How many levels does the Vietnamese qualifications framework consist of?

Level

Learning outcomes

Requirements for learners completing the course:

Minimum acedemic load

Qualification type

Knowledge and understanding

Skills

Autonomy and responsibility

1

- Have a narrow range of factual knowledge and basic knowledge about a number of activities in a certain profession.

- Have basic knowledge about nature, culture, society and legislation serving the life, advanced study and preparation for future occupation.

- Have basic skills to directly carry simple or manual tasks;

- Have basic communicative skills in familiar contexts.

- Carry out a number of simple and repeated tasks with the assistance of instructors.

- Carry out tasks under strict supervision and guidance.

- Conduct self-assessment and assessment of tasks with the assistance of instructors.

5 credits

Certificate I

2

- Have a narrow range of factual and theoretical knowledge about a number of activities of a profession.

- Have general knowledge about nature, culture, society and legislation serving the life, profession and advanced study.

- Have awareness and skills required to select and apply suitable methods, tools and materials and available information.

- Have communicative skills required to perform the results or make reports on own work.

- Carry out a number of tasks with regularity and limited autonomy in familiar contexts;

- Carry out tasks in unfamiliar contexts with the guidance of instructors;

- Have ability to do self-assessment of own tasks.

15 credits

Certificate II

3

- Have factual and theoretical knowledge of common principles, processes and concepts in the scope of a training profession;

- Have general knowledge about nature, culture, society and legislation serving the life, profession and advanced study.

- Have basic knowledge of information technology related to a certain profession.

- Have awareness and skills required to carry out tasks or solve problems independently.

- Have skills required to use effectively professional terms at workplace.

- Work independently in stable situations and familiar contexts;

- Carry out assignments and do self-assessment according to the defined standards.

- Carry out teamwork with other people and take responsibility for the results of work.

25 credits

Certificate III

4

- Have a broad range of factual and theoretical knowledge about the training profession.

- Have basic knowledge of politics, culture, society and legislation answering to the professional and social requirements in the profession.

- Have knowledge of information technology answering to the requirements of work.

- Have awareness and professional skills required to carry out tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools, materials and information.

- Have skills required to use professional terms in the field of study to communicate effectively at workplace; get involve in argument and apply alternative solution; assess the quality of work and performance of members of the team.

- Have foreign-language capacity at level 1/6 referencing to Vietnam's framework of foreign language proficiency

- Work independently in changeable contexts, take personal responsibility and take partial responsibility for teamwork results.

- Guide and supervise the ordinary tasks of others.

- Evaluate the performance of the team.

35 credits, for people with the certificates of completion of upper-secondary education, or 50 credits, for people with the certificates of completion of lower-secondary education

Associate degree

5

- Have comprehensive, factual and theoretical knowledge of the training profession.

- Have basic knowledge of politics, culture, society and legislation answering to the professional and social requirements in the profession.

- Have knowledge of information technology answering to the requirements of work.

- Have factual knowledge about the management, principles and methods for planning, performing, supervising and evaluating the work within the boundaries of the training profession.

- Have awareness and creativity to determine, analyze and evaluate broad-range information ;

- Have practical skills required to abstract problems within the boundaries of the training profession;

- Have awareness and creativity to determine, analyze and evaluate broad-range information.

- Have skills required to transfer information, ideas and solutions to other people at workplace;

- Have foreign-language capacity at level 2/6 referencing to Vietnam's framework of foreign language proficiency

- Work independently or work in teams, solve tasks and complicated problems in changeable contexts.

- Guide other people to perform defined tasks and supervise their performance; take personal and shared responsibility.

- Evaluate the task results and and performance of members in the team.

60 credits

College degree

6

- Have an advanced theoretical and factual knowledge in the field of study

- Have basic knowledge of social science, political science and legislation.

- Have knowledge of information technology answering to the requirements of work.

- Have knowledge about planning, organizing and supervising processes of specific fields of work.

- Basic knowledge of the management and control of professional activities.

- Have skills required to solve complex problems.

- Have skills to be a leader and create own jobs or for other people.

- Have argument skills and skills to criticize and apply alternative solutions in unpredictable or changeable contexts.

- Have skills to evaluate the task results and and performance of members in the team.

- Have skills to transfer information about problems and solutions to other peopla at workplace; transfer and disseminate knowledge and skills in performance of defined or complex tasks.

- Have foreign-language capacity at level 3/6 referencing to Vietnam's framework of foreign language proficiency

- Work independently or in team in changeable contexts, take personal responsibility and take partial responsibility for teamwork results.

- Guide and supervise the ordinary tasks of others.

- Make self-orientation and produce professional conclusions and have ability to protect own viewpoints.

- Draw up plans, direct and manage resources, evaluate and find solutions to improve the task performance.

120 - 180 credits

Undergraduate degree

7

- Have advanced specialized knowledge; have a thorough grasp of basic principles and theories in a field of study.

- Have relevant knowledge in multi-disciplinary field of study.

- Have general knowledge about administration and management. 

- Have advanced and specialized skills including analyzation, synthesis and evaluation of data and information to solve problems in a scientific way;

- Have skills to transfer knowledge depending on researches, discuss professional and scientific issues with other people.

- Have skills to organize, administrate and manage advanced vocational activities

- Have skills to develop and apply technology creatively in a field of study or work.

- Have foreign-language capacity at level 4/6 referencing to Vietnam's framework of foreign language proficiency.

- Carry out research and produce essential ideas.

- Adapt to the context, have self-orientation and guidance skills.

- Make professional conclusions for the field of work or study

- Manage, evaluate and develop professional activities.

30 - 60 credits

Master’s Degree

8

- Have the most advanced and intensive knowledge in a field of work or study related to science;

- Have the essential and basic knowledge in the field of the training profession.

- Have knowledge about organization of scientific research and development of new technology.

- Have knowledge about administration and organization.

- Have skills to master scientific theories, methods and tools serving the researching and development.

- Have skills to consolidate and extend professional knowledge.

- Have skills to reason and analyze scientific issues and produce creative and original solutions.

- Have skills to carry out management and professional direction in terms of research and development.

- Have skills to join in domestic and international discussion regarding the field of study and disseminate the reseach findings.

- Research and create new knowledge.

- Create new ideas and knowledge for different complex situations.

- Adapt to, make self-orientation and provide guidance for other people.

- Make professional conclusions and decisions.

- Manage researches and have high responsibility in study to develop professional knowledge and experience and produce new ideas and process.

90 - 120 credits

Doctor’s degree