Thông tư 10/2014/TT-BLDTBXH

CIRCULAR

INTRODUCING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA, AND FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA IN 05 TRADES IN THE OCCUPATION CLASSIFICATION OF HOTEL, TOURISM, SPORTS, PERSONAL SERVICE – PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURE – COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Pursuant to the Law on Vocational Education dated November 29, 2006;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 106/2012/ND-CP dated December 20, 2012 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs;

Pursuant to the Decision No. 58/2008/QD-BLDTBXH dated September 6, 2008 promulgating regulations on the curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma and vocational college training diploma;

Upon the request of the Director of the General Directorate of Vocational Training;

The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs hereby introduces the Circular providing for the curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma, and for vocational college training diploma in 05 occupations in the occupation classification of hotel, tourism, sports, personal service – production and manufacture – computing and information technology as follows:

Article 1. Attached herewith the curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma and for vocational college training diploma in trades, such as lodging and accommodation operation, housekeeping management, tour operation, veston tailoring technique, computer-based electronic circuit design, and network security, which is applied to public or private vocational colleges, vocational secondary schools, universities, junior colleges, and professional secondary schools, obtaining registration for the abovementioned trades (hereinafter referred to as vocational training provider), but not applied to foreign-invested vocational training providers.

1. The curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma in the trade “lodging and accommodation operation”, the curriculum framework for vocational college training diploma in the trade “Housekeeping management” (Appendix 1).

2. The curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma and vocational college training diploma in the trade “tour operation” (Appendix 2).

3. The curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma and vocational college training diploma in the trade “veston tailoring technique” (Appendix 3).

4. The curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma and vocational college training diploma in the trade “computer-based electronic circuit design” (Appendix 4).

5. The curriculum framework for vocational secondary training diploma and vocational college training diploma in the trade “network security” (Appendix 5).

Article 2. Pursuant to provisions laid down in this Circular, the rectors of vocational training provider that obtain registration for the trades or occupations referred to herein shall conduct formulation, assessment and approval of vocational training curricula of their own schools. 

Article 3. This Circular shall enter into force from July 12, 2014.

Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental bodies, socio-political organizations and People’s Committees of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces, the Directorate of Vocational Training, vocational training providers obtaining registration for 06 trades referred to herein, and relevant entities, shall be responsible for implementing this Circular./.

APPENDIX 01

THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA IN THE TRADE “LODGING AND ACCOMMODATION OPERATION”, THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA IN THE TRADE “HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT”

(Issued together with the Decision No.10/2014/TT-BLDTBXH dated May 27, 2014 of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs)

A – THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA

Occupational name: Lodging and accommodation operation

Code: 40810202  

Training level: Vocational secondary training level

Entry requirement: Graduation from the Upper Secondary education level or any equivalent

(Graduates from the lower secondary level shall be required to take supplemental cultural knowledge classes as provided for by the Ministry of Education and Training)

Number of training subjects or modules: 29

Graduation certification: Vocational secondary training diploma

I. TRAINING OBJECTIVES

1. Occupational knowledge and skill training

- Acquired knowledge:

+ Understand roles and duties of a housekeeping department in hotel operations;

+ Enable learners to understand roles and duties of a room attendant;

+ Enable learners to describe working positions and basic work procedures of a housekeeping department; 

+ Enable students to list equipment, appliances, tools, chemicals or agents used for room service activities of a housekeeping department, and functions thereof;

+ Enable students to list types of guest room supplies;

+ Enable students to describe hotel room and bed classifications;

+ Understand hotel room security and safety rules and principles;

+ Enable students to explain reasons for compliance with security and safety rules and regulations of hotels in general, and of housekeeping departments in particular, so that they can recognize any risk, hazard or emergency situation, and take proper preventive actions;

+ Enable students to identify names of additional services provided by hotel housekeeping departments; 

+ Enable students to clearly explain required standards of specific room services and room cleaning procedures in housekeeping departments.

- Acquired skills:

+ Enable students to communicate with clients in Vietnamese and English, and meet job-specific communication requirements set out by housekeeping departments;

+ Enable students to communicate with other relevant hotel departments;

+ Enable students to properly and safely use equipment, appliances, tools, chemicals or agents used for room service activities;

+ Enable students to comply with client service procedures applied to different work positions in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to master techniques and methods for safe cleaning of surface of different types in hotels; 

+ Enable students to provide additional services of hotel housekeeping departments; 

+ Enable students to monitor cleaning standards and procedures.

2. Politics, ethics; physical and national defence training

- Political and ethical training:

+ Enable students to express basic knowledge about Marxist – Leninist philosophy and Ho Chi Minh’s ideology regarding patriotism of Vietnamese people and workers, leadership roles and policies or guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the era of domestic industrialization – modernization; 

+ Enable students to understand some issues regarding corruption; causes and consequences of corruption; significance and importance of anti-corruption practices; responsibilities of citizens for getting involved in anti-corruption practices;

+ Enable students to understand and exercise rights and undertake obligations of citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; be aware of, preserve and promote traditional values of workers; inherit and enrich the Vietnamese cultural heritage;

+ Enable students to voluntarily study to improve their academic levels and fully meet their assigned duties; make best use of acquired knowledge to train themselves to become employees who exhibit their professional conscience, proactive and creative attitude towards their work duties, and express their high sense of responsibility; lead modest and healthy lives, and observe professional business etiquette.

- Physical and national defence training:

+ Enable students to present and express basic knowledge and training methodology concerning sports and physical activities in order to protect and improve their health, promote their physical resilience to meet study or labor requirements in their occupations;

+ Enable students to express and practice basic knowledge provided by the national defence and security course;

+ Develop self-discipline and voluntary habits in assuming their national defence obligations.

3. Career opportunities:

- After completing the vocational secondary training diploma, students shall be qualified to undertake different work positions in hotel housekeeping departments, such as room attendants, public area attendants, laundry attendants, housekeeping clerks and supervisors. 

