Vietnam: Kindergarten must ensure the construction area from 8 to 12m2/child

1. Obtain the decision on establishment or the decision on approval of establishment, issued by the President of district-level People’s Committee.

2. Own land, school head office, facilities and equipment that meet requirements, help maintain and develop educational activities as well as satisfy the following specific requirements:

- The kindergarten, preschool or nursery school must be located within the precincts of a residential zone in conformity with the general planning and at a place convenient for children to reach; ensure compliance with regulations on safety and environmental sanitation;   

- The total area of the project site is divided into multiple spaces used for building infrastructural facilities, playgrounds, roads and growing landscaping plants. The average area of project site must be at least 12 m2 per a child in lowland, delta and midland regions; 08 m2 per a child in municipal, urban and mountainous regions.

* As for administrative subdivisions short of unoccupied land, it shall be possible that the building area is replaced by the floor area and the stipulated area of vacant land must be adequate;

* The non-public and private kindergarten, preschool and nursery school may rent unused head offices, facilities and equipment which are state-controlled or owned by public educational institutions for the purpose of organization of educational activities as per applicable laws and regulations.

* The non-public and private kindergarten, preschool and nursery school may rent a part or the whole of the available reserves of state-owned houses and infrastructure facilities for use in educational activities in accordance with the Government’s regulations on incentives for private sector involvement in the sector of education, vocational education, healthcare, culture, sports, environment and judicial assessment. Rental of educational equipment and facilities which have not yet been operated at the maximum capacity by public service entities in the education sector shall be subject to applicable legislation on management and use of state-owned assets.

- The kindergarten, preschool or nursery school must build walls to separate its space from the outside;

- The construction project is divided into the following blocks:

+ Block of child care and nursery education classrooms, e.g. general activity gathering classrooms, sleeping classrooms, toilets and playgrounds, which must ensure conformity with the specified regulations;

+ Block of learning classrooms, e.g. physical education classrooms, art education classrooms or multifunctional classrooms;

+ Block of dining rooms, e.g. kitchen spaces and warehouses;

+ Block of administrative rooms, e.g. school offices, rector’s offices, vice rector’s offices, administrative management offices, healthcare rooms, security rooms, staff rooms, toilets intended for teachers, officers, employees, and parking lots for teachers, officers and employees;

+ Playgrounds, e.g. playgrounds for child groups or classes; commonly-shared play spaces, play spaces with landscaping plants.

- Equipment, toys, supplies, instructional materials on child care and education must be available in accordance with regulations laid down by the Ministry of Education and Training.

3. Employ an adequate staff of administrative officers, teachers and employees that are structured in a proper manner and meet stipulated standards for provision of early childhood education programs and organization of educational activities. 

4. Maintain a sufficient amount of financial resources as required by laws in order to ensure continued operation and development of educational activities.

5. Have the statutes of organization and operations of the kindergarten, preschool or nursery school.

Decree No. 46/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government came into force from April 21, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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