Awarding institution

Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Teaching institution

VNU School of Laws

Accreditating institution

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (The Program was rated at the program-level for its quality according to the AUN-QA criteria in December 2015)

Degree title

The Degree of Bachelor in Business Law

Major title

Law                             Code: 52380101

Program objectives

The graduates from the Bachelor-level Program on Law will have appropriate knowledge, skills, and professional ethics to do research, make and implement law in state agencies, political, socio-political, and economic organizations both domestic and international, and pursue graduate education and higher.

Output standards

1. Knowledge and professional competences

The Program’s graduates will be able to:

• Understand and apply Maxism-Leninsim basic principles; Ho Chi Minh’s ideological, moral and cultural values; and basic contents of the Revolutionary lines of Vietnamese Communist Party which then help them to formulate worldviews and methodologies when approaching and reasoning contemporary issues of state and law;
• Apply the background knowledge of social and natural sciences in addressing relevant theoretical and practical issues;
• Apply the knowledge learnt from the basic courses under the program on theory and history of state and law as well as some other social-humanitarian sciences in addressing relevant theoretical and practical problems;
• Apply the background knowledge of legal science as provided by the general and specialized courses on constitutional law, administrative law, administrative procedure law, civil law, civil procedure law, criminal law, criminal procedure law, trade law, labor law, land-environment law, finance-banking law, public international law… in understanding and solving professional problems in practical work;
• Understand and apply in-depth knowledge of law fields in analyzing, synthetizing and solving concrete problems;  
• Use common information processing tools (e.g.: operating systems, soft wares, Internet…). Understand and apply basic knowledge of retional database, retional database management systems;
• Apply practical knowledge in learning about future jobs, able to do self-orientation and adaptation in different working settings.
• Master skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing a foreign language equivelant to level 3 on the 6 scale foreign languages framework for Vietnamese.
  • Lead in the professional work as being trained; have initiatives when performing assignments; self-study, accommulate knowledge and experience for professional development; make plans, coordinate and promote collective intellectuality.

2. Skills
   1. Hard skills

The graduates from the Program will be able to:

- Fulfill complicated tasks that require theoretical and practical skills as being trained in varied contexts; have skills to analyze, synthetize, and assess data, information and collective opinions;

- Search for legal documents, analyze law, select and apply legislative regulations in solving practical problems arising in reality;

- Think, perceive, analyze, and assess legal issues in a systematical manner; 

- Approach problems in vastly changing social contexts, develop skills of critical detection, analysis, assessment, and consultation on legal issues following the scientific basis of the training program;  

- Self-study, reason and apply knowledge and skills in understanding and solving legal issues in reality;

- Synthetize lessons learnt for themselves in comparison with the trained knowledge;

- Develop awareness of justice.

1. 2. Soft skills

The graduates from the Program will be able to:

- Work independently, work in team, solve work-related problems with logical and creative thoughts;

- Have communication and presentation skills;

- Have skills of searching for information, studying documents and materials; compiling documents and analytical reports;

- Have skills of negociating, consulting and working with clients;

- Have skills of adaption and management over changes in dramatically changing environments both domestic and international; 

- Have listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of a foreign language equivalent to level 3 in 6-scale foreign languages framework for Vietnamese.

- Use computers and some common software programs fluently such as: WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT...

3. Ethical qualities

3.1. Personal ethical qualities

The graduates from the Program will:

-  Have standard behaviors and speech;

- Be ready to overcome and cope with difficulties, challenges;

- Have desire and passion for studying and working purposes;

- Hold a friendly attitude to friends, colleagues, and partners;

- Be hardworking, enthusiastic, and creative;

- Be proactive and confident at work, be responsible, and courageous at expressing personal viewpoints and be an active listener.

3.2. Professional ethical qualities

- Gain initial skills in negotiating, executing and organizing the implementation of business - commercial contracts and agreement;

- Gain basic skills in dealing with business - commercial disputes;

- Gain initial ability in consulting business laws (companies; banks; insurance; taxes; audit; securities; finance; resources; environment, intellectual property…) independently;

- Gain basic skills in establishing and governing businesses;

- Gain initial ability in identifying and using proper tools and methods to manage risks in business.

