What is duration of training of intermediate-level in Vietnam?

What is duration of training of intermediate-level in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 33 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014 has the following provisions:

1. The duration of training of elementary-level shall last from 03 months to under 01 year, provided that the minimum-learning hours are 300 hours with regard to students having education conformable with their vocations.

2. The duration of training of intermediate-level applied to year-based program shall last from 01 year to 02 years with regard to the lower-secondary graduates according to their majors or vocational training.

The duration of training of intermediate-level according to the accumulated duration of modules or credits is the time in which the number of modules or credits accumulated with regard to every training program.

If a student obtaining lower-secondary degree wishes to reach college education, he/she must learn and pass the exams which satisfy the requirements pertaining to upper-secondary knowledge.

3. The duration of training of the college-level applied to year-based program shall last from 02 to 03 years with regard to the upper-secondary graduates according to their majors or vocations; from 01 to 02 years with regard to the intermediate-level graduates according to their disciplines and the upper-secondary graduates or they have learned and passed the exams which satisfy the requirements pertaining to upper-secondary knowledge.

The duration of training of college-level according to the method of accumulation of modules or credits is the time in which the number of modules or credits are accumulated with regard to every training programs with regard to the upper-secondary graduates or the students who have learned and passes the exams which satisfy the requirements pertaining to upper-secondary knowledge.

4. The Minister of Education and Training shall regulate the upper-secondary knowledge which is required from the students wishing to study at the college-level.

Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, the period of intermediate level training according to the annual system is from 01 to 02 years. For duration of training of intermediate-level according to the accumulated duration of modules or credits is the time in which the number of modules or credits accumulated with regard to every training program.

After having very good vocational secondary, can I get enrollment without examination at the college level in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 32 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014 as amended by Article 113 of the Education Law 2019, cases of enrollment without examination at the college level include:

a) Students having upper secondary degrees or certificates of completion of general educational programme or certificates to have obtained adequate upper secondary education knowledge, having at least very good vocational secondary diplomas and having registered the same specialization or profession;

b) Students having upper secondary degrees or certificates of completion of general educational programme or certificates to have obtained adequate upper secondary education knowledge, having good vocational secondary diplomas, having at least 02 years of working experience in trained specialization or profession and having registered the same specialization or profession;

c) Other cases as prescribed in Clause 2 Article 4 of this Law.

According to this Article, if you have obtained very good vocational secondary diplomas and having registered the same specialization or profession, you will be directly recruited without examination at the college level in Vietnam.

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