Quality assurance agencies in Vietnam participate in the ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN), the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) and the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN).

In 2004, the Ministry of Education and Training established the Department of Testing and Educational Quality Evaluation to support universities, colleges, established specialized units that are responsible for quality assurance in university and colleges. To date, 114 universities and colleges have conducted quality self-assessment, accounting for more than 70% of universities nationwide.

 

From the academic year 2009 - 2010, universities and colleges which do not make three popularizations under the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training in January 2010 to January will not be allowed to recruit from the school year 2010 to 2011. Prior to 2007, the Ministry of Education and Training had no guidelines regarding standards of professional capacities of graduates from universities and colleges have announced output standard on at college. Since 2007, the Ministry of Education and Training has requestedidentified institutions to target enrollment based on the quality of teachers,the percentage of on-learning students in the lecture, specializedequipment available and laboratories/student ratio; thereby cementing the link between student numbers and quality of training.