II. COURSE LENGTH AND ACTUAL MINIMUM TRAINING DURATION

1.  Course length and actual minimum training duration

- Training time length: 2 years

- Study duration: 90 weeks

- Actual minimum training duration: 2550 hours

- Aggregate duration of test preparation and testing upon completion of a subject, module and graduation examination: 240 hours (including 60 hours of graduation examination)

2. Distribution of actual minimum training duration

- Training duration of compulsory general subjects: 210 hours

- Training duration of vocational training subjects or modules: 2340 hours

+ Training duration of compulsory subjects: 1705 hours; Training duration of elective subjects: 635 hours

+ Theoretical education duration: 572 hours; Practical training duration: 1768 hours

3. Duration of cultural secondary education required for lower secondary graduates: 1200 hours

(The list of cultural subjects at the secondary education level and distribution of duration of specific subjects shall comply with regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training set forth in the professional secondary curriculum framework.  Arrangement of subjects to be learnt must be pedagogically logic, ensure that students will be able to acquire job-specific knowledge and skills in an effective manner).

III. LIST OF COMPULSORY TRAINING SUBJECTS AND MODULES, AND DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING DURATION 

*Note: An occupational internship shall be considered satisfactory only when the mentoring service provider awards an evaluation of satisfactory internship performance.

IV. COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUBJECT OR MODULE CURRICULUM

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA AS THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CURRICULUM

1. Instructions for determining the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules; duration, distribution of time and contents of study thereof

1.1. List of elective vocational training subjects and modules

1.2. Instructions for designing the curriculum of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Apart from compulsory vocational training subjects and modules referred to in Section III, vocational training providers may either design elective subjects or modules at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework stipulated by Section V, Sub-section 1.1.

- Duration of elective subjects or modules must be designed provided that the summation of total duration of elective subjects or modules plus total duration of compulsory ones must be equal to or greater than the stipulated actual training duration, but does not exceed the minimum training duration stipulated in the training plan of the entire course.  

- Duration and contents of elective subjects or modules shall be designed by each school, and determined by taking into consideration training objectives and specific sectoral, occupational or regional requirements.

- On the basis of the curriculum framework, the Rector shall conduct design, assessment and introduction of the detailed curriculum of elective vocational training subjects or modules for his/her school.

- Example: 7 out of 11 subjects or modules defined in the abovementioned list of elective vocational training subjects or modules may be adopted to formulate the detailed outline of a training course, specifically including:

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

2. Instructions for graduation examination

3. Instructions for determining training duration and contents of extra-curricular activities (arranged outside of the training timelength) which aim to achieve comprehensive education objectives  

- In order to enable students to gain sufficient awareness of trades that they are learning, vocational training providers may give students opportunities to pay field visits to, or study at, several 3-4-5-star hotels.

- In order to educate traditional values, enhance cultural and social awareness and knowledge, vocational training providers may offer them opportunities to visit several historic, cultural and revolutionary landmarks, and take part in social responsibility activities at local areas.

- Extra-curricular activities must be performed in an appropriate time which falls outside of the realm of the normal curriculum.

4. Other remarks

- The elective subjects and modules referred to in this curriculum shall be chosen by taking into consideration the ratio of 30% of theoretical training duration to 70% of practical training duration, but otherwise determined to conform to actual facility, equipment and regional conditions of vocational training providers.  

- After deciding on elective subjects or modules, vocational training providers may re-arrange the order of subjects or modules in that curriculum to facilitate their administrative tasks.

- Extra-curricular activities include making a field trip to the manufacture location where students get an insight into actual jobs that they can apply for after graduation and learn professional business etiquette, organizing sightseeing activities by groups or teams with the aim of promoting their groupwork or organizational skills.

B – THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA

Trade: Housekeeping management

Code: 50810202

Training level: Vocational college training level

Entry requirement: Graduation from the upper secondary level or equivalent

Number of training subjects or modules: 38

Graduation certification: Vocational college training diploma

I. TRAINING OBJECTIVES

1. Occupational knowledge and skill training

- Acquired knowledge:

+ Understand roles and duties of a housekeeping department in hotel operations;

+ Enable learners to describe working roles, duties, positions and basic work procedures of a housekeeping department; 

+ Enable students to list equipment, appliances, tools, chemicals or agents used for room service activities of a housekeeping department, and functions thereof;

+ Enable students to describe hotel room and bed classifications;

+ Understand hotel room security and safety rules and principles;

+ Enable students to explain reasons for compliance with security and safety rules and regulations of hotels in general, and of housekeeping departments in particular, so that they can recognize any risk, hazard or emergency situation, and take proper preventive actions;

+ Enable students to understand personnel and administrative management in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to present the plan for training of personnel working for a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to list out room equipment and supplies of different types;

+ Enable students to understand the principles of administration of housekeeping service equipment, tools, chemicals and materials;

+ Enable students to recognize any risk posed to a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to clearly explain required standards of specific room services in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to clearly explain rules and regulations and standard procedures in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to understand general administration principles in a housekeeping department.

- Acquired skills:

+ Enable students to communicate with clients in Vietnamese and English and meet job-specific client service requirements set out by a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to communicate with other relevant hotel departments;

+ Enable students to properly and safely use equipment, appliances, tools, chemicals or agents used for room service activities;

+ Enable students to comply with client service procedures applied to different work positions in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to master techniques and methods for correct and safe cleaning of surface of different types in hotels; 

+ Enable students to manage personnel in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to administer room service equipment, and materials or commodities of a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to monitor and manage required standards in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to set an effective work schedule;

+ Enable students to train other employees;

+ Enable students to treat any risk posed to a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to manage administrative tasks in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to set internal rules and regulations and standard procedures in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to control safety and security in a housekeeping department;

+ Enable students to organize and provide housekeeping services for events and banquets at villas.

2. Politics, ethics; physical and national defence training

- Political and ethical training:

+ Enable students to express basic knowledge about Marxist – Leninist philosophy and Ho Chi Minh’s ideology regarding patriotism of Vietnamese people and workers, leadership roles and policies or guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the era of domestic industrialization – modernization; 

+ Enable students to gain knowledge about corruption; causes and consequences of corruption; significance and importance of anti-corruption practices; responsibilities of citizens for getting involved in anti-corruption practices;

+ Enable students to understand and exercise rights and undertake obligations of citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

+ Enable students to be aware of, preserve and promote traditional values of workers; inherit and enrich the Vietnamese cultural heritage;

+ Enable students to voluntarily study to improve their academic levels and fully meet their assigned duties; make best use of acquired knowledge to train themselves to become employees who exhibit their professional conscience, proactive and creative attitude towards their work duties, and express their high sense of responsibility; lead modest and healthy lives, and observe professional business etiquette.

