Vietnam: Topography and cartography practicing license are divided into 02 class

According to the Law on Topography and Cartography 2018 of Vietnam, a topography and cartography practicing certificate means a document verifying the practicing capacity granted by competent authorities to eligible individuals prescribed below and is valid nationwide. Each issued topography and cartography practicing certificate is applied to one or more than one activity in the list of topography and cartography practice; any Vietnamese citizen solely practicing topography and cartography must possess a practicing certificate suitable to the job performed and each certificate is valid for at least 5 years and may be extended.

A topography and cartography practicing certificate may be issued if a person:

- has legal capacity in accordance with the law provisions; and

- has professional qualifications and experience of the job conformable to the one requiring practicing certificate; and

- has sat an examination on professional experience and law concerning the job requiring a practicing certificate.

Concurrently, topography and cartography practicing license are divided into the two following class:

- First-class honor shall be conferred to the person possessing a tertiary or higher degree and having participated in topographic and cartographic activities for at least 5 consecutive years as well as fully meeting the above-mentioned requirements;

- Second-class honor shall be conferred to the person possessing a tertiary or higher degree and having participated in topographic and cartographic activities for at least 2 consecutive years and the person possessing a vocational diploma of intermediate or college level who has at least 3-year-experience of topography and cartography and fully satisfy the above-mentioned requirements.

View more details at the Law on Topography and Cartography 2018 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2019.

Ty Na

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