The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the University of Economics HCM City (UEH) have inked a cooperation agreement to implement modules from ACCA’s Advanced Diploma in accounting and business at UEH.

The agreement follows a February 2022 announcement to place UEH students on a fast-tracked path to success in their financial and accounting careers.

UEH students in the “ACCA embedded accounting programme” will be able to get ACCA Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business and Oxford Brookes University’s Bachelor Degree in Applied Accounting, and UEH’s Bachelor Degree in Accounting.

Moreover, the programme students will only need to complete five more modules to acquire ACCA qualifications and become certified professional accountants within a significantly shortened period.

ACCA also recognises the cooperation agreement as a meaningful way of connecting industry to the education sector – with UEH‘s ACCA embedded accounting programme, students will be getting prepared for the working world, equipped with relevant skills to help the company they work for comply to both international and local practice and standards while acquiring the knowledge and practical skills to do the work.

“With a network of over 1,000 offices and 7,000 partnering companies, ACCA knows what employers and the marketplace are looking for. Besides building the body of knowledge for students, the ACCA - UEH programme will also give them the needed skills to deliver on the job across various sectors,” said Renjith Varma, ACCA Regional Director – Mainland Southeast Asia.

“This cooperation agreement is another milestone in bringing global learning quality, prestigious career development opportunities, and enhancing employability to UEH students."

The initiative between ACCA and UEH also aims to build competitive, competent, efficient and ethical finance and accounting graduates – the next generation of national finance and accounting professionals- and develop the profession in Viet Nam. — VNS