Vietnam: Time, entities, and forms of enrollment for intermediate and college level

1. Time: The enrollment shall be administered one or multiple times in a year.

2. Eligible candidates:

- At intermediate level: Lower secondary graduate students and higher;

- At college level: Upper secondary graduate students and higher;

- Officials and civil servants, employees working at state-owned agencies, units, enterprises, political organizations, socio-political organizations; soldiers, people's police on service; foreigners that satisfy the conditions for applying for admission at intermediate or college level:

+ Satisfy the conditions prescribed above;

+ Officials and civil servants, employees (if their study costs are financed by state budget) working at state-owned agencies, units, enterprises, political organizations, socio-political organizations; soldiers, people's police on service; foreigners that satisfy the conditions for applying for enrollment at intermediate or college level with consent of the heads of competent authorities;

+ Soldiers and people’s police on service shall be eligible for applying for enrollment in schools prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security with consent of competent authorities; soldiers on service whose military service is almost expired as prescribed, If approved by the head of regimental level upwards, they may apply for enrollment subject to their individual expectation; in case of passing the examination, they must conduct matriculation in such year without reservation for the next academic year;

+ With regard to a candidate being foreigner who wishes to study a vocational training school or a junior college in Vietnam: The Principal shall, according to his/her performance in lower secondary school, upper secondary school, or higher (academic transcripts, diplomas, evidence certificates) and results of examinations on knowledge or Vietnamese (if necessary) as prescribed by the school to consider admitting such candidate to the school.

3. Enrollment forms include:

- Assessment;

- Examination;

- Combination of assessment and examination.

Circular No. 05/2017/TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam takes effect from April 15, 2017.

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