Vietnam: Converting private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools to not-for-profit private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools

According to Decree No. 84/2020/NĐ-CP Vietnam’s Government, application and procedures for processing application for converting private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools to not-for-profit private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools are specified as follows:

1. Application for conversion consists of:

- Written request for converting private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools to not-for-profit private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools;

- Documents of investors representing at least 75% of total capital of private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools converting to not-for-profit junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools on guaranteeing not-for-profit operations, not withdrawing capital, not benefitting from profit;

- Draft organizational and operational regulations; draft internal financial regulations of private not-for-profit junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools;

- Photocopies from the original copies, verified true copies or photocopies attached to original copies of audit result reports; agreements on dealing with capital of investors who reject conversion of private  junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools to not-for-profit (if any);

- Documents related to land, assets, finance, organization and personnel of private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools to be converted to not-for-profit junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools;

- Assessment reports on impact of changes in personnel, finance, assets and methods of processing;

- Decision on establishment of private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools, decisions on acknowledging present principals of private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools and other relevant documents (if any).

2. Procedures for processing application for conversion:

Decree No. 84/2020/NĐ-CP specifies the procedures for conversion as follows:

- Forms of application submission: In person, postal service or online and 1 physical copy.

- Receiving places:

+ People’s Committee of district, city or townlet: private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools invested and operationally guaranteed by domestic investors;

+ People’s Committee of province: private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools invested and operationally guaranteed by foreign investors;

+ Ministry of Education and Training: private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools applied by diplomatic missions and inter-governmental international organizations;

- Time limit for processing: 20 working days from the date on which adequate application is received. Decision on conversion shall be publicized on the website of agencies that decide on the conversion.

In case of inadequate application, within 5 working days from the date on which the application is received, People’s Committees of districts, People’s Committees of provinces or Ministry of Education and Training shall submit notice to private junior kindergartens, senior kindergartens, and preschools and specify reasons.

View more details at Decree No. 84/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 01, 2020.

Ty Na

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