Vietnam: Procedures for educational operations of a kindergarten, preschool or nursery school

Specifically, according to Article 6 of Decree No. 46/2017/NĐ-CP and Clause 3 Article 1 of Decree No. 135/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, procedures for educational operations of a kindergarten, preschool or nursery school are prescribed as follows:

Step 1: Submitting dossier

Kindergarten, preschool or nursery school shall send dossier to the Sub-department of Education and Training to apply for grant of license to carry out educational operations.

Forms: Directly or by post

Quantity of dossier: 01 set

Step 2: Receipt and evaluation of documents

The Sub-department of Education and Training shall receive and arrange to assess the submitted set of documents.

- If the submitted set of documents is invalid, a written notification of contents that require modification must be sent to the kindergarten, preschool or nursery school within the duration of 05 business days of receipt of these documents;

- If such submitted documents are valid, the plan to carry out the field inspection at the office of kindergarten, preschool or nursery school must be given.

Within the duration of 15 business days from the date of notice of the plan to carry out the field inspection, the Sub-department of Education and Training shall play the leading role and cooperate with other relevant specialized sub-departments in organizing field inspection activities.

Step 3: Making a decision to allow educational activities

Within the duration of 05 business days, if all regulatory requirements have been met, the Head of the Sub-department of Education and Training shall issue a decision on permission for educational operations.

In case of failure to meet stipulated requirements, the written notification must be sent to the kindergarten, preschool or nursery school within the duration of 10 business days and clearly define reasons for refusal to give approval.

Nguyen Trinh

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