IELTS certificate is used for university admission in Vietnam

If in previous years, IELTS scores were the graduation standard for bachelor's and college degrees in Vietnam, since 2018, a number of universities have started using this certificate for admission, expanding admission options following the trend of international universities in developed countries.

Every year, more than 2 million candidates take the IELTS test worldwide. IELTS is the most important and popular English proficiency test in the world for the purpose of studying, working and settling abroad. IELTS test results are recognized by more than 10,000 educational institutions and recruitment agencies in more than 45 countries - typically Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US...

With the new admission method, many universities in Vietnam have implemented a combination of admission between the average academic score of high school years and IELTS test scores in this year's admission season. Specifically, the subjects that the University considers for admission include candidates who:

Completed the 2023 national high school graduation exam

Have a score of 2 subjects/exams in the school's admission subject group (not including the Foreign Language subject)

Have an IELTS international English certificate that is valid as of the date of application submission with a score of 6.5 or higher (or depending on the requirements of each school)

Submitting an IELTS certificate for admission to University is one of the innovations in the admission conditions for Universities in Vietnam and is applied to a variety of majors to approach the admission methods of Universities around the world. In addition, this is also an advantage for students when they are exempted from English subjects throughout 4 years of university.

For more details and deadline for submitting IELTS certificates for admission to University, candidates can refer to the announcement of the 2023 admission plan at Universities nationwide.
In addition, there are many reasons why students should choose to take the IELTS exam such as:

According to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Training, students with an IELTS certificate of 4.0 or higher are exempted from taking the foreign language exam during the graduation process through the 2023 national high school exam (IELTS certificate must be valid until June 30, 2023) and are exempted from studying English at many universities and colleges if they achieve an IELTS score of 4.0 to 5.0.

Universities using IELTS for admission in 2023

Up to now, many universities have announced their admission plans for 2023. Refer to the list of universities in Vietnam that enroll students with IELTS certificates in 2023:

IDP regularly has many special promotions to support candidates registering for the IELTS exam in Vietnam, helping candidates prepare for the IELTS exam effectively and achieve the desired score. Promotional programs when registering for the IELTS exam at IDP:

Free online IELTS Master course for all candidates. If you are still having difficulties in the Speaking and Writing sections, the IELTS Master course will help you improve your desired skills:

✔Validity period up to 30 days with 25 hours of online study.

✔Free test according to the skill you choose.

✔Detailed comments and sample answers for the skills.

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See detailed information about IELTS test support with IDP

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Hanoi: 15-17 Ngoc Khanh, Ba Dinh District

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IDP Privacy Policy
Introduction
At IDP *, we understand that privacy is important to our customers. We are committed to meeting your expectations and will comply with all applicable privacy and security laws regarding your personal and sensitive information. Here is a summary of how we protect your privacy:

1. We only collect information that is necessary to support your requests or to provide information that you have requested, and to personalize it to your interests.

2. We will not retain your information. If we do not need to use it, and you do not want us to retain it, we will delete it.

3. We will do our best to explain everything we do to you so that you understand how we use your personal information.

4. No surprises - you decide what and how you receive information from us.

5. This policy applies to everyone. We will not pass your information on to third parties for marketing purposes without your consent. The rest of this policy provides you with more detailed information about our privacy and personal information practices.

Who we are

IDP is a global organisation that supports individuals to study abroad and delivers English language tests around the world. This requires us to collect personal information from you. “We”, “us” and “our” refer to the companies within the IDP group, including IELTS Australia and IDP Connect Limited. Definitions of specific terms used in this policy can be found under the heading ‘Glossary’ at the end of this document.

Contact Details Data Systems Manager

IDP Education Limited Level 8 535 Bourke Street MELBOURNE 3000 Victoria Australia

Contact our Privacy Officer by email: privacyofficer@idp.com

We will endeavour to respond to you within a reasonable time.

