The latest regulations on notary training in Vietnam

The latest regulations on notary training in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Regulations on notary training in Vietnam

Clauses 1 and 2, Article 9 of the Law on Notarization 2014 stipulate notary training as follows:

- Those who possess a bachelor of law degree may attend notary training courses at notary training institutions.

- A notary training course must last for 12 months.

Those who have completed a notary training course shall be granted certificates of graduation from the notary training course by the notary training institution.

2. Regulations on notarial practice probation in Vietnam

Regulations on notarial practice probation in vn under Article 11 of the Law on Notarization 2014 are as follows:

- Those who have been granted certificates of graduation from notary training courses or certificates of completion of notary re-training courses shall undergo a probationary period at a notarial practice organization.

A probationer may directly contact a notarial practice organization qualified to admit probationers so as to join such organization on probation;

If he/she cannot directly contact any notarial practice organization, he/she may request the provincial-level Justice Department of the locality where he/she wishes to undergo a probationary period to arrange his/her probation at a notarial practice organization qualified to admit probationers.

Probationers shall register their probation at the provincial-level Justice Departments of the localities where the notarial practice organizations which they join on probation are located.

The period of notarial practice probation is 12 months for persons possessing a certificate of graduation from a notary training course or 6 months for persons possessing a certificate of completion of a notary re-training course.

The period of notarial practice probation shall be counted from the date of probation registration.

- Notarial practice organizations admitting probationers must have notaries satisfying the conditions on probationer tutoring prescribed in Clause 3 of Article 11 of the Law on Notarization 2014 and have physical foundations to ensure the probation.

-. Notarial practice organizations admitting probationers shall assign notaries to tutor probationers.

Notaries acting as tutors must have at least two years’ experience in notarial practice.

A notary who is disciplined or administratively sanctioned for violations in notarial practice may not act as a tutor within 12 months after the date of completing the serving of the disciplining decision or administrative sanctioning decision.

A notary may not concurrently tutor more than 2 probationers.

Notaries acting as tutors shall guide and take responsibility for jobs performed by probationers under Clause 4 of Article 11 of the Law on Notarization 2014.

- Notarial practice probationers shall be guided in professional practice skills, perform notarization-related jobs assigned by their tutors and take responsibility before their tutors for such jobs. Probationers may not sign notarized documents.

- Upon expiration of the probationary period, a notarial practice probationer shall submit to the provincial-level Justice Department with which he/she has registered the probation a written probation result report containing comments of the notary acting as his/her tutor and certification of the notarial practice organization; may register for examination of notarial practice probation results.

If meeting requirements on notarial practice probation results, the probationer shall be granted a certificate of notarial practice probation results.

- The Minister of Justice shall stipulate in detail notarial practice probation and examination of national practice probation results.

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