Do I have to gain experience acquired from previous involvement before issuance of architecture practicing certificates in Vietnam?

1. Do I have to gain experience acquired from previous involvement before issuance of architecture practicing certificates in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 28 of the 2019 Architecture Law, requirements for issuance and renewal of architecture practicing certificates are as follows:

1. Requirements for issuance of architecture practicing certificates shall be regulated as follows:

a) The intended applicant must hold university or higher qualification in the architecture sector;

b) The intended applicant must have at least 3 years of experience acquired from previous involvement in providing architectural services or partnership with other self-employed practicing architects;

c) The intended applicant must successfully pass the test for eligibility to receive architecture practicing certificate.

2. Requirements for renewal of architecture practicing certificate shall be regulated as follows:

a) Architecture practicing certificate has expired;

b) Ongoing career development is guaranteed;

c) There is none of violations against rules of professional conduct for practicing architects.

3. Persons spending at least 10 successive years directly involving in exercising state management of architecture, taking university education or other higher training courses in the architecture sector or directly practicing architecture will be granted exemption from the requirements prescribed in point c of clause 1 of this Article.

4. Persons winning national or international architecture awards can be exempted from the requirements prescribed in point b of clause 1 of this Article.

Thus, you must have experience acquired from previous involvement for at least 03 years in providing architectural services or partnership with other self-employed practicing architects as an individual and meet the above conditions for granting architectural practicing certificates in Vietnam.

2. What do contents of test for grant of architecture practicing certificates in Vietnam comprise?

According to Clause 2, Article 26 of the 2019 Architecture Law, test for grant of architecture practicing certificates is as follows:

2. The test for grant of architecture practicing certificates shall be designed to include the following questions:

a) Professional experience related to architecture;

b) Legal knowledge about the sector that examinees are practicing;

c) Specialized knowledge about architecture;

d) Knowledge about rules of professional conduct for practicing architects.

According to this Article, the test for grant of architecture practicing certificates includes the above contents in Vietnam.

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