Vietnam: Things to know about joint education and training with foreign partners

Decree No. 86/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government specifies basic contents on joint education as follows:

Entities eligible for engaging in joint education

- Private preschool educational institutions;

- Private compulsory educational institutions in Vietnam;

- Legal educational institutions in foreign countries that are accredited by education quality assessment organizations or foreign competent agencies.

Education programs, facilities and teaching staff

Education programs:

- A foreign education program which is introduced in the integrated program shall be accredited by the home country or by an educational competent agency of the aforesaid country.

- The integrated education program shall ensure the objectives of the Vietnamese education program and still satisfy the requirements of the foreign education program; learners shall not be forced to study the same contents again, and the integrated program shall ensure its consistency throughout the class level and the connection between levels for the benefit of students; the aforesaid program shall also ensure that students are allowed for volunteer participation and shall not overwhelm them.

- An integrated education program shall be approved by a competent agency. The Minister of Education and Training provides specific provisions for the integration between Vietnamese education programs and foreign education programs.

The size of class and the facilities shall satisfy the requirements of the integrated program and shall not affect the teaching activities of the Vietnamese educational institution during the cooperation process.

Teaching staff

- A Vietnamese teacher assigned to teach an integrated education program shall satisfy the training requirements according to the regulations of Vietnam’s laws.

- A foreign teacher assigned to teach an integrated program shall have a bachelor’s degree corresponding to his/her teaching majors and shall also have a teacher certificate or equivalent.

- A teacher assigned to teach an integrated education program in a foreign language shall satisfy the language proficiency requirements of the program; and his/her ability shall not be below level 5 according to Vietnam's language proficiency framework or equivalent.

Assessment of students’ performance; examination, graduation, and issuance of qualifications

- The assessment of students’ performance; examination, certification of completion in education program, and certification of graduation shall be carried out in accordance with Vietnam's laws and with the laws of the home country providing the education program.

- A learner who completes a high school integrated program shall be issued with both Vietnamese and foreign diplomas.

View more at Decree No. 86/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government effective from August 01, 2018.

-Thao Uyen-

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