- Physical and national defence training:

+ Enable students to present and express basic knowledge and training methodology concerning sports and physical activities in order to protect and improve their health, promote their physical resilience to meet study or labor requirements in their occupations;

+ Enable students to express and practice basic knowledge provided by the national defence and security course;

+ Enable students to perform basic skills in the national defence and security curriculum; develop self-discipline and voluntary habits in assuming their national defence obligations.

3. Career opportunities:

After completing the vocational college training diploma in the housekeeping management, students shall be qualified to undertake different work positions in lodging and accommodation service providers, such as room attendants, public area attendants, laundry attendants, housekeeping clerks, supervisors, assistant executive housekeepers and chief housekeepers, working for lodging and accommodation service providers such as hotels, resorts or cruise ships, and instructors giving housekeeping practical lessons to elementary housekeeping level students in hotel vocational schools.  

II. COURSE LENGTH AND ACTUAL MINIMUM TRAINING DURATION

1.  Course length and actual minimum training duration

- Training time length: 3 years

- Study duration: 131 weeks

- Actual minimum training duration: 3750 hours

- Aggregate duration of test preparation and testing upon completion of a subject, module and graduation examination: 240 hours (including 60 hours of graduation examination)

2. Distribution of actual minimum training duration

- Training duration of compulsory general subjects: 450 hours

- Training duration of vocational training subjects or modules: 3300 hours

+ Training duration of compulsory subjects: 2410 hours; Training duration of elective subjects: 890 hours

+ Theoretical education duration: 863 hours; Practical training duration: 2437 hours

III. LIST OF COMPULSORY TRAINING SUBJECTS AND MODULES, AND DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING DURATION 

*Note: An occupational internship shall be considered satisfactory only when the mentoring service provider awards an evaluation or assessment of satisfactory internship performance.

IV. COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUBJECT OR MODULE CURRICULUM

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA AS THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CURRICULUM

1. Instructions for determining the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules; duration, distribution of time and contents of study thereof

1.1. List of elective vocational training subjects and modules

1.2. Instructions for designing the curriculum of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Apart from compulsory vocational training subjects and modules referred to in Section III, vocational training service providers may either design elective subjects or modules at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework stipulated by Section V, Sub-section 1.1.

- Duration of elective subjects or modules must be designed provided that the summation of total duration of elective subjects or modules plus total duration of compulsory ones must be equal to or greater than the stipulated actual training duration, but does not exceed the minimum training duration stipulated in the training plan of the entire course.  

- Duration and contents of elective subjects or modules shall be designed by each school, and determined by taking into consideration training objectives and specific sectoral, occupational or regional requirements.

- On the basis of the curriculum framework, the Rector shall conduct design, assessment and introduction of the detailed curriculum of elective vocational training subjects or modules for his/her school.

Example: 9 out of 12 subjects or modules defined in the abovementioned list of elective vocational training subjects or modules may be adopted to formulate the detailed outline of a training course, specifically including:

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

2. Instructions for graduation examination

3. Instructions for determining training duration and contents of extra-curricular education activities (arranged outside of the training timelength) which aim to achieve comprehensive education objectives 

- In order to enable students to gain sufficient awareness of trades that they are learning, vocational training providers may give students opportunities to pay field visits to, or study at, several 3-4-5-star hotels.

- In order to educate traditional values, enhance cultural and social awareness and knowledge, vocational training providers may offer them opportunities to visit several historic, cultural and revolutionary landmarks, and take part in social responsibility activities at local areas.

- Extra-curricular activities must be performed in an appropriate time which falls outside of the realm of the normal curriculum.

4. Other remarks

- The elective subjects and modules referred to in this curriculum shall be chosen by taking into consideration the ratio of 30% of theoretical training duration to 70% of practical training duration, but otherwise determined to conform to actual facility, equipment and regional conditions of vocational training providers. 

- When applying this curriculum framework to students who qualify for vertical transitions from the vocational secondary training level, the general course plan (2 semesters) shall be adjusted. They shall be required to learn additional unacquired knowledge and skills at that level.  Contents of graduation examination that these students have to take shall only include advanced knowledge and skills required for the vocational college training level. 

- After deciding on elective subjects or modules, vocational training providers may re-arrange the order of subjects or modules in that curriculum to facilitate their administrative tasks.

APPENDIX 02

THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA AND VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA IN THE TRADE “TOUR OPERATION”

(Issued together with the Decision No.10/2014/TT-BLDTBXH dated May 27, 2014 of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs)

A – THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA

Trade: Tour operation

Code: 40810105

Training level: Vocational secondary training diploma

Entry requirement: Graduation from the upper secondary level or equivalent

(Graduates from the lower secondary level shall be required to take supplemental cultural knowledge acquired at the Upper Secondary education level as provided for by the Ministry of Education and Training)

Number of training subjects or modules: 25

Graduation certification: Vocational secondary training diploma

I. TRAINING OBJECTIVES

1. Occupational knowledge and skill training

- Acquired knowledge:

+ Enable students to identify positions, roles and responsibilities of the tour operation trade;

+ Enable students to present the organizational structure of the tourism industry of Vietnam;

+ Enable students to present procedures for preparation, storage and management of customer and service supplier profiles;

+ Enable students to understand procedures for operation, management and conduct of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to identify principles of response to situations arising in the process of operation and conduct of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to list down steps in the process for performance review and evaluation of operation, management and conduct of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to present steps in establishment of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to understand how to build and maintain cordial relationship with partners, and provide customer care services;

+ Enable students to present basic characteristics of tourist routes or attractions; steps in establishment of tourism programs; methods of product promotion, advertisement and sale;

+ Enable students to acquire fundamental knowledge about culture, history, geography, economics, psychology and tourist relation, etc. during the process of operating and managing tourism programs.

- Acquired skills:

+ Enable students to prepare, deposit and administer customer and service supplier profiles;

+ Enable students to operate and oversee tourism programs in an effective manner;

+ Enable students to coordinate and develop proper services constituting tourism programs;

+ Enable students to design tourism programs to meet customer demands;

+ Enable students to conduct travel service marketing and business operations;

+ Enable students to manage to respond to situations arising in the tour operation process;

+ Enable students to give the performance review and evaluation of operation of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to build and maintain cordial relationship with service suppliers and entities involved;

+ Enable students to learn how to deliver heartfelt and professional customer care services;

+ Enable students to identify tourist market demands and capability of an enterprise to meet such demands;

+ Enable students to communicate with customers in English at the elementary level;

+ Enable students to build a good cooperation with colleagues, customers and partners concerned;

+ Enable students to use information technology applications for performing tasks, and compose documents;

+ Enable students to manipulate some office equipment used for tour operation purposes;

+ Enable students to organize teamwork activities.

