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The Minister of Industry and Trade has issued Circular No. 53/2025/TT-BCT regulating training and certification of energy managers and energy auditors. The Ministry of Industry and Trade regulates conditions for participating in energy management training courses. Circular No. regulates the content, training program, inspection, supervision, authority and authorization to issue, recognize, re-issue and revoke energy management certificates; energy management certificate duration; content, training program, inspection, supervision, authority to grant, authorize issuance, recognition, and revocation of energy auditor certificates issued by training facilities. In particular, clearly state the conditions for participating in energy management training courses as follows: Participants in energy management training courses must have a college diploma or higher in energy major or related technical field for key energy users in industrial production, construction works, service activities; have a diploma from a related technical intermediate level or higher for key energy users in agricultural production and transportation. Energy management training According to the Circular, training facilities widely announce enrollment on mass media and post at training facilities. The content of the enrollment announcement includes: Purpose and requirements of the training course; program content, time, training form, location, funding and other necessary information of the training course. The training facility sends a document to the Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion 10 working days before the opening date, information about the purpose, training time, training form, location, number of students and lecturers participating in the training course. In case there is a change in plan, the training facility must promptly notify the Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion. The training facility conducts training in accordance with the program content issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and issues certificates of completion of energy management training courses to students according to regulations. The Circular clearly states that training facilities are allowed to collect tuition fees from students according to the provisions of law. Training facilities are responsible for organizing capacity assessment for students participating in the training course. training within 05 days from the end of the training course. The Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion supervises the process of organizing capacity assessment of training facilities. The training facility is responsible for reporting in writing to the Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion on the training process at the facility and requests to issue energy management certificates to qualified students within 15 working days from the date of completion of capacity assessment. Procedures for granting certificates and recognizing energy management certificates According to the Circular, The training facility sends 01 set of application for issuance of energy management certificate according to regulations to the Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion by post, submits directly or submits online on the National Public Service Portal. Within 15 working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid application, the Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion shall consider and decide to issue an energy management certificate to students whose records and capacity assessment results meet the requirements according to the regulations. regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. People who have energy management certificates issued by competent foreign organizations or international organizations, with which Vietnam has a mutual recognition treaty, will have their energy management certificates recognized in Vietnam according to the provisions of law. Energy management certificates are valid for 05 years from the date of issue. This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2026./.Refer moreRefer moreRefer moreSee moreSee moreSee more