THE GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness --------- |
No. 70/2009/ND-CP | Hanoi, August 21, 2009 |
DECREE
DEFINING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STATE MANAGEMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Law on Organization of the People’s Councils and People’s Committees;
Pursuant to the November 29, 2006 Law on Vocational Training;
At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs,
DECREES:
Article 1.
Scope of regulation
This Decree details and guides the implementation of Article 84 of the Law on Vocational Training regarding responsibilities for the state management of vocational training.
Article 2.
Subjects of application
This Decree applies to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies (below collectively referred to as ministries). People’s Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (below collectively referred to as provincial-level People’s Committees). People’s Committees of rural districts, urban districts, provincial towns and cities (below collectively referred to as district-level People’s Committees), and People’s Committees of communes, wards and townships (below collectively referred to as commune-level People’s Committees).
Article 3.
Principles of defining responsibilities for the state management of vocational training
1. To ensure the consistency and raise the effectiveness and efficacy of the state management of vocational training.
2. In decentralizing the state management of vocational training, to ensure compatibility between tasks, powers, responsibilities, financial and human resources, and necessary conditions for the performance of assigned tasks.
3. To specify tasks, powers and responsibilities of ministries and People's Committees at all levels regarding each field of vocational training, and at the same time, to ensure proactivity, creativity, autonomy and self-responsibility of vocational training management agencies in deciding and performing assigned and decentralized tasks.
Article 4.
The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs’ responsibilities for the state management of vocational training
The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs is the central agency exercising and being answerable to the Government for exercising the state management of vocational training under the Law on Vocational Training, having the following responsibilities:
1. To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and agencies in. formulating and submitting to the Government for consideration and decision:
a/ Draft laws and resolutions for submission to the National Assembly; draft ordinances and resolutions for submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee;
b/ Government decrees.
2. To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and agencies in, formulating and submitting to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision:
a/ Prime Minister’s decisions on vocational training, based on approved annual legislative programs and plans;
b/ Strategies, plannings as well as long-term, five-year and annual plans on vocational training; national target programs, projects and schemes on development of vocational training.
3. To issue circulars on econo-technical standards, regulations and norms, and provide professional and operational guidance on vocational training.
4. To direct, guide, inspect, assess and organize the implementation of legal documents, policies, strategies, plannings, plans, national target programs as well as projects and schemes on vocational training after they are approved.
5. To organize the formulation, evaluation and promulgation of framework programs on collegial and intermediate-level training in each profession; and lists of vocations to be trained at different levels.
6. To specify conditions on the founding; procedures for the founding, merger, division, splitting, termination of operation and dissolution of vocational training institutions; and the registration of vocational training activities. To organize the registration of collegial vocational training.
7. To issue model charters for vocational colleges and intermediate schools; model regulations for vocational training centers; regulations on enrolment, examination, test and graduation recognition; and regulations on the grant of vocational training diplomas and certificates.
8. To provide professional criteria for vocational trainers; criteria for heads of vocational training institutions; regulations on assessment of vocational training employees. To guide, direct the planning, training, retraining and employment of vocational trainers and administrators.
9. To issue regulations on vocational trainees and assessment of their learning results. To guide and inspect the prevention and control of crimes and social evils, and the building of a healthy educational environment in vocational training institutions; political, ideological, moral, cultural and aesthetical education of vocational trainees; physical training and health care in vocational training institutions; and cultural, art performance and sport movements among vocational trainees.
10. To set criteria for material foundations for vocational colleges and intermediate schools as well as centers, and standards of vocational training instruments for each vocation.
11. To provide criteria and the process of quality accreditation of vocational training; to recognize, grant, withdraw vocational training-quality certificates; and manage and organize the accreditation of vocational training quality.
12. To provide principles for and process of, and direct, the elaboration of national criteria of vocational skills; to reach agreement with ministries on the promulgation of national criteria of vocational skills for each vocation; to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with other ministries in, directing the assessment of vocational skills of laborers; to manage the assessment and grant of national vocational skill certificates.
13. To provide for the classification of public vocational training institutions; procedures for appointment and recognition of rectors of vocational colleges and intermediate schools as well as directors of vocational training centers.
14. To decide on the establishment of public vocational colleges: to permit the establishment of private vocational colleges; to approve charters and recognize boards of directors and rectors of private vocational colleges.
15. To guide and inspect activities of associations and non-governmental organizations in the field of vocational training according to law.
16. To organize the performance of statistical and information work, and develop a vocational training database.
17. To direct, organize scientific and technological researches, as well as the popularization and application of sciences and technologies in vocational training.
18. To organize and manage international cooperation on vocational training.
19. To supervise and inspect the observance of law on vocational training; to settle complaints, denunciations and handle violations of law on vocational training in accordance with law.