IDP is also a joint data systems manager in certain circumstances. Links to the privacy policies of these joint data systems managers are provided below:

With IDP Connect, in the provision of international education information and services at:
https://www.idp-connect.com/privacy_notice/

With other IELTS-owning organisations, for the provision of IELTS tests. British Council found at:
www.britishcouncil.org/privacy-cookies/data-protection

Cambridge English Language Assessment Centres found at:
www.cambridgeenglish.org/footer/data-protection/

In your dealings with us for studying abroad

International education information and advice

The services we provide to support your study abroad journey include advice, visa application support, English language testing and preparation, student exhibitions and seminars.If you register on our website (www.idp.com or www.ieltsessentials.com) or register for an event, we will collect personal information such as your name, email address, contact details, country of residence, nationality, destination and intended duration of study.

If you make a direct enquiry about a study opportunity with an IDP counsellor, or we assist you with your application, we may also request additional information such as your educational qualifications, employment history, occupation, areas of interest and organisations/groups you are involved in, copies of your identity verification – for example a copy of your passport, proof of citizenship or photograph, marital status and how you will pay for your studies. We may also request sensitive information about you such as your ethnic or racial origin (from your citizenship information) and/or health information (for example, to undergo a medical examination required for an Australian visa).

Collecting your personal information enables us to:

Help you pursue a study opportunity at an educational institution outside your home country;
Provide you with information relevant to your study opportunity options;

Introduce you as a candidate to educational institutions recruiting international students to study in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada or New Zealand;

Support you in continuing your career after completing your studies at an educational institution overseas;

Provide opportunities for you to participate in projects/programs such as consultancy;

Provide opportunities to provide feedback and testimonials about your experiences;

Inform and provide students, institutions and other customers about developments in the services we provide (including events and opportunities to participate in projects/programs);

Conduct research for statistical, analytical and training purposes;

Manage our internal operations and events;

And respond to your queries.

Student Essentials

IDP provides services from third parties to help support you in your studies abroad, which we call Student Essentials. These include Overseas Student Health Cover (OHSC), accommodation arrangements, a 24/7 emergency helpline, guardianship referrals, visa services and vocational skills training.

If you register to use Students Essentials, we may collect personal information such as your name, date of birth, and financial information, and sensitive information such as your medical or health information. We may also collect payment information, however IDP does not store information such as credit card details.

Collecting your personal and sensitive information (such as your health or medical information) enables us to:

provide your nominated health insurance provider with all information relevant to your OHSC;
facilitate your accommodation arrangements with third party providers;

liaise with relevant organisations, authorities or other third parties in relation to your overseas guardianship application;

respond to your queries and/or direct you to enquiries when contacting the IDP 24/7 Helpline;
contact the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) with all relevant information required for your visa extension or parent visa application;

contact Australian organisations or other organisations on your behalf to facilitate visits, vocational skills training or internship placements;

arrange or provide other products and services to you.

Australian Visa Services

We provide Australian Visa services including guiding you through the application process and helping you prepare the necessary documents for your visa application. These visa services include not only visa applications required for study, but also graduate employment and skilled migration visa applications. Collecting your personal and sensitive information (such as information from health checks) enables us to:

support you with your application for a student visa to Australia, including contacting the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and other organisations on your behalf to discuss your application;

provide the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) with any relevant information required for your visa application;

contact DHA or other organisations on your behalf to discuss or ask questions about your visa application; and

keep you updated on the progress of your visa application and advise you on the outcome of your visa application.

Retention

IDP's vision is to build a globally connected student community from classroom to career. This means we want to stay in touch for as long as you want to hear from us, but we will only retain your information for as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it was given to us.
As a guide, we will keep your personal information for up to 7 years after the start of your studies or your last activity with us so that we can continue to support you throughout your journey, unless we are required to retain it for legal purposes.