3.3. Social ethical qualities

The graduates from the Program will:

- Have a sense of patriotism;

- Have a sense of civic responsibility;

- Have conciousness of implementing , respecting and protecting law;

- Have a sense of building and protecting interests of community and society to make contributions to building a fair, democratic and civilized society.

Jobs after graduation

The graduates from the Program will be able to:

- Group 1: Work for foreign and domestic firms which operate in all aspects of business life;

- Group 2: Work for firms which provide legal services as a lawyer and/or a counselor like law companies, law offices, notary offices either domestic or international; function as a legal specialist and/or a counselor in companies, enterprises that have demands for employing highly-qualified personnel in law to facilitate their production, business activities;

- Group 3: Work for state agencies including law enforcement organizations such as courts, procuratorates, law enforcement bodies, police agencies… and other state organizations from central to local levels; the Party agencies and socio-political organizaitons;

Group 4: Work for non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations and/or international organizations that implement law-related activities.

- Group 5: Work as a teacher and/or a researcher in research and/or education institutions with regard of law, administration, politics such as universities, colleges, secondary vocational training schools, centers, research institutes in relevant fields;

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Standard input

Students are selected through the university entrance examinations and an admission process in accordance with the regulations of VNU and VNU School of Law.

Comparison program

The training program is built on the basis of being compared with the training programs of:

- Faculty of Japanese Studies, Osaka National University, Japan

- Cambridge University, England

- Santa Barbara University, United States

- Harvard University, United States

- Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

- Singapore National University

- Taxas University at Austine, United States

- Thamasat University, Thailand

- Sheffield University, England

Teaching, learning and assessing strategies

- The teaching, learning strategies are communicated widely.

- Students are provided with sufficient information of the training time frames, instructed on how to follow the training program.

- Each syllabus contains the study and exams information depending on unique characteristics of the course as designed by the lecturer (s).

Instructions on implementation of the training programs

The Bechalor-level Training Program on Business Law is designed for the candidates who have passed VNU’s annual university entrance examinations.

After admission, the students will be introduced of the training curriculum framework on the opening day of the Program and instructed on how to register for elective courses.

Based on the appoved curricula, the School’s Office of Academic Affairs will develop a learning plan for the whole Program included timetables, courses to be provided in the semester in accord with the training curricula. The yearly learning plan is communicated to: VNU (for information only); the School of Law’s Board of Management; the relevant units inside VNU; the divisions under the School of Law; the academic staff; the students of graduate and undergraduate programs; and made available in the School’s website.

The School’s Subject Sections are responsibile for assigning lecturers following the yearly learning plan and proposing assessment modes. Then the School’s Dean decides which assessment mode will be chosen.

After accomplishing all the courses under the training program, the students will be awarded with a Degree of Bachelor in Law by VNU’s President.

Total credit units

135 credits

Mode of study

Full-time

Language (s) of instruction

Vietnamese (English)

Training duration

4 years

Date of issuance/amendement of the training curriculum

Place of issuance

VNU

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General knowledge blocks:                                                 27 credits

(excluded Physical education, National defence education, Complementary skills)

-

General knowledge of the field

6 credits

+ Compulsory:

2 credits

+ Elective:

4/16 credits

-

General knowledge of discipline group

16 credits

+ Compulsory:

14 credits

+ Elective:

2/8 credits

-

Basic knowledge of discipline subgroup

59 credits

+ Compulsory:

55 credits

+ Elective:

4/10 credits

-

Specialized knowledge of discipline

27 credits

+ Compulsory:

12 credits

+ Elective:

     6/14 credits

+ Graduate thesis/alternative courses:

