Regulations on training activities of vocational education institutions in Vietnam

According to Article 32 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014 of Vietnam, the enrollment of vocational education institutions shall be carried out as follows:

- The vocational education institution shall carry out the enrollment once a year or twice a year according to the determined enrollment quotas;

- The elementary-level enrollment shall be carried in the form of admission;

- The intermediate-level, or college-level enrollment shall be carried out in the form of admission or examination or the combination between admission and examination. The Principal of the vocational training school or vocational college may decide the shortlisting before performing the admission or examination according to the specific requirements of the major or vocation.

Cases of enrollment without examination at the college level include:

- Students obtaining upper-secondary degrees or students who learned and passed the exams which satisfy the requirements pertaining to upper-secondary knowledge, or students obtaining at least very good elementary-level vocational degrees and they have registered the same major or profession

- Students obtaining upper-secondary degrees or students who learned and passed the exams which satisfy the requirements pertaining to upper-secondary knowledge, or students obtaining at least good elementary-level vocational degrees, having at least two working experience and they have registered the same major or vocation;

- Other cases as prescribed in Clause 2 Article 4 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014 of Vietnam.

The Heads of vocational education authorities in the central government shall regulate the determination of enrollment quotas of the vocational education institutions and issuance of the enrollment regulations.

Duration of training

According to Vietnam’s current regulations, duration of training is specified as follows:

- 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.

- 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 a 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.

- 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.

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.

This is the content of Article 34 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014 of Vietnam.

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