2. Politics, ethics; physical and national defence training

- Political and ethical training:

+ Enable students to acquire certain general and fundamental knowledge about Marxist – Leninist philosophy and Ho Chi Minh ideology, and economic development strategies, policies and guidelines of the Communist Party, Constitution and Legislation of Vietnam;   

+ Demonstrate the patriotic spirit and loyalty towards a pathway to developing and defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; fulfill a citizen’s responsibilities and obligations; live and work in compliance with the Constitution and Legislation;

+ Have a high sense of awareness of and responsibility for fight against corruption and extravagance in learning and production activities;

+ Gain knowledge about achievements and developmental guidelines of the tourism industry of Vietnam;

+ Exhibit their wholehearted devotion towards their occupation, have right attitudes and behaviors towards service activities to the extent that they correspond to actual conditions of specific industries and trades;

+ Show their competence in and positive attitude towards independent and teamwork activities;

+ Have labor and occupational skills, lead healthy lives, adapt well to traditional customs, cultural and local values over historical periods;

+ Always develop their consciousness of learning and training activities with the objective of improving their qualification to meet work requirements.

- Physical and national defence training:

+ Determine physical training methods and opt for any method that best suits themselves;

+ Understand basic knowledge and skills concerning physical exercise and sports activities, and apply them to improvement and protection of their health;

+ Develop the spirit of patriotism, socialism, and necessary knowledge about all-people national defence and people’s armed forces, and awareness of defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

+ Accumulate certain knowledge about necessary military skills as the basis for their implementation of military duties within a school, and make effective use of their professional competence in assisting in national defence activities, and exhibit their willingness to participate in an armed force for national defence purposes.

3. Career opportunities:

After completing the vocational secondary training program, students may undertake positions, such as travel agents, tour sellers, tour operation assistants; tour operators and other positions, in a travel service provider, depending on their personal competence and work requirements.

II. COURSE LENGTH AND ACTUAL MINIMUM TRAINING DURATION

1.  Course length and actual minimum training duration

- Training course timelength: 2 years

- Study duration: 90 weeks

- Actual minimum training duration: 2565 hours

- Aggregate duration of test preparation and testing upon completion of a subject, module and graduation examination: 180 hours (including 30 hours of graduation examination)

2. Distribution of actual minimum training duration

- Training duration of compulsory general subjects: 210 hours

- Training duration of vocational training subjects: 2355 hours

+ Training duration of required courses: 1710 hours; Training duration of elective subjects: 645 hours

+ Theoretical education duration: 790 hours; Practical training duration: 1665 hours

3. Duration of cultural secondary education required for lower secondary graduates: 1020 hours

(The list of cultural subjects at the secondary education level and distribution of duration of specific subjects shall comply with regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training set forth in the professional secondary curriculum framework.  Arrangement of subjects to be learnt must be pedagogically logic, ensure that students will be able to acquire job-specific knowledge and skills in an effective manner).

III. LIST OF COMPULSORY TRAINING SUBJECTS AND MODULES, AND DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING DURATION 

IV. COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUBJECT OR MODULE CURRICULUM

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA AS THE BASIS FOR DESIGNING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CURRICULUM

1. Instructions for determining the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules; duration, distribution of time and contents of study thereof

1.1. List of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Elective vocational training subjects or modules shall meet the demands for training of essential knowledge and skills which are relevant to particular sectoral, industrial and regional characteristics of each local area. 

- Apart from compulsory vocational training subjects and modules referred to in Section III, vocational training providers may either design several elective subjects or modules at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework (for reference purposes only) in their schools.

- Elective subjects or modules shall be identified, based on the following criteria:

+ Ensure conformity with general training objectives of each trade;

+ Meet necessary workforce demands of each local area (region or territorial area), or of specific enterprises;

+ Ensure conformity with the stipulated training timelength;

+ Ensure compliance with the regulatory ratio of theoretical training and practical training activities.

16 suggested elective subjects or modules are specifically tabulated hereunder for vocational training providers’ reference:

1.2. Instructions for designing the curriculum of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Vocational training providers may, at their discretion, design duration and contents of elective subjects or modules to be trained in their schools, or adopt or modify those suggested in this curriculum framework in order to ensure compliance with training objectives and specific sectoral, occupational or regional requirements at specific local areas.

- If vocational training providers refuse to accept those suggested in this curriculum framework, they must proceed to design the detailed outline of each lesson and chapter by using the form given in the Section III, and then carry out evaluation and introduction of the detailed plan for elective vocational training subjects and modules in their schools.

- Choose subjects and modules to the extent that actual training duration requirements referred to the curriculum framework are satisfied.

- In order to identify the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules, particular human resource demands of specific regions or areas, and actual conditions of each school mentioned hereunder, must be considered: 

+ Demands of learners and enterprises;

+ Teaching staff’s qualification;

+ Training facilities and equipment.

- Vocational training providers may refer to 8 elective subjects or modules listed hereunder to ensure compliance with regulatory duration requirements: Total of 645 hours makes up 27% of total duration of vocational training subjects or modules.

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

2. Instructions for graduation examination

3. Instructions for determining training duration and contents of extra-curricular activities (arranged outside of the training timelength) which aim to achieve comprehensive education objectives 

- During the training course, extra-curricular activities, including cultural, artistic, sports, field trip or sightseeing activities, should be organized to improve communication skills for students. Additionally, books or teaching resources must be available in libraries so that students will make best use of them for their research projects and look for any career information online.

- In order to enable students to gain sufficient awareness of trades that they are learning, vocational training providers may give students opportunities to make relevant field trips to several tourism, hotel or restaurant businesses.

- Extra-curricular activities must be performed in an appropriate time which falls outside of the realm of the normal curriculum.

4. Other remarks

4.1. Remarks on design of the vocational training curriculum

- Based on the curriculum framework which has been introduced, vocational training providers shall design the vocational training curriculum and choose training subjects or modules which are appropriate to regional and local conditions.

- After completing design or selection of elective subjects or modules, vocational training providers may re-assign codes of subjects or modules included in their curriculum to facilitate their administration.

4.2. Instructions for distribution of duration and contents of occupational practice in a service provider

- Occupational practice in service providers is aimed at improving students’ knowledge, application of their acquired knowledge or skills to the real occupational context.

