Vietnam: Foreign language proficiency standards to be satisfied by tour guides

09:42, 30/01/2017

This is the content specified in Circular No. 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL elaborating some articles of the Law on Tourism, issued on December 15, 2017 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam.

According to Circular No. 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, the person who has a good command of a foreign language shall satisfy one of the following standards:

- He/she holds an associate degree or higher in a foreign language;

- He/she has completed an associate degree or higher training program designed in a foreign language;

- He/she holds an associate degree or higher issued by a foreign training institution;

- He/she holds a certificate of foreign language proficiency at least level 4 of Vietnam’s language proficiency framework or at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages which is still valid or issued within 05 years with respect to the certificate of foreign language provided in the Appendix I hereof.

Moreover, Circular No. 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL also stipulates that the degree or certificate awarded by a foreign training institution shall be acknowledged as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training or Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

View more details at Circular No. 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, effective from February 01, 2018.

-Thao Uyen-

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