09 forms of international cooperation of higher education institutions in Vietnam

09 forms of international cooperation of higher education institutions in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Types of higher education institutions in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 7 of the Law on Higher Education 2012 (amended in 2018), types of higher education institutions:

- Public higher education institutions invested, maintained and represented by the State as the owner;

- Private higher education institutions invested and maintained domestic or foreign investors.

A non-profit higher education institution is one in which the investor declare that the institution does not run for profit as written in the decision to permit its establishment or conversion; the investor will not withdraw capital or receive dividends; the annual accumulated profit shall be considered non-distributable property and will be used as reinvestment in such institution.

Only conversion from a private higher education institution to a non-profit private higher education institution is permitted.

2. 09 forms of international cooperation of higher education institutions in Vietnam

Specifically, Article 44 of the Law on Higher Education 2012 (amended in 2018) stipulates the the forms of international cooperation of higher education institutions

(1) Associate training.

(2) Establishing representative offices of foreign higher education institutions in Vietnam.

(3) Cooperating in scientific research and technology transfers, organizing science conventions and seminars.

(4) Counseling, sponsoring, investing in the development of facilities and equipment.

(5) Training, exchanging lecturers, researchers, management staff and students.

(6) Connecting libraries, exchanging information serving the training, science and technology activities; providing training programs; exchanging the documents and results of training, science and technology activities.

(7) Participating in regional and international science, education organizations and professional associations.

(8) Establishing representative offices of Vietnamese higher education institutions in other countries.

(9) Other forms of cooperation as prescribed by law provisions.

3. The targets of international cooperation in Vietnam

The targets of international cooperation include:

- Improving the higher education quality towards modernizations, approaching the develop higher education in the region and in the world.

- Facilitating the sustainable development of higher education institutions, training skilled and qualified workforce serving the country’s industrialization and modernization.

(Article 43 of the Law on Higher Education 2012 (amended in 2018))

4. Regulations on higher education institution network planning in Vietnam

Specifically, Article 11 of the Law on Higher Education 2012 (amended in 2018) stipulates higher education institution network planning as follows:

- The higher education institution network planning shall ensure efficient use of available resources; harmony between the public and private higher education institutions;

Development of private non-profit higher education institutions; introduce a mechanism for establishment of major universities in order to meet the needs of learning, achieve sustainable development, serve industrialization, modernization and international integration.

- Higher education institution network shall comply with the Law on Planning and the following regulations:

+ Determine the targets and orientations for development of the higher education system;

+ establish higher education institution standards;

+ Arrange space and distribute resources for development of the higher education institution network; improve training quality to facilitate development of high quality human resources; development key economic regions and extremely disadvantaged areas.

- The preparation, appraisal, approval, announcement, revision and implementation of the higher education institution network planning shall comply with planning laws and relevant laws.

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