For native teachers: Teachers who are native speakers of foreign languages (for each specific foreign language): Possess a college degree or higher and an appropriate certificate of foreign language teaching.
For non-native foreign teachers:
Foreign teachers are eligible to teach foreign languages when they meet one of the following criteria:
– Having a college degree in foreign language pedagogy or higher;
– Having a college degree in foreign languages or higher and an appropriate certificate of foreign language teaching;
– Having a college degree or higher, a certificate of foreign language ability at level 5 or higher according to the 6-level foreign language competency framework for Vietnam or equivalent and an appropriate certificate of foreign language teaching.
(Legal basis: Circular 21/2018 of the Ministry of Education and Training)