Foreign students planning to study in Vietnam are required to fill their information in Vietnam International Education Development (VIED)'s official website within 30 days of their arrival in the country.

Many foreign students are studying at the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics in Hanoi.

The official website of VIED of the Ministry of Education and Training is: http://lhsnn.vied.vn.

The requirement will come into effect following a new regulation, which was recently signed by Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Quang Quy.

As per the new regulation, foreign students should update their information annually or whenever any change had occurred.

The foreign students at high school, vocational training school, college, or university were expected to be proficient in the Vietnamese language enough for the respective educational levels, Quy emphasized.

The age of the enrolled foreign students should be within the limit under the agreements signed between Vietnam and other countries, territories, or international organisations, he added.

However, the age limit was not a binding factor for foreign students who are self-financing their studies or studying in Vietnam under other scholarships, he said.

Additionally, the foreign students were required to furnish five types of legal documents, such as a copy of their passport, a copy of Vietnamese proficiency certificate or a reference letter by two scientists for foreign postgraduates, he remarked.