Vietnam: Forging documents to establish vocational education institution shall be fined severely

Specifically, according to Clause 2 Article 5 of Decree No. 79/2015/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a fine of from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Falsifying the content of the decision on establishment or decision to permit establishment of the institution/organization;

b) Forging documents to establish/obtain permission for establishment of the vocational education institution or vocational education quality control organization.

Thus, forging documents to establish vocational education institution shall be fined from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000. Concurrently, the violating entity must destroy the decision on establishment of the vocational education institution or vocational education quality control organization; transfer the learners to another vocational education institution or cancel the decision on admission, return the tuition fees to the learners if they cannot be transferred to another vocational education institution; refund collected amounts to the payers.

Decree No. 79/2015/ND-CP also stipulates that: “A fine of from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to return the decision on establishment or decision to permit establishment of the institution/organization under the decision on revocation of a competent authority”.

Fines for establishing a vocational education institution or vocational education quality control organization without permission by a competent authority:

- From VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 if the institution/organization established is a vocational education center or vocational education quality control organization;

- From VND 60,000,000 to VND 80,000,000 if the institution is a vocational secondary school;

- From VND 80,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 if the institution is a college.

View full text at Decree No. 79/2015/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 01, 2015.

Thu Ba

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