What are criteria for recognition of consultants and consultancies within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam?
What are criteria for recognition of consultants and consultancies within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector in Vietnam? Thank you!
Criteria for recognition of consultants within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector in Vietnam
Pursuant to Subsection I.1, Section C of the Appendix on criteria for recognition of consultants and consultancies within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector issued together with the Decision 58/QD-BNN-QLND in 2022 stipulating criteria for recognition of consultants within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector in Vietnam as follows:
a) A consultant must be a Vietnamese citizen who is physically fit, has active legal capacity; has a sense of responsibility and professional ethics; is not facing a criminal prosecution or an penalty for administrative violation against regulations on consulting practicing and fully satisfies the following criteria:
- He/she has obtained at least a bachelor’s degree in the sector, provides consulting services or has a certificate of training or practicing certificate in relation to the scope of consulting services specified in Section A.
- He/she has at least 01 year working as an director of 01 enterprise with 10 employees or more; a manager at an enterprise; an official working for an organization assisting SMEs, enterprise development assistance program or project; a corporate consultant.
- There have been at least 02 ongoing or completed consulting contracts covering one of the consulting services specified in Section A and business lines specified in Section B in the last 36 months before the date on which he/she applies for participation in the network of consultants and consultancies.
- He/she is not included in the list of consultants and consultancies removed from the network of consultants and consultancies (hereinafter referred to as “consultant network”) published on the national SMEs website portal.
b) A consultant who is a foreign worker: in addition to satisfying the criteria specified in point a, he/she shall comply with the regulations set out in clauses 2 to 5 Article 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 11/2016/ND-CP dated February 03, 2016.
Criteria for recognition of consultancies within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector in Vietnam
Pursuant to Subsection I.2, Section C of the Appendix on criteria for recognition of consultants and consultancies within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector issued together with the Decision 58/QD-BNN-QLND in 2022 stipulating criteria for recognition of consultancies within network of consultants and consultancies assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and rural development sector in Vietnam as follows:
A consultancy is an organization which is established and operates under Vietnam’s laws; is not undergoing suspension or dissolution; provides enterprises with consultancy about one of the services and business lines specified in Sections A and B and fully satisfies the following criteria:
a) It has work premises and equipment.
b) It has at least 15 consultants who provide consultancy in one or more services specified in Section A and business lines specified in Section B; have worked for the consultancy for 12 consecutive months or more before the date on which it applies for participation in the network of consultants and consultancies.
c) There have been at least 05 ongoing or completed consulting contracts in the last 36 months before the date on which it applies for participation in the network of consultants and consultancies. Corresponding to each consulting service in Section A to be provided, there are at least 05 ongoing or completed consulting contracts.
Best regards!