- Contents of this occupational practice include those that students have learned at school (this varies depending on different practice assignments) with particular attention paid to those applicable to the real work duties.

- Activities of this occupational practice shall be classified into three groups as follows:

+ Students perform occupational practice assignments at tourism enterprises or those enterprises that have jobs relating to tour operation. In such case, teachers or instructors (who may be experienced or qualified ones working for service providers) are needed;

+ Students perform their tour operation practice (with instructors) at tourist sites or routes, or according to the travel program;

+ Students may opt for combined practice forms.

- With respect to selection of form and distribution of time of occupational practice at service providers, each vocational training provider shall, based on their specific conditions, decide on either the occupational practice at service providers or grouping of students for separate practice assignments, but must ensure consistence with duration, objectives and contents mentioned above. 

B – THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA

Trade: Tour operation

Code: 50810105

Training level: Vocational college training level

Entry requirement: Graduates from the upper secondary education level or equivalent

Number of training subjects or modules: 29

Graduation certification: Vocational college training diploma

I. TRAINING OBJECTIVES

1. Occupational knowledge and skill training

- Acquired knowledge:

+ Enable students to identify positions, roles and responsibilities of the tour operation trade;

+ Enable students to present the organizational structure of the tourism industry of Vietnam;

+ Enable students to present procedures for preparation, storage and management of customer and service supplier profiles;

+ Enable students to understand procedures for operation, management and conduct of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to identify principles of response to situations arising in the process of operation and conduct of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to present steps in establishment of tourism programs;

+ Enable students to list down steps in the process for performance review and evaluation of operation, management and conduct of tourism programs;

+ Identify basic contents of travel business administration, including market research, development and selection of travel business plans, conduct and management of travel business operations, inspection and assessment of travel business efficiency, administration of travel service quality, human resource management, facility and equipment management, safety, security and environmental protection practices and financial administration of travel business;

+ Enable students to understand how to build and maintain cordial relationship with partners, and provide customer care services;

+ Enable students to acquire fundamental knowledge about tour routes or tourist attractions, approaches to organization of promotion events, tourist psychology and communication in the tour operation process.

- Acquired skills:

+ Enable students to prepare, deposit and administer customer and service supplier profiles;

+ Enable students to plan, organize, conduct and manage tourism programs in an effective manner;

+ Enable students to coordinate and develop proper services constituting tourism programs;

+ Enable students to design tourism programs to meet customer demands;

+ Develop and sell new travel service products to the domestic and foreign market; 

+ Enable students to manage to respond to situations arising in the tour operation process in an effective manner;

+ Enable students to review and propose solutions to improving effectiveness in tour operations;

+ Enable students to build and maintain cordial relationship with service suppliers and entities involved;

+ Enable students to learn how to deliver heartfelt and professional customer care services;

+ Enable students to measure tourist market demands and capability of an enterprise to meet such demands;

+ Enable students to evaluate basic characteristics of tour routes or tourist attractions;

+ Enable students to converse with customers in English during the process of conduct and operation of travel programs;

+ Enable students to negotiate and build a good cooperation with customers and partners;

+ Enable students to use information technology applications for performing tasks, and compose documents;

+ Enable students to manipulate some office equipment used for tour operation purposes;

+ Enable students to organize teamwork activities.

2. Politics, ethics; physical and national defence training

- Political and ethical training:

+ Enable students to acquire certain general and fundamental knowledge about Marxist – Leninist philosophy and Ho Chi Minh ideology, and economic development strategies, policies and guidelines of the Communist Party, Constitution and Legislation of Vietnam;  

+ Demonstrate the patriotic spirit and loyalty towards a bid to develop and defense the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; fulfill a citizen’s responsibilities and obligations; live and work in compliance with the Constitution and Legislation;

+ Have a high sense of awareness of and responsibility for fight against corruption and extravagance in learning and production activities;

+ Gain knowledge about achievements and developmental guidelines of the tourism industry of Vietnam;

+ Exhibit their wholehearted devotion towards their occupation, have right attitudes and behaviors towards service activities to the extent that they correspond to actual conditions of specific industries and trades;

+ Show their competence in and positive attitude towards independent and teamwork activities;

+ Have labor and occupational skills, lead healthy lives, adapt well to traditional customs, cultural and local values over historical periods;

+ Always develop their consciousness of learning and training activities with the objective of improving their qualification to meet work requirements.

- Physical and national defence training:

+ Determine physical training methods and opt for any method that best suits themselves;

+ Understand basic knowledge and skills concerning physical exercise and sports activities, and apply them to improvement and protection of their health;

+ Develop the spirit of patriotism, socialism, and necessary knowledge about all-people national defence and people’s armed forces, and awareness of defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

+ Accumulate certain knowledge about necessary military skills as the basis for their implementation of military duties within a school, and make effective use of their professional competence in assisting in national defence activities, and exhibit their willingness to participate in an armed force for national defence purposes.

3. Career opportunities:

After completing the vocational college training program, students will be qualified to undertake positions, such as travel agents, tour sellers, tour operation assistants; tour operators, operation group leaders, department managers and other positions, in a travel service provider, depending on their personal competence and work requirements.

Besides, students shall acquire competence in participating in transition to higher training levels to develop their occupational knowledge and skills.  

II. COURSE LENGTH AND ACTUAL MINIMUM TRAINING DURATION

1.  Course length and actual minimum training duration

- Training time length: 3 years

- Study duration: 131 weeks

- Actual minimum training duration: 3750 hours

- Aggregate duration of test preparation and testing upon completion of a subject, module and graduation examination: 240 hours (including 60 hours of graduation examination)

2. Distribution of actual minimum training duration:

- Training duration of compulsory general subjects: 450 hours

- Training duration of vocational training subjects or modules: 3300 hours

+ Training duration of compulsory subjects: 2490 hours; Training duration of elective subjects: 810 hours

+ Theoretical education duration: 1036 hours; Practical training duration: 2264 hours

III. LIST OF COMPULSORY TRAINING SUBJECTS AND MODULES, AND DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING DURATION 

IV. COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUBJECT OR MODULE CURRICULUM

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA AS THE BASIS FOR DESIGNING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CURRICULUM

1. Instructions for determining the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules; duration, scheduling of time thereof

1.1. List of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Elective vocational training subjects or modules shall meet the demands for training of essential knowledge and skills which are relevant to particular sectoral, industrial and regional characteristics of each local area. 

