Vietnam’s Decree 139: Guidelines for the vocational training-registration dossier

Specifically, according to Decree No. 139/2006/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the registration of vocational training activities is conducted as follows:

- Enterprises, professional secondary schools and other educational institutions which organize vocational training classes of primary degree shall register vocational training activities with Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services of the provinces or centrally run cities where they are based;

- Professional secondary schools or higher education institutions which organize vocational training classes of secondary degree shall register vocational training activities with Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services of the provinces or centrally run cities where they are based;

- Higher education institutions which organize vocational training classes of college degree shall register vocational training activities with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

The vocational training-registration dossier shall be sent to the Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services, including:

- An application for registration of vocational training activities;

- A report on the actual conditions of material foundations, equipment, trainers and administrators; vocational training programs and curricula, for vocations subject to registration;

- A rule on organization of vocational training activities of the institution.

Enterprises which recruit trainees to work for them within the terms committed in vocational training contracts need not register vocational training activities but are required to report on the vocational training results to Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services of the provinces or centrally run cities where they are based.

Concurrently, time limits for the grant of vocational training-registration certificates are defined as follows:

- Within seven (07) working days after receiving complete and valid dossiers, directors of provincial/municipal Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services shall grant vocational training-registration certificates for cases that enterprises, professional secondary schools and other educational institutions which organize vocational training classes of primary degree shall register vocational training activities with Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services of the provinces or centrally run cities where they are based and professional secondary schools or higher education institutions which organize vocational training classes of secondary degree shall register vocational training activities with Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Services of the provinces or centrally run cities where they are based;

- Within ten (10) working days after receiving complete and valid dossiers, the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall grant vocational training- registration certificates for cases that higher education institutions which organize vocational training classes of college degree shall register vocational training activities with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

- In case of refusal to grant vocational training- registration certificates, a written reply stating the reason therefor is required; past the above time limits, if receiving no reply from competent agencies in charge of vocational training registration, vocational training institutions may start vocational training activities according to their registration dossiers.

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

Ty Na

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