Rights and responsibilities of Vietnamese nationals travelling abroad for teaching and studying

Rights and responsibilities of Vietnamese nationals travelling abroad for teaching and studying

According to Article 19 of Decree 86/2021/ND-CP, stipulating rights and responsibilities of Vietnamese nationals travelling abroad for teaching and studying, specifically:

1. Rights of Vietnamese nationals travelling abroad for teaching, conducting scientific research, and performing academic exchange

a) Receive protection from Vietnamese representative missions regarding rights and benefits satisfactory to regulations and law of Vietnam, regulations and law of host countries, and international practices during the period in which Vietnamese nationals teach, conduct scientific research, and perform academic exchange overseas;

b) Receive salaries, wages, income, and other legal private assets transferred to Vietnam according to regulations and law of Vietnam, regulations and law of host countries;

c) Personnel of agencies and organizations benefitting from state budget shall benefit from salaries, wages, other incomes, medical examination and treatment, social insurance, and other benefits on the basis of agreement with direct supervisory agencies and be accepted by dispatching agencies for employment upon finishing work overseas.

2. Responsibilities of Vietnamese nationals travelling abroad for teaching, conducting scientific research, and performing academic exchange

a) Comply with decision assigning teaching jobs, scientific research tasks, and academic exchange in foreign countries;

b) Strictly comply with regulations and law of Vietnam, regulations and law of host countries; register for overseas Vietnamese as per applicable laws;

c) Contribute to social insurance, health insurance, person income tax (if any), and other mandatory costs according to applicable regulations of the Government; in case international agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory regulates person income tax otherwise, the international agreements shall prevail;

d) Protect documents, information classified as government secret as per Law on Protection of Government Secret, and internal political information;

dd) Do not exploit teaching, specialized activities, or any other activities to make statements against Vietnamese government or affecting relationship between Vietnam and host countries;

e) Do not violate regulations on science and technology activities of Vietnam and host countries; regulations and law on obligations, responsibilities of teachers which affect image and credibility of Vietnam in host countries;

g) Work as per the law; comply with regulations of workplace; return to Vietnam after finishing teaching programs, scientific research, and academic exchange according to regulations of host countries;

h) Do not exploit teaching, scientific research, and academic exchange in foreign countries to work or stay overseas illegally except for cases where duration of stay abroad must be extended due to sickness, war, conflict, natural disasters, or epidemic;

i) Comply with agreement and commitment signed with direct supervisory agencies and dispatching agencies (if any);

k) Comply with applicable regulations and law on officials, public officials, and regulations of the Communist Party (for cases of members of the Communist Party);

l) Submit reports to direct supervisory agencies once every 3 months (Form No. 6 under Annex attached hereto). Within 20 working days from the date on which Vietnamese nationals finishing teaching program, scientific research, and academic exchange abroad, Vietnamese nationals must return to Vietnam and report to direct supervisory agencies and dispatching agencies, and update on the Database under Article 4 hereof.

Best Regards!