- Apart from compulsory vocational training subjects and modules referred to in Section III, vocational training providers may either design several elective subjects or modules at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework (for reference purposes only) in their schools.

- Elective subjects or modules shall be identified, based on the following basic criteria:

+ Ensure conformity with general training objectives of each trade;

+ Meet necessary workforce demands of each local area (region or territorial area), or of specific enterprises;

+ Ensure conformity with the stipulated training timelength;

+ Ensure compliance with the regulatory ratio of theoretical training and practical training activities.

18 suggested elective subjects or modules are specifically tabulated hereunder for vocational training providers’ reference:

(Including detailed contents given in the Appendix)

1.2. Instructions for designing the detailed curriculum of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Vocational training providers may, at their discretion, design duration and contents of elective subjects or modules to be trained in their schools, or adopt or modify those suggested in this curriculum framework in order to ensure compliance with training objectives and specific sectoral, occupational or regional requirements at specific local areas.

- If vocational training providers refuse to accept those suggested in this curriculum framework, they must proceed to design the detailed outline of each lesson/ chapter by using the form given in the Section III, and then carry out evaluation and introduction of the detailed plan for elective vocational training subjects and modules in their schools.

- Choose subjects and modules to the extent that actual training duration requirements referred to the curriculum framework are satisfied.

- In order to identify the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules, particular human resource demands of specific regions or areas, and actual conditions of each school mentioned hereunder, must be taken into consideration as follows:

+ Demands of learners and enterprises;

+ Teaching staff’s qualification;

+ Training facilities and equipment.

- Vocational training providers may refer to 8 elective subjects or modules listed hereunder to ensure compliance with regulatory duration requirements under the Decision No. 58/2008/QD LDTBXH dated 09/6/2008 of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs: Total of 810 hours makes up 24.5% of total duration of vocational training subjects or modules.

(Including detailed contents given in the Appendix)

2. Instructions for graduation examination

3. Instructions for determining training duration and contents of extra-curricular activities (arranged outside of the training timelength) which aim to achieve comprehensive education objectives 

- During the training course, extra-curricular activities, including cultural, artistic, sports, field trip or sightseeing activities, should be organized to improve communication skills for students. Additionally, books or teaching resources must be available in libraries so that students will make best use of them for their research projects and look for any career information online.

- In order to enable students to gain sufficient awareness of trades that they are learning, vocational training providers may give students opportunities to make relevant field trips to several tourism, hotel or restaurant businesses.

- Extra-curricular activities must be performed in an appropriate time which falls outside of the realm of the normal curriculum.

4. Other remarks

4.1. Remarks on design of the vocational training curriculum

- Based on the curriculum framework which has been introduced, vocational training providers shall design the vocational training curriculum and choose training subjects or modules which are appropriate to regional and local conditions.

- After completing design or selection of elective subjects or modules, vocational training providers may re-assign codes of subjects or modules included in their curriculum to facilitate their administration.

4.2. Instructions for distribution of duration and contents of occupational practice in a service provider

- Occupational practice in service providers is aimed at improving students’ knowledge, application of their acquired knowledge or skills to the real occupational context.

- Contents of this occupational practice include those that students have learned at school (this varies depending on different practice assignments) with particular attention paid to those applicable to the real work duties.

- Activities of this occupational practice shall be classified into three groups as follows:

+ Students perform occupational practice assignments at tourism enterprises or those enterprises that have jobs relating to tour operation. In such case, teachers or instructors (who may be experienced or qualified ones working for service providers) are needed;

+ Students perform their tour operation practice (with instructors) at tourist sites or routes, or according to the travel program;

+ Students may opt for combined practice forms.

- With respect to selection of form and distribution of time of occupational practice at service providers, each vocational training provider shall, based on their specific conditions, decide on either the occupational practice at service providers or grouping of students for separate practice assignments, but must ensure consistence with duration, objectives and contents mentioned above. 

APPENDIX 05

THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA AND VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA IN THE TRADE “NETWORK SECURITY”

(Issued together with the Decision No.10/2014/TT-BLDTBXH dated May 27, 2014 of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs)

A – THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA

Trade: Network security

Code: 40480212

Entry requirement: Graduation from the upper secondary level or equivalent

(Graduates from the lower secondary level shall be required to take supplemental cultural knowledge required for the upper secondary level as provided for by the Ministry of Education and Training)

Number of training subjects or modules: 32

Graduation certification: Vocational secondary training diploma

I. TRAINING OBJECTIVES

1. Occupational knowledge and skill training

- Acquired knowledge:

+ Enable students to present basic knowledge about computers, computer electronics and computer networks;

+ Enable students to understand the operational structure and principles of components of computer systems;

+ Enable students to present basic knowledge about computers;

+ Enable students to present fundamental knowledge about computer networks;

+ Enable students to present rules and methods of planning, design and setting up, installation and configuration, operation and management, maintenance, repair and update of computer networks;

+ Enable students to present the operational principles of network infrastructure, network devices and network cable systems;

+ Enable students to present the operational principles of network operating system and network services;

+ Enable students to describe the basic operational functions and principles of databases and database management systems; 

+ Enable students to present risks of data security and loss incurred by an organization/ enterprise;

+ Enable students to present, describe and demonstrate network-based attack and defence techniques;

+ Enable students to gain awareness of laws on information security.

- Acquired skills:

+ Enable students to make best use of applications on network systems;

+ Enable students to design, set up and operate network systems for small and medium-sized enterprises;

+ Enable students to install, configure and administer network systems with Windows Server;

+ Enable students to install, configure and administer such services as DNS, DHCP, RRAS, Web and Mail;

+ Enable students to set up and administer product information and electronic commercial websites;

+ Enable students to configure common networking devices such as Switch or Router;

+ Enable students to maintain, repair and update software and hardware of network systems;

+ Enable students to design, operate and administer information security systems;

+ Enable students to set up and operate network firewalls;

+ Enable students to set up and administer network database systems.

2. Politics, ethics; physical and national defence training

- Political and legal education:

+ Gain knowledge about Marxist - Leninist philosophy, Ho Chi Minh's ideology, Constitution and Legislation;

+ Enable students to gain knowledge about rights and obligations of citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

+ Demonstrate the patriotic spirit and loyalty towards a pathway to developing and defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; fulfill a citizen’s responsibilities and obligations; live and work in compliance with the Constitution and Legislation;

+ Enable students to gain knowledge about corruption; causes and consequences of corruption; significance and importance of anti-corruption practices; responsibilities of citizens for getting involved in anti-corruption practices;

- Ethics and professional business etiquette:

+ Develop ethical standards and professional conscience, self-discipline and professional business etiquette;

+ Always develop their consciousness of learning and training with the objective of improving their qualification to meet work requirements.