In your dealings with Hotcourses to study abroad

IDP Connect Limited is a company owned by IDP Education, the principal company and Data Controller of the companies in the IDP Connect Group (IDP Education India Services LLP, Hotcourses Pty Ltd (Australia), Hotcourses Inc (North America) and Complete University Guide).
IDP Connect helps students find suitable courses and institutions both locally and internationally and processes your personal data to help you make informed decisions when choosing a course and learning provider. If you engage with counselling services on Hotcourses Abroad, IDP Connect’s website (www.hotcoursesabroad.com), your data will be shared with IDP, which operates as a one-on-one counselling service. IDP will also share data with IDP Connect to enable you to track your enquiry and application on www.hotcoursesabroad.com.

Hotcourses Abroad’s privacy policy details provide further information on how personal data is managed at https://www.hotcoursesabroad.com/study/privacy.html

In your dealings with us for the IELTS test

IELTS Australia is a subsidiary of IDP and is jointly the Data Controller with the other IELTS owners (the British Council and Cambridge English Language Assessment) for the purpose of delivering the IELTS test.

We deliver and administer the IELTS test at test centres around the world. IELTS test centres exist in over 140 countries, across Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, North America, South America, Africa and the Middle East. IELTS Australia operates and administers some of these IELTS test centres and the British Council operates and administers others, to which you may be referred.

Details of IELTS Australia's privacy policy for IELTS specific policies:

ww.ieltsessentials.com/global/footerlinks/privacypolicy

In your dealings with us for conferences and events

IDP organises various events and conferences related to international education, English language teaching and assessment, which may be managed or presented by IDP or IELTS Holders, whether on our own behalf or under contract for another organisation, the information we collect is related to your participation.

When you register for, or attend, an event we collect personal information about you such as your name, email address, date of birth, contact details, residency status, education, employment history, occupation, areas of interest and organisations you are involved with.

Collecting your personal information enables us to:

register you for the event;

provide services to you in connection with the event (e.g., listing you as a speaker on the programme or listing you as an exhibitor or sponsor in our exhibition directory);
respond to enquiries from you before and after the event;

communicate with you about the event you have registered for and/or future events;
manage our operations for the event, including fulfilling any legal requirements;

gather customer feedback on our services in order to develop new and/or improved services;
obtain website usage data to monitor the performance of our website; and

where applicable, process payments for registrations or other event-related products/services, e.g., payment of deposits/deposits, additional event tickets, etc.).

AIEC

IDP is the owner of the Australian International Education Conference (AIEC). The conference is a major annual opportunity for international students, educators, researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders to learn about major industry trends and network with Australian and international peers.

For more details of AIEC's privacy policy, please visit: www.aiec.idp.com/info-privacy-policy

CamTESOL Conferences

The annual CamTESOL conference series was established by IDP Education (Cambodia) in 2005. CamTESOL is a conference for professionals in the field of English language teaching and related issues. CamTESOL has become the leading professional development conference in the Asia Pacific region with 1,700 attendees annually from over 30 countries across several components: cultural and educational tours, regional ELT Research Conferences and the main CamTESOL conference.

For more information: www.CamTESOL.org

Global Alumni Convention (GAC)

The annual Global Alumni Convention series was established by IDP Education (Cambodia) in 2015. The GAC has three components: the Global Education and Career Expo, the Global Education Forum, and the Global Business Forum and the Global Reunion Dinner. The GAC hosts educational institutions from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US, Canada and around the world, showcasing world-class education options, featuring discussions by leaders and experts from governments, embassies, civil society and industry. It is a networking platform for alumni and others for business partnerships, policy dialogue and career opportunities.

For more information: www.CambodiaGA.org

n your dealings with us for Schools or English Language Education.

IDP is a leading provider of English language teaching (ELT) in Southeast Asia with 9 campuses across Cambodia, Vietnam offering English language programmes from short IELTS preparation courses to extensive Business English programmes.

IDP Education English language schools:

ACE in Cambodia.

You can refer to our school websites here.

https://acecambodia.org/

In your dealings with us to research and understand the international education market
Research and understand the international education market

As part of our commitment to the international education and English language testing sector, IDP Education conducts market research to gather feedback from customers, potential customers and other stakeholders.