9 credits

I

General knowledge block

27

PHI1004

The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism 1

2

24

6

PHI1005

The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism 2

3

36

9

PHI1004

POL1001

Ho Chi Minh's Ideology

2

20

10

PHI1005

HIS1002

The Revolutionary Policies of Vietnam Communist Party

3

42

3

POL1001

INT1004

Computer Science 2

3

17

28

6

INT1004

Foreign Language 1

4

16

40

4

FLF2101

General English 1

FLF2201

General  Russian 1

FLF2301

General  French 1

FLF2401

General  Chinese 1

Foreign Language 2

5

20

50

5

FLF2102

General  English 2

FLF2202

General  Russian 2

FLF2302

General  French 2

FLF2402

General  Chinese 2

Foreign Language 3

5

20

50

5

FLF2103

General  English 3

FLF2203

General  Russian 3

FLF2303

General  French 3

FLF2403

General  Chinese 3

Physical Education

4

National Defence Education

8

Soft skills

3

II

General knowledge of the field

6

II.1

Compulsory

2

PHI1051

General Logics

2

20

6

4

II.2

Optional

4/16

BSA20

Management Study

3

24

18

3

INE1014

General Economics

2

20

8

2

PSY1050

General Psychology

2

24

6

SOC1050

General Sociology

2

28

2

HIS1056

Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture

3

32

9

4

EVS1001

Environment and Sustainable Development

2

20

8

2

MAT1078

Statistics for Sociology

2

18

6

6

III

General knowledge of discipline group

16

III.1

Compulsory

14

THL1054

General Theory of  State and Law

3

27

12

6

THL1058

History of State and Law

3

24

15

6

CAL1007

Constitutional Law

3

36

9

CAL1008

Administrative Law

3

30

6

9

PEC1054

History of Economic Doctrines

2

24

6

III.2

Optional

2/8

THL1053

Comparative Law

2

24

6

BSA2051

Corporate Finance

2

16

12

2

BSA2021

Principles of Business Management

2

18

12

CAL3008

Political Science

2

24

6

IV

Basic knowledge of discipline subgroup

59

IV.1

Compulsory

55

INE2050

Micro Economics

3

30

12

3

INE2051

Macro Eeconomics

3

30

12

3

INE2050

BSA2001

Fundamentals of Accountancy

3

27

18

CIL2002

Civil Law 1

2

26

4

THL1054

CIL2009

Civil Law 2

3

39

6

CIL2002

CIL2010

Civil Law 3

3

39

6

CIL2009

CIL2004

Marriage and Family Law

2

26

4

CIL2009

CRL1008

Criminal Law

4

40

8

12

THL1054

CRL2006

Criminal Procedure Law

2

18

6

6

CRL1008

CIL2007

Civil Procedure Law

2

26

4

CIL2010

BSL2001

Commercial Law 1

3

36

9

CIL2002

BSL2002

Commercial Law 2

3

36

9

BSL2001

BSL1010

Finance Law

3

36

9

BSL2001

BSL1006

Banking Law

3

36

9

BSL2001

BSL1007

Land Law

3

36

9

CAL1008

BSL1008

Environment Law

3

36

9

CAL1008

BSL2029

Labour Law

4

48

12

BSL2001

INL2004

Public International Law

3

20

16

9

CAL1007

INL2006

Private International Law

3

20

16

9

CIL2010

IV.2

Optional

4/10

BSA2052

International Payments

2

18

10

2

BSL2009

Social Security Law

2

24

6

BSL2029

BSL1009

Law on Immobile Markets

2

24

6

BSL1007

BSL3025

Law on Sale Contract

2

24

6

BSL2002

CIL2006

Intellectual Property Law

2

26

4

CIL2009

V

Specialized knowledge of discipline

27

V.1

Compulsory

12

BSL2023

Corporate Governance

2

24

6

BSL2002

BSL2011

Corporate Finance Law

2

24

6

BSL2002

BSL2024

International Enviromental Law

2

24

6

BSL1008

BSL2010

Securities Market Law

2

24

6

BSL2002

BSL2008

Competition Law

2

26

4

BSL2001

INL2003

International Comercial Law

2

16

8

6

INL2006

V.2

Optional

6/14

BSL2026

Legal Consultancy Skills

2

18

6

6

BSL2002

BSL2025

Accounting Finance Consultancy Skills

2

18

6

6

BSL1010

BSL3045

Labor Dispute and Strike Resolution Skills

2

18

6

6

BSL2029

BSL2030

Credit Contract Dispute Resolution Skills

2

18

6

6

BSL1006

BSL2027

Land Dispute Resolution Skills

2

18

6

6

BSL1007

BSL2028

Law on Evaluation of Environmental Impacts

2

24

6

BSL1008

BSL3040

Law on Saving Insurance

2

24

6

BSL1006

V.3

Graduation thesis/alternative courses

9

FOL4001

Annual Essay - Internship

3

FOL4055

Thesis/alternative modules for a thesis (select courses M3; M4; M5 that the students haven’t taken yet)

6

Total

135