Vietnam: Requirements for providing an International Joint Training Program

According to Decree No. 15/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, requirements for providing an International Joint Training Program are as follows:

1. Training disciplines and degree levels

Vocational schools and vocational education institutions may provide training programs in the vocational disciplines and issue vocational degrees, except for political, national defense, security and religious disciplines.

2. Enrollment entities for joint training programs

- If the programs provide Vietnamese qualifications or certificates, the enrollment entities must comply with Vietnamese law;

- If the programs provide foreign qualifications or certificates, the enrollment entities must comply with foreign laws;

- If the programs provide both Vietnamese and foreign qualifications or certificates, the enrollment entities must comply with the regulations specified above.

3. Training facilities and equipment

There must be classrooms, laboratories, practice rooms and training workshops; the vocational schools shall satisfy the requirements for teaching, learning and studying the training programs and the training scale requirements of each joint training discipline.

4. Training programs and teaching materials

Vocational training institutions and vocational education institutions providing joint training programs shall ensure adequate provision of textbooks and teaching materials suitable to the programs.

5. The teaching staff and administrative officials must be sufficient in quantity, suitable to the disciplines and comply with the regulated standards.

6. Language for teaching and learning

Students participating in the joint training programs which provide foreign certificates must satisfy the language requirements of the contract parties, but they must at least achieve the outcome language level 3 of Vietnam's language proficiency framework or equivalent standards.

Decree No. 15/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from March 20, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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