Vietnam: Criteria for issuing the certificates of fluency in languages used in practicing pharmacy for foreigners

According to Circular No. 07/2018/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, criteria for issuing the certificates of fluency in Vietnamese language or other languages used in practicing pharmacy for foreigners and Vietnamese expatriates are as follows:

1. The pharmacy practitioner shall obtain a certificate of fluency in Vietnamese language from the educational institution stipulated in Article 6 hereof; except some cases stipulated in Clause 4 of this Article.

2. If the practitioner registers for another language different from his/her mother language to practice pharmacy, he/she shall be tested for that language and later be certified by the legal educational institution stipulated in Article 6 hereof. The language which the pharmacy practitioner uses to practice pharmacy shall be: English, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

3. The practitioner who obtains a certificate of fluency in Vietnamese language or in the language which he/she uses to practice pharmacy but is not required to do the test if he/she:

- Has an associate degree or higher in medicine or pharmacy or in traditional medicine which is issued by a Vietnamese or foreign legal educational institution where the teaching language is Vietnamese or the language which the practitioner uses to practice pharmacy as stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article.

- Has a certificate of training in medicine or pharmacy or in traditional medicine with a duration for at least 12 (twelve) months which is issued by the educational institution where the teaching language is Vietnamese or the language that the practitioner uses to practice pharmacy as stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article.

- Has a college degree in medicine or pharmacy or in traditional medicine which is issued by a Vietnamese or foreign legal educational institution where the teaching language is Vietnamese or the language which the practitioner uses to practice pharmacy as stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article.

- The certificates which are stipulated in point (a) and (b) of Clause 3 Article 4 of this Circular must be issued within 05 (five) years before the date of submission of the application.

View more details at Circular No. 07/2018/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from June 01, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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