enrolment, studying, thesis defense, scheme defense, or during application for issuance of degrees, certificates;

- Illegally use results of other individuals or illegally copies, excerpt in thesis, scheme and are concluded by appraisal committee to be unqualified if said illegally copied, excerpted, or used sections are to be removed;

- Asking or hiring other individuals to produce a thesis or scheme.

Are learners pursuing a master's program in Vietnam allowed to transfer to other education institutions?

Under Clause 1, Article 14 of the Regulation on enrolment and training for master degree issued together with Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT, the provisions are as follows:

Transfer of education institutions, location of study, and training program

1. Learners shall be considered for transfer of education institutions, location of study, and training program if they:

a) satisfy qualification of training program which they apply for transfer to and education institutions where they apply for transfer to obtain all quality assurance requirements and have not exceeded training capacity for training program and majors as per applicable law provisions of Ministry of Education and Training; 

b) obtain consent of principals of education institutions which they apply for transfer from and education institutions which they apply for transfer to; 

c) obtain consent of heads of specialized departments in charge of training program, majors, individuals in charge of faculty (of both points of arrival and departure) and principals of education institutions in case of location of study and training program in the same education institution; 

d) have sufficient time for completing training program under Clause 2 Article 3 hereof and are not under any disciplinary action at warning level or higher.

2. Acknowledgement of study results and conversion of accumulated credits for learners in case of transferring education institutions or training program must conform to Article 4 hereof.

3. Regulations of education institutions shall elaborate on eligibility, sequence, and procedures for transferring education institutions, location of study, and training program.

Thus, learners pursuing a master's program in Vietnam are eligible to transfer of education institutions if they meet the following conditions:

- Satisfy qualification of training program which they apply for transfer to;

- Education institutions where they apply for transfer to obtain all quality assurance requirements and have not exceeded training capacity for training program and majors as per applicable law provisions of Ministry of Education and Training;

- Obtain consent of principals of education institutions which they apply for transfer from and education institutions which they apply for transfer to;

- Have sufficient time for completing the training program as regulated in Clause 2, Article 3 of the Regulation on enrolment and training for master degree issued together with Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT, and are not under any disciplinary action at warning level or higher