Rule of ongoing development of career of practicing architects in Vietnam

According to Article 24 of Decree No. 85/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, ongoing development of career of practicing architects is prescribed as follows:

1. Ongoing career development of practicing architects includes participation in courses on professional training and law; participation in conferences, seminars and forums; survey programs and study tours in the architecture field and relevant sector; writing books and articles on architecture, writing topics and presentations to be given at conferences and seminars on architecture; participation in academic courses and post-graduate research in the field of architecture; participation in giving undergraduate and graduate lectures and professional training courses on architecture; conducting scientific research and designing inventions; winning national architecture awards.

2. Socio-professional organizations in practice of architecture, research institutes and educational institutions providing training courses in the architecture major shall perform ongoing career development activities, including organizing professional and legal training courses; organizing conferences, seminars and forums; organizing survey programs and study tours in the field of architecture and relevant field.

3. Agencies and organizations carrying out ongoing career development activities shall:

- notify and publish information on the mass media about their programs, contents and time of performance of ongoing career development activities;

- confirm the participation by individuals in ongoing career development activities in writing according to the form provided in the Appendix V hereof to form the basis for the individuals to prepare applications for extension of the architecture practicing certificate;

- If engaging in ongoing career development activities in a foreign country, participants are required to have a document or certificate proving their participation. Such document or certificate must be translated into Vietnamese language and notarized or certified in accordance with Vietnam’s law.

4. Every practicing architect must satisfy the requirements for ongoing career development on an annual basis by accumulating a minimum 04 points for ongoing career development. A practicing architect aged over 60 must get at least 02 points for ongoing career development every year. Individuals who exceed the minimum requirement shall have their points carried forward to the next year. Individuals that fail to meet the requirement must have to continue accumulating points for ongoing career development in the following year.

5. Vietnam Association of Architects shall compile and promulgate a table showing detailed methods for calculating points for ongoing career development with respect to the activities listed in Clause 1 of this Article after obtaining written consent from the Ministry of Construction.

View more details at Decree No. 85/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 07, 2020.

Thanh Thao

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