Is it possible for a fresh-graduate Law student to apply for legal aid assistant position in Vietnam?

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• In Vietnam, is it possible for a fresh-graduate Law student to apply for legal aid assistant position?
• Is it permissive to be a legal aid assistant if owning only law practicing certificate?

In Vietnam, is it possible for a fresh-graduate Law student to apply for legal aid assistant position?

Pursuant to Article 19 of the Law on Legal Aid in 2017 stipulating conditions for conditions for legal aid assistants:

Vietnamese citizens who are public employees of legal aid centers and fully satisfy the following conditions may become legal aid assistants:

1. Good moral quality;

2. Possess a bachelor or higher degree in law;

3. Have been trained in legal profession or is not required to participate in training course of legal profession; have gone through the probation of legal profession or legal aid;

4. Being physically fit to provide legal aid;

5. Is not within the time of receiving disciplinary actions.

As above regulations, a fresh-graduate Law student who hasn't been in legal profession, gone through the probation of legal profession or legal aid, or is not required to participate in training course of legal profession.

Is it permissive to be a legal aid assistant if owning only law practicing certificate?

Pursuant to Article 21 of the Law on Legal Aid in 2017 stipulating appointment and granting of legal aid assistant’s card:

1. The director of the state legal aid center shall make a list of persons working in the center who meet the criteria prescribed in Article 19 of this Law and send it to the Department of Justice to propose the appointment or granting of the legal aid assistant’s card. Within 05 working days after receiving the list of persons proposed for the appointment of legal aid assistant, the Director of Department of Justice shall compile and submit dossiers to the president of the provincial People's Committee.

2. A dossier of appointment as legal aid assistant consists of:

a) An official letter proposing the appointment as a legal aid assistant made by the Director of Department of Justice;

b) A CV of the person proposed for appointment as a legal aid assistant;

c) 02 color portrait photos sized 2 cm x 3 cm;

d) Certified true copy of the bachelor degree, master degree or doctorate degree in law;

dd) Certified true copy of the certificate of lawyer apprentice assessment or the certificate of legal aid apprentice assessment; the copy of the document proving the exemption from legal aid apprenticeship if he/she is exempted from legal aid apprenticeship;

e) Health certificate.

3. Person who were discharged or revoked their legal aid cards as prescribed in Point a, c and f Clause 1, Article 22 hereof shall be considered for appointment and granting of legal aid assistant’s cards when satisfying the conditions for legal aid assistant as prescribed hereof and reasons for dismissal or withdrawal of cards are no longer exist

4. Within 15 days after receiving the dossier, the president of the provincial People's Committee shall consider, decide the appointment and granting of legal aid assistant's card; in case of refusal, he/ she shall issue a written notice and clearly state the reasons therefor.

As above regulations, if you only own a law practicing certificate, you fail to meet requirements to be appointed to legal aid assistant position. You must have the certificate of lawyer apprentice assessment, equivalent documents and prescribed documents to fulfill your dossier.