The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affair shall carry out state management on vocational education as specified in the Law on Vocational Education, this Decree and related legislative documents, and shall perform the following duties: 1. Develop and issue the list of heavy and dangerous disciplines; a list of disciplines facing difficulty in enrollment but are required by the society. Issue the economic and technical norms, minimum volume of knowledge, potential requirements which the students must satisfy after graduating in national intermediate and college disciplines; heavy and dangerous disciplines facing difficulty in enrollment but are required by the society; disciplines ordered or assigned by the regulatory agencies to be offered in trainings and particular specialized disciplines that satisfy the social-economic development requirements and national defense and security requirements. 2. Manage the National Qualification Framework of Vietnam at vocational education levels. Take charge and cooperate in comparing National Qualification Framework of Vietnam with the Qualification Frameworks of ASEAN and other countries. 3. Specify the forms required in training; forms of graduate degrees and certificates, and regulations on management of vocational training qualifications and certificates at all levels; develop and manage the online database system for issuing vocational education qualifications and certificates. 4. Provide regulations on regular trainings; vocational trainings and trainings for improving vocational skills; provide trainings and update knowledge to improve professional abilities for workers, and provide vocational trainings for rural workers. Develop the regulations on vocational trainings provided for Vietnamese students in foreign countries and acceptance of foreign students to study in Vietnamese vocational schools, then send such regulations to the competent authorities for issuance. 5. Specify standards which the heads of vocational schools must follow; professional standards and working regulations for vocational educators; standards for leaders of vocational schools; evaluation norms for the heads of such schools; professional training programs for vocational educators and vocational education administrative officials; forms and regulations on management and issuance of professional training certificates to vocational educators and vocational education administrative officials. Guide the development plan for teaching staff and vocational education administrative officials. Provide professional promotion exams for vocational education public employees, give rewards and new honorable titles for vocational educators as regulated by laws. 6. Issue the regulations on student activities; regulations on gymnastic and sporting activities, physical trainings, school health activities, cultural and arts activities, environmental protection activities, crime and social malady prevention and control activities; regulations on integration of education, knowledge and complementary skills for students in the programs of vocational schools. Provide guidance for using facilities to serve the education about national defense and security, physical trainings and sporting activities in vocational schools; issue regulations on management and issuance of National Defense Education Certificate to students of vocational schools. Provide guidelines on scholarship policies, career counseling and vocational guidance and provide supports for students to start their careers. 7. Develop the regulations on requirements, procedures and authority to issue, re-issue and revoke the Certificate of Eligibility for Vocational Education Accreditation and submit such regulations to the competent authorities for issuance; suspend the accreditation activities; develop regulations on the duties and rights of the accrediting organizations; accreditation norms, standards, process, and period; issue and revoke the Certificate of Eligibility for Accreditation; standards, duties and rights of accreditors; evaluate and manage the issuance and revoke of accreditor cards, and provide trainings for accreditors; specify the development of the quality assurance system of vocational schools; establish the mechanism for ensuring vocational education quality, and develop and provide the national framework for vocational education quality assurance. Develop and manage the online national database system, ensure and accredit vocational education quality.