KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the Vietnam Association of Accountants and Auditors (VAA) and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Club can now fast track to the CIMA Professional Qualification and become Chartered Global Management Accountants under a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). This will help Vietnam to increase the number of professional accountants in the country and strengthen its financial infrastructure.
Under the Memorandum of Understanding, VAA and the CFO Club will implement the CFO Programme in collaboration with CIMA. Under this programme, members of VAA and the CFO Club will be able to complete the CIMA Professional Qualification by sitting for only one exam to obtain CIMA membership and become Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA). CGMA is a global professional designation awarded by CIMA and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). Today, there are more than 150,000 CGMAs around the world with business leaders recognising the unique skills and insights provided by CGMAs which are essential for business success.
The fast track CFO Programme is open to good standing members of VAA and the CFO Club who are Chief Financial Officers or equivalent and who have more than 10 years relevant work experience in an established organization in Vietnam.
CIMA has also signed an MOU with the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) where Bachelor of Accounting students are granted eight conditional exemptions from the CIMA Professional Qualification. This allows them to sit for one CIMA exam (i.e. Operational Case Study) in their final year at university and upon passing the exam, they will graduate with two qualifications -- an accounting degree from UEH and the CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting. These students can subsequently complete the remaining CIMA exams after graduation or during employment, to gain CIMA membership and become Chartered Global Management Accountants.
For more information on the CFO Programme, please contact Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, the CIMA Chief Representative in Vietnam at ha.nguyen@cimaglobal.com.
Enquiries
Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha
CIMA Chief Representative, Vietnam
T. +84 (0) 9038 78985
E. ha.nguyen@cimaglobal.com
Michael Yii
Country Manager, Vietnam
T. +6010 400 2962
E. Michael.yii@cimaglobal.com
