Vietnam: What are the regulations on establishment of the Board of Directors of private vocational training schools or colleges?

Does the organizational structure of private vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam include the Board of Directors?

Under Article 10 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, the regulations are as follows:

Organizational structure of vocational education institutions

1. Organizational structure of a public or private vocational training school or college includes:

a) School councils of public vocational training schools, or colleges; Board of Directors of private vocational training schools or colleges;

b) Principals, Vice Principals;

c) Administrative departments;

d) Faculties, or subjects;

dd) Advisory boards;

e) School branch; organizations for scientific and technology research; organizations for training services, scientific research and application development; internal business facilities (if any).

2. Organizational structure of a public or private vocational training center includes:

a) Directors, Deputy Directors;

b) Administrative departments;

c) Subjects;

d) Advisory boards;

dd) Organizations for training services; internal business facilities (if any).

3. The foreign-invested vocational education institutions shall be given autonomy in organizational structure.

The organizational structure of private vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam includes the Board of Directors.

What are the regulations on establishment of the Board of Directors of private vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam?

Under Article 12 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, the regulations on the establishment of the Board of Directors of private vocational training schools or colleges are as follows:

(1) Tasks and Powers

The Board of Directors which is the only representative of owners of the school shall have the following tasks and entitlement:

- Implement Resolutions of the General meeting of shareholders;

- Decide guidelines, objectives, strategies, planning, or plans for development and regulations on organization and operation of the school;

- Decide the organizational structure of the school; the establishment, acquisition, division, or dissolution of the organizations of the school; the appointment, discharge, or dismissal of the Principal and request for recognition or non-recognition of the Principal from the competent authorities;

- Decide the guidelines on training activities and international cooperation;

- Decide the organization, personnel, finance, assets and guidelines on investment and development of the school;

- Observe the implementation of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors, the General meeting of shareholders, and the implementation of the democratic regulations of the school.

(2) Composition of the Board of Directors includes:

- Representatives of the organizations or individuals holding a certain number of shares as prescribed;

- The Principal, representatives of vocational education authorities of local government where the vocational education institution is located or representatives of the relevant internal business facilities;

- Representatives of the Communist Parties, Unions; representatives of educators.

(3) The tenure of the Board of Directors is 5 years. The Board of Directors shall operate on the principle of collectives and under the majority rule.

(4) The procedures for establishment, members, tasks and entitlement of the Board of Directors; requirements, tasks and entitlement of the President and Secretary of the Board of Directors as regulated in the Regulations of the vocational training schools, colleges and Regulations on organization and operation of vocational education institutions.

(5) The President of the Board of Directors elected by the Board of Directors under the majority rule and ballot.

The President of the Board of Directors is the owner of school’s account and takes legal responsibility for the management of finance and assets of the school.

The President of the Board of Directors may authorize the Principal to be the representative of the account, and exercise rights and fulfill obligations similarly to the account owner within his authorized scope.

What are the regulations on establishment of the Board of Directors of private vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam?

What is the tenure of the principals of private vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam?

Under Clause 1, Article 14 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, the regulations are as follows:

Principals of vocational training schools or colleges

1. The Principal of vocational training schools or colleges is the leader of the vocational training schools or the colleges, the representative who takes legal responsibility and manages the operation of the school. Tenure of the Principal is 05 years. The Principal shall be appointed and appointed again at the end of the tenure and not exceeding two consecutive tenures.

The Principal of a public vocational training school or college shall be the owner of the school’s account, take legal responsibility for the management of finance and assets of the school.

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The tenure of the principal of a vocational training school is 05 years. The Principal shall be appointed and appointed again at the end of the tenure and not exceeding two consecutive tenures.