Vietnam is collecting opinions on the Draft Circular amending and supplementing No. 10/2018/TT-BCT detailing a number of articles of the Decree No. 40/2018/ND-CP of the Government on the management of multi-level marketing activities.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is collecting opinions on the Draft Circular amending and supplementing Circular No. 10/2018/TT-BCT detailing a number of articles of Decree No. 40/2018/ND-CP of the Government on multi-level marketing management. Accordingly, the draft supplements the process of organizing the multi-level sales knowledge test for local representatives with 2 options. Specifically, in option 1, the Department of Competition and Consumer Protection organizes a knowledge test for local representatives. Option 2, the Department of Competition and Consumer Protection and the Department of Industry and Trade organize a knowledge test for local representatives. The process focuses on checking the completeness and validity of the registration dossier for knowledge verification for the local representative according to regulations. Along with that, plan the time, place, and method of inspection and notify in writing the Department of Competition and Consumer Protection of the organization of the inspection in case the Department of Industry and Trade of provinces, cities The city directly under the Central Government organizes the examination.
Reduced requirements for assessment of test results
In addition, the test plan announcement; examination organization; evaluation of test results; Notify of test results, and issue certifications, the draft also amends and supplements regulations on inspection forms, and evaluation of test results. Accordingly, the test of legal knowledge on multi-level selling, and knowledge for local representatives is conducted in the form of an essay or multiple-choice in a minimum time of 60 minutes. Test scores are scored on a 100-point scale, required for the multi-level marketing legal knowledge test, less than 80 points (instead of the current 90 points) for multiple-choice tests, and under 65 points. (replacing the current 75 points) for the essay form is unsatisfactory. As for the knowledge test for local representatives, the test with less than 70 points for the multiple-choice tests and less than 50 points for an essay test is unsatisfactory.
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