- Physical and national defence training:

+ Practice regular physical training for the purpose of having good health to learn and work in the long run;

+ Gain an insight into the national defence strategy of the Communist Party, and train their military skills to be ready to defense the nation.

3. Career opportunities:

- Work for enterprises equipped with computer networks and office equipment; buildings equipped with computer networks; information security departments of companies, enterprises or schools; financial institutions, economic corporation and state bodies that have high information security needs; computer and information technology device business companies; telecommunications business and service companies; network security solutions designing companies; cybersecurity software companies;

- Work at practice facilities or workshops of schools, or instruct students who hold lower-level vocational qualifications;

- Enable students to generate work opportunities for themselves; run their own business.

II. COURSE LENGTH AND ACTUAL TRAINING DURATION

1. Course length and actual training duration

- Training course timelength: 2 years

- Study duration: 90 weeks

- Actual training timelength: 2550 hours

- Aggregate duration of test preparation and testing upon completion of a subject, module and graduation examination: 210 hours (including 60 hours of graduation examination)

2. Distribution of actual minimum training duration

- Training duration of required general subjects: 210 hours

- Training duration of vocational training subjects or modules: 2340 hours

+ Training duration of compulsory subjects: 1785 hours; Duration of elective subjects: 555 hours

+ Theoretical education duration: 771 hours; Practical training duration: 1569 hours

3. Duration of cultural secondary education required for lower secondary graduates: 1200 hours

(The list of cultural subjects at the secondary education level and distribution of duration of specific subjects shall comply with regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training set forth in the professional secondary curriculum framework.  Arrangement of subjects to be learnt must be pedagogically logic, ensure that students will be able to acquire job-specific knowledge and skills in an effective manner).

III. LIST OF COMPULSORY TRAINING SUBJECTS AND MODULES, AND DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING DURATION 

IV. COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUBJECT OR MODULE CURRICULUM

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE VOCATIONAL SECONDARY TRAINING DIPLOMA AS THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CURRICULUM

1. Instructions for determining the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules; duration, distribution of time and contents of study thereof

1.1. List of elective vocational training subjects and modules

1.2. Instructions for designing the curriculum of elective vocational training subjects and modules  

- If vocational training providers choose those suggested in this curriculum framework, they must proceed to design the detailed outline of each lesson or chapter by using the stipulated form. They will then carry out evaluation and introduction of the detailed curriculum of elective subjects in their own schools.

- Example: 8 out of 13 subjects or modules defined in the abovementioned list of elective vocational training subjects or modules may be adopted to formulate the detailed outline of a training course, specifically including:

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

- Apart from compulsory vocational training subjects and modules referred to in Section III, vocational training service providers may either design elective subjects or modules at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework stipulated by Section V, Sub-section 1.1.

- Duration of elective subjects or modules must be designed provided that the summation of total duration of elective subjects or modules plus total duration of compulsory ones must be equal to or greater than the stipulated actual training duration, but does not exceed the minimum training duration stipulated in the training plan of the entire course.  

- Duration and contents of elective subjects or modules shall be designed by each school, and determined by taking into consideration training objectives and specific sectoral, occupational or regional requirements.

- On the basis of the curriculum framework, the Rector shall conduct design, assessment and introduction of the detailed curriculum of elective vocational training subjects or modules for his/her school.

2. Instructions for graduation examination

3. Instructions for determining training duration and contents of extra-curricular activities (arranged outside of the training timelength) which aim to achieve comprehensive education objectives 

- In order to enable students to gain sufficient awareness of trades that they are learning, vocational training providers may give students opportunities to pay field visits to, or study at, several computer manufacturing and repairing workshops, factories, telecommunications trading and service supply companies; network design consultancy companies.

- In order to educate traditional values, enhance cultural and social awareness and knowledge, vocational training providers may offer them opportunities to visit several historic, cultural and revolutionary landmarks, and take part in social responsibility activities at local areas.

- Extra-curricular activities must be performed in an appropriate time which falls outside of the realm of the normal curriculum:

4. Other remarks

- Based on the actual conditions of facilities or equipment of each vocational training provider, and regional or local conditions, vocational training providers may decide on appropriate elective subjects or modules.

- After deciding on elective subjects or modules, vocational training providers may re-arrange the order of subjects or modules in that curriculum to facilitate their administrative tasks.

- Extra-curricular activities include making a field trip to the manufacture location where students get an insight into actual jobs that they can apply for after graduation and learn professional business etiquette, organizing sightseeing activities by groups or teams with the aim of promoting their groupwork or organizational skills.

B – THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA

Trade: Network security

Code: 50480212

Training level: Vocational college training level

Entry requirement: Graduation from the upper secondary level or equivalent

Number of training subjects or modules: 41

Graduation certification: Vocational college training diploma

I. TRAINING OBJECTIVES

1. Occupational knowledge and skill training

- Acquired knowledge:

+ Enable students to present basic knowledge about computers;

+ Enable students to present fundamental knowledge about computer networks;

+ Enable students to present rules and methods of planning, design and setting up, installation and configuration, operation and management, maintenance, repair and update of computer networks;

+ Enable students to present the operational principles of network infrastructure, network devices and network cable systems;

+ Enable students to present the operational principles of network operating system and network services;

+ Enable students to describe the operational functions and principles of databases and database management systems; 

+ Enable students to explain the principles of network and socket programming;

+ Enable students to present risks of data security and loss incurred by an organization/ enterprise;

+ Enable students to describe information security systems;

+ Enable students to present information security policies;

+ Enable students to present, describe and demonstrate network attack and defence techniques;

+ Enable students to present and demonstrate network security inspection and evaluation;

+ Enable students to achieve knowledge about laws on information security, and data backup and disaster recovery.

