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Standards of lecturers of higher education institutions in Vietnam

16:25, 12/12/2018

On November 19, 2018, the National Assembly of Vietnam issued the Law on amendments to the Law on Higher Education 2018 (Law No. 34/2018/QH14), of which one of the outstanding contents is the regulation on standards of lecturers of higher education institutions.

According to the Law No. 34/2018/QH14 of Vietnam, lecturers of higher education institutions shall have clear backgrounds; good qualities and professional ethics; be physically capable of performance of their duties; have qualifications conformable with this Law and the higher education institution’s internal rules and regulations.

- Lecturers include assistant lecturers, lecturers, principal lecturers, associate professors and professors. Higher education institutions shall award lecturer titles in accordance with law, its internal rules and regulations; provide description of their positions and demand of the situation.

- Lecturers of undergraduate programs shall have at least a master’s degree (except assistant lecturers); Lecturers of master’s programs and doctoral program shall have at least a doctoral degree. Holders of doctoral degrees shall be preferred when a higher education institution recruits lecturer; incentives shall be provided for leading professors.

- The Minister of Education and Training shall specify standards and designation of lecturers within the scope of his/her competence; the minimum ratio of full-time lecturers of a higher education institution; standards of practice lecturers and lecturers of some special disciplines.

View more details at the Amending Law on Higher Education of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2019.

-Thao Uyen-

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