Vietnam: An education accreditation organization that changes its scope of operations must apply for a re-issue of license

According to Article 8 of the Regulations on conditions for the foundation and dissolution, missions and rights of the education accreditation organization promulgated together with Circular No. 61/2012/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, during the operating period, if the education accreditation organization has demand for the amendment to the operating scope, the education accreditation organization shall follow the procedure to request the Ministry of Education and Training to re-issue the license for education accreditation as prescribed at Clause 2 in Article 6 of this document. The application for the re-issuance of the license for education accreditation shall comply with regulations specified at Clause 2 in Article 7 of this document.

- The education accreditation organization must register the name change when its operating scope is changed and thus no longer appropriate to its name.

- If the education accreditation wishes to change its name without any change to its operating scope, the Ministry of Education and Training shall consider the request at the time the education accreditation organization applies for the re-issuance of the operating license for the education accreditation as prescribed at point d Clause 2 in Article 6 of this Regulation.

Note: The Minister of Education and Training shall consider permitting the reaming of the education accreditation organization within 20 working days from the day receiving the application for name change of the education accreditation organization.

View more provisions at Circular No. 61/2012/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2013.

Le Vy

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