Competence to found and permit the foundation of operation of vocational training in Vietnam

According to Article 8 of Decree No. 139/2006/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the competence and conditions to found or permit the foundation of vocational training centers comply with the regulation on organization and operation of vocational training centers, promulgated by the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. The competence to found public vocational secondary schools or vocational training colleges as well as the competence to permit the foundation of private vocational secondary schools or vocational training colleges is provided for as follows:

- Presidents of provincial/municipal People's Committees (hereafter called provincial-level People's Committees) shall decide on the foundation of public vocational secondary schools of provinces; and permit the foundation of private vocational secondary schools in localities;

- Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and heads of Government-attached agencies shall decide on the foundation of their attached vocational secondary schools;

- The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall decide on the foundation of public vocational training colleges; and permit the foundation of private vocational training colleges.

Persons competent to decide on or permit the foundation of vocational training centers, vocational secondary schools or vocational training colleges are also competent to terminate the operation of, merge, divide, split and dissolve those centers, schools or colleges.

Note: The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall guide the procedures for the foundation, permit the foundation, merger, division, split, dissolution and termination of the operation of vocational training centers, vocational secondary schools and vocational training colleges.

View details at Decree No. 139/2006/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 11, 2007.

Ty Na

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