Information collected in the context of research may be used to improve our services, develop new products or services, assess customer satisfaction, understand decision-making behaviour or to test responses to products, services or communications.

If you have an existing relationship with IDP, we may contact you by email to invite you to participate in our research. If you are not a customer, you may also be invited to participate in research via social media or similar channels.

We collect personal data from research participants as incentives or if they are successful in a prize draw (subject to the prize draw terms and conditions).

Retention of information

We do not retain personal information for market research purposes. We may retain contact information we collect for a prize draw for up to 6 months, subject to the prize draw terms and conditions, to allow for withdrawal if requested.

Other Transactions with IDP

Other transactions you may have with IDP include:

registering as an IDP consultant or employee

registering with a service provided by IDP (e.g. Graduate Recruitment Services); or

being a representative of an educational institution.

We will provide specific notice at the time your information is collected. Any unsolicited personal information will be securely deleted.

How we collect personal information

We will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means. Personal information may be collected directly from you or your authorised representative or may be collected from a third party such as a licensee or representative authorised by us to provide services to you. You may provide your personal information to us when communicating with us via social media and other online channels, for example, through your Facebook or Twitter.

We do not collect personal and sensitive information unless it is necessary for our business or operations. We will need your consent before collecting any sensitive information.

When you do business with us, you will need to identify yourself so that we can provide you with services, so we do not accept the use of pseudonyms or nicknames.

If you visit our website, we may collect additional personal information about you in the form of your IP address and/or domain name. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.
How we use and share personal information

We will use or share your personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected. We will use or share your information for another purpose only if you have consented to it, or if you expect us to do so, or if required by law.

We may use your personal information for our own direct marketing purposes, however we will ensure that you can opt out of such future communications.

We use Facebook Custom and Lookalike Audiences to deliver advertisements to Facebook users based on their email addresses, phone numbers, and visits to our websites. We may use the information we collect from you to display advertisements to our target audience.

Sharing information with another party

We may share your personal information with overseas recipients such as overseas educational institutions, overseas visa agencies, IELTS test centres, professional bodies and trade or regulatory bodies where you seek our assistance where sharing is required for verification purposes. As such, the location of these overseas recipients will depend on the specific organisations to which you apply or where such verification is required.

Information shared by us with overseas recipients for the purpose of providing IELTS testing services to you may be transferred overseas to other IELTS holders (British Council and Cambridge). These recipients are UK bodies, subject to Data Protection Law (UK). Where we transfer data to overseas recipients, the data is subject to restrictions and safeguards against unauthorised access.
For events or conferences, we may, with your consent, share some of the information collected through the online registration form, such as your name or email address, with sponsors for marketing purposes.

Some of IDP's IT systems and data are stored on servers in countries outside Australia or the UK and we may send your information to one of those servers as part of the operation of our business.

IDP may hold or transfer the data we collect in or to the following countries (in addition to your country):

• Australia

• UK

• Germany

• India

• Ireland

• Singapore

• Hong Kong

• United States

This information is stored and accessed only as required to provide our services to you. When we transfer data to overseas servers, the data is subject to restrictions on use and safeguards against unauthorised access.

Information disclosed to overseas recipients includes any information you have provided to us in order to provide the relevant services. By accepting services from us, you consent to us providing your personal information to the relevant overseas recipients as set out above. IDP takes appropriate steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for the transfer of your personal information including the standard safeguard clauses in our contracts and the IDP group data transfer agreement. Steps we take to protect and secure the personal information we store
We take technical measures to protect the personal information we hold against interference, loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or other disclosure and misuse. The steps we take include:
maintaining computer technology, people and process-based security measures such as firewalls, network security configurations, encryption, password protection and other appropriate measures where information is held electronically;

regularly updating security systems and configurations to protect our systems from malicious activity;

limiting access to data to employees who need access to carry out the activities of our business;
training and ensuring that all our employees are required, as a condition of employment, to handle personal information held by us in confidence.

