About us

Brief Profile of CMI Vietnam

CMI Vietnam is the registered international trade name of the Consulting Marketing International P/L., a company largely owned by (Joseph) Tuong Nguyen, an Australian citizen with Vietnamese extract.

CMI Vietnam registered with Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and came into operation with Business License granted on 05 February 2001. CMI Vietnam was also nationally recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (MoET) as a provider of professional services in study abroad for Vietnamese nationals and organizations, being among the very few qualified educational agents selected for such national recognition by MoET.

Following the recent Vietnamese Government Decree and Regulations on obligatory Professional Registration of Education Agents, CMI Vietnam obtained new add-on Professional Business License granted by the Department of Education and Training (DoET) of Ho Chi Minh City on 19 January 2015.

Main business functions of CMI Vietnam:

1/ Study abroad services to Vietnamese nationals, individual and institutional bodies
2/ Consultancy works for educational matters in Vietnam – This includes international co-operation, fact-finding tours to Vietnam and abroad, credit transfers, international programs to be delivered in Vietnam, facilitating partnership between Vietnamese and international education institutions.
3/ International education exhibition, conference, road show, promotional work, and market positioning in Vietnam – It also enjoys a license for English/ Vietnamese languages translation of official documents.

CMI's Board of Directors

(Joseph) Tuong Nguyen is founder/ owner but granted company shares to Ms. Tran Thi Bich Thuy, his niece and a Vietnamese national with more than 20 years of experience in handling international visa matters. With this position, CMI Vietnam is formed by the twin identities of Joseph, a theme of internationalism and openness that the Government of Vietnam called for Overseas Vietnamese to bring home. The Company, therefore, enjoys certain privileges as a local company invested by overseas Vietnamese expert
Joseph brought home to Vietnam his diverse work experience as a former school principal, lecturer, a Public Servant Child Protection expert of NSW Department of Youth and Community Services, a journalist, business consultant and a community leader. Joseph also notably contributed voluntary advisory role to the Electoral Office of the Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating on matters involving Vietnamese community in Australia, which also linked him with extensive connection between two countries. He has 29-year work experience in Vietnam in the fields of bilateral businesses, investment consultancy, and international education. He started Vietnam business in 1990 with base in Sydney, Australia, but actually has been living permanently in Vietnam since 1999.

CMI Vietnam represents and mainly sends students to Australia, UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore. It used to have two offices but now operates one office in Ho Chi Minh City of the South. It provides assistance to a large group of independent subagents nationwide for enrollment and visa works.
Joseph Nguyen and key staff were trained and recognized as Education Specialist of Australia (EATC), New Zealand, Canada, UK, Singapore, by Pier, Education New Zealand, British Council, Canadian Education Center and the Singapore Tourism Board. While the Trade Department of the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam regularly introduced US Education Providers to and sought CMI Vietnam attendance at their American Education Fairs, Work Shops.

We are also ICEF qualified International Education Agent
CMI Vietnam registered with Visa Section of Australian, Canadian, Singaporean, Switzerland and New Zealand Consulate Generals in Vietnam, therefore, it can directly represent clients with official presentation, being seen as an ethical