- Acquired skills:

+ Enable students to make best use of applications on network systems;

+ Enable students to design, set up and operate network systems for small and medium-sized enterprises;

+ Enable students to install, configure and administer network systems with Windows Server;

+ Enable students to install, configure and administer such services as DNS, DHCP, RRAS, Web and Mail;

+ Enable students to set up and administer product information and electronic commercial websites;

+ Enable students to configure common networking devices such as Switch or Router;

+ Enable students to maintain, repair and update software and hardware of network systems;

+ Enable students to design, operate and administer information security systems;

+ Enable students to set up and operate network firewalls;

+ Enable students to establish, operate and administer information security policies;

+ Enable students to manipulate network security inspection and evaluation tools;

+ Enable students to develop network security inspection tools;

+ Establish the plan for surveillance of information security systems;

+ Set up the plan for data backup and disaster recovery; Ensure continuous operation of networking devices, applications and services;

+ Establish information security procedures and policies;

+ Train end-users in information security, information security procedures and policies;

+ Tutor or instruct students holding lower-level vocational qualifications.

2. Politics, ethics; physical and national defence training

- Political and legal education:

+ Gain knowledge about Marxist - Leninist philosophy, Ho Chi Minh's ideology, Constitution and Legislation;

+ Enable students to gain knowledge about rights and obligations of citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

+ Demonstrate the patriotic spirit and loyalty towards a pathway to developing and defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; fulfill a citizen’s responsibilities and obligations; live and work in compliance with the Constitution and Legislation;

+ Enable students to gain knowledge about corruption; causes and consequences of corruption; significance and importance of anti-corruption practices; responsibilities of citizens for getting involved in anti-corruption practices;

- Ethics and professional business etiquette:

+ Develop ethical standards and professional conscience, self-discipline and professional business etiquette;

+ Always develop their consciousness of learning and training with the objective of improving their qualification to meet work requirements.

- Physical and national defence training:

+ Practice regular physical training for the purpose of having good health to learn and work in the long run;

+ Gain an insight into the national defence strategy of the Communist Party, and train their military skills to be ready to defense the nation.

3. Career opportunities:

- Work for enterprises equipped with computer networks; companies trading computers and information technology devices; firms manufacturing and maintaining computers and devices or components thereof; information security departments of companies, enterprises or schools; financial institutions, economic corporation and state bodies that have high information security needs; telecommunications and network businesses; network security solutions designing companies; network security software companies.

- Work at practice facilities or workshops of schools, or instruct students who hold lower-level vocational qualifications.

- Have the option of continuing to be trained at a higher level.

II. COURSE LENGTH AND ACTUAL MINIMUM TRAINING DURATION

1.  Course length and actual minimum training duration

- Training time length: 3 years

- Study duration: 131 weeks

- Actual minimum training duration: 3750 hours

- Aggregate duration of test preparation and testing upon completion of a subject, module and graduation examination: 268 hours (including 90 hours of graduation examination)

2. Distribution of actual training duration

- Training duration of general subjects: 450 hours

- Training duration of vocational training subjects or modules: 3300 hours

+ Duration of compulsory subjects: 2535 hours; Duration of elective subjects: 765 hours

+ Theoretical education duration: 1010 hours; Practical training duration: 2290 hours

III. LIST OF COMPULSORY TRAINING SUBJECTS AND MODULES, AND DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING DURATION 

IV. COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUBJECT OR MODULE CURRICULUM

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TRAINING DIPLOMA AS THE BASIS FOR DESIGNING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CURRICULUM

1. Instructions for determining the list of elective vocational training subjects and modules; duration, distribution of time and contents of study thereof

1.1. List of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- Elective vocational training subjects shall meet the demands for training of essential knowledge and skills which are relevant to specific sectoral or particular regional characteristics of each local area. 

- Apart from compulsory vocational training subjects referred to in Section III, vocational training providers may either design several elective subjects at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework (for reference purposes only) in their schools.

- Elective subjects shall be identified, based on the following basic criteria:

+ Ensure conformity with general training objectives of each trade;

+ Meet necessary demands of each industry or local area (region or territorial area), or of specific enterprises;

+ Ensure conformity with the stipulated training timelength;

+ Ensure compliance with the regulatory ratio of theoretical training and practical training activities.

- Vocational training providers shall arrange training of elective subjects in semesters provided that the training duration is proportionate to match the training schedule and characteristics of subjects (this may happen in the second or third training year, depending on characteristics of each subject).

- Vocational training providers may, at their discretion, design duration and contents of elective subjects to be trained in their schools, or adopt or modify those suggested in this curriculum framework in order to ensure compliance with training objectives and specific sectoral, occupational or regional requirements at specific local areas.

- With respect to the training duration, apart from compulsory vocational training subjects and modules referred to in the said Section, vocational training providers may either design elective subjects or modules at their discretion or choose to use those defined in the curriculum framework stipulated by Section V, Sub-section 1.1. The training duration of elective subjects or modules must be calculated provided that total training duration of elective subjects or modules plus total training duration of compulsory subjects or modules is equal to or greater than actual minimum training duration, but does not exceed the actual training duration defined in the training schedule of the entire course. 

1.2. Instructions for designing the curriculum of elective vocational training subjects and modules

- If vocational training providers choose those suggested in this curriculum framework, they must proceed to design the detailed outline of each lesson or chapter by using the stipulated form. They will then carry out evaluation and introduction of the detailed curriculum of elective subjects in their own schools.

- Example: 09 out of 16 subjects or modules defined in the abovementioned list of elective vocational training subjects or modules may be adopted to formulate the detailed outline of a training course, specifically including:

(Including detailed contents attached thereto)

2. Instructions for graduation examination

3. Instructions for determining training duration and contents of extra-curricular activities (arranged outside of the training timelength) which aim to achieve comprehensive education objectives 

- In order to enable students to gain sufficient awareness of trades that they are learning, vocational training providers may give students opportunities to pay field visits to, or study at, several computer manufacturing and repairing workshops, factories, telecommunications trading companies; cryptography and network security companies; network solutions consulting and supplying companies.

- In order to educate traditional values, enhance cultural and social awareness and knowledge, vocational training providers may offer them opportunities to visit several historic, cultural and revolutionary landmarks, and take part in social responsibility activities at local areas.

- Extra-curricular activities must be performed in an appropriate time which falls outside of the realm of the normal curriculum:

4. Other remarks

- When applying this curriculum framework to students who qualify for vertical transitions from the vocational secondary training level, the general course plan (2 semesters) shall be adjusted. They shall be required to learn additional unacquired knowledge and skills at that level.  Contents of graduation examination that these students have to take shall only include advanced knowledge and skills required for the vocational college training level. 

- Vocational training providers may re-arrange the order of subjects or modules in this curriculum to facilitate their administration./.