Vietnam

Vietnam has a strong, competitive barbering training market concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City. BarberCourses.com lists 4 providers here.One state-linked certificate, three in-houseOnly one provider here issues a credential involving a state body, graduates receive certificates from both the institution and Vietnam’s Department of Vocational and Continuing Education, in Vietnamese and English, which is genuinely useful if you intend to work abroad. The other three award their own certificates. That is normal for Vietnamese barbering and not a warning sign, but it should inform how you compare a 28 million dong programme against an 8 million one.What distinguishes themEach has a real differentiator. One runs eight weeks from 8 million dong with heavy discounting, 80 per cent practical work on live models, and a portfolio shoot on completion, which matters in a trade where your social media is your CV. One runs 53 sessions across four blocks, with an unusually heavy weighting towards chemical services like perming and colouring, reflecting how the trade is actually practised here. One caps classes at five to seven students and teaches service English alongside technique, useful in a city with a large international clientele. And one works to a personalised timeline rather than a fixed term, guaranteeing that if your training runs long for personal reasons you may continue without paying more, a genuinely unusual protection.