Vietnam: Conditions for issuance of the certificate of eligibility for accreditation

There are different conditions for issuance of the certificate of eligibility for accreditation to a domestic organization that is a service provider/enterprise and to a foreign organization specified in Decree No. 49/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, specifically as follows:

Domestic organization that is a service provider/enterprise:

- The domestic organization shall be established and operate in accordance with Vietnam’s law.

- The domestic organization shall have a stable office for at least 2 years; have sufficient working office of 8 m2 per person for accreditors; have sufficient equipment for vocational education and training accreditation.

- The person who is directly in charge of vocational education and training accreditation shall satisfy requirements specified in Article 6 of this Decree.

- The domestic organization shall have at least 10 accreditors working full-time under an employment contract or at least 12 month employment contract for the accreditation organization;

- The domestic organization shall have the website of the education accreditation organization, including contents and database in service of vocational education and training accreditation.

Foreign organization:

- The foreign organization shall satisfy the conditions specified in Article 4 of this Decree.

- The foreign organization has engaged in education, vocational education, education accreditation or vocational education and training accreditation for at least 5 consecutive years by the time of applying for the certificate of eligibility for accreditation.

View more details at Decree No. 49/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 15, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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