However, you should be aware that if you send information to us electronically, the internet is not a secure environment. We take reasonable steps to provide a secure channel for receiving information but cannot completely protect personal information before it reaches us.

Retention

When the personal information we collect is no longer required, we will securely destroy it or ensure that it is de-identified in accordance with our information destruction and de-identification policy, unless we are required by law to retain a copy of the personal information or the information is contained in Commonwealth records.

Your rights

You have the right to seek access to any personal information we hold about you unless there is a valid reason under the Privacy Act or the Data Protection Act for us to retain the information.
Valid reasons include:

We have reason to suspect that illegal activity or misconduct of a serious nature has been involved and allowing access would be likely to prejudice the taking of appropriate action in relation to this matter; or

Granting access would disclose information about assessments made within us in relation to a commercially sensitive process.

If your personal details change, or you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, please contact us so that we can correct our records.

Right to erasure

At your request, we will erase all data we hold that we are not legally required to retain.

Right to override

You can temporarily stop the exercise of any of the above rights and this may take some time. For example, if you contact us to request an update of your personal information, you can then temporarily stop the update before we can formally implement the request.

Right to change your consent

For processing activities for which we have asked you for your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing from our messages or by contacting privacyofficer@idp.com.

Right to object

You can object to the processing of your personal data.

Right to protection from automated data collection

None of our processing activities are fully automated and no decisions are made without human intervention. There are instances where we process data to analyse or predict behaviour, but we will ask for your consent where this processing involves your personal data.
Right to data portability

If you have provided us with your consent, you have the right to request an extract of the data you have provided to us in a text file format if you decide to transfer it to another data system.
Making a request

Requests to access or correct your personal information or the other privacy rights described above should be sent to the IDP Privacy Officer by emailing privacyofficer@idp.com. All requests will be responded to in writing within a reasonable time. As part of this process, we will verify the identity of the individual requesting information before providing access or making any changes. If we are unable to comply with your request, we will respond and provide you with an explanation.

Complain if you are unhappy about how we have handled or are handling your personal information
We have procedures in place to deal with your concerns or complaints.

If you have any questions about our policies or any complaints regarding the handling of your privacy, please contact privacyofficer@idp.com.

If you feel we have breached your privacy or misused your data, you can make a complaint.

In Australia

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) ​​website is at www.oaic.gov.au

The contact details for the OAIC are:

Office address:

Level 3, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000

Postal address (Sydney): GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001

Postal address (Canberra): GPO Box 2999 Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: 1300 363 992

Fax: + 61 2 9284 9666

Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au

In the UK:

Office of the Information Commissioner

https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Updates to the IDP Privacy and Security Policy

This version of the policy was published on 10 September 2018. We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We encourage you to take the time to review any time you provide us with personal information.

We want to ensure that there are no surprises in our dealings with your personal information. If we make material changes to our policy and we have your email address, we will send you an email to let you know about these changes, how they may affect you, and remind you of your privacy rights.

Glossary

Cambridge refers to Cambridge Assessment English

IDP or IDP Group refers to IDP Education Limited (ACN 117 676 463) and its related entities, the IDP Group, as applicable.

Hotcourses refers to Hotcourses Limited and its related entities, the Hotcourses Group, which are also part of the IDP Group.

IELTS Australia refers to IELTS Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 008 664 766), which is a subsidiary of IDP.
IELTS refers to the International English Language Testing System.

IELTS Owner refers to the British Council, Cambridge and IDP (through their subsidiary IELTS Australia Pty Ltd), who jointly own the IELTS test.

Personal information is information or an opinion about an individual who identifies or is personally identifiable, whether or not the information or opinion is true and whether or not the information or opinion is recorded in a material form.

Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Sensitive information includes information or an opinion about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a professional or trade association or criminal record, which is also personal information or health information about an individual or biometric information used for the purpose of automated biometric verification or identification, or biometric samples.

“We” and “us” mean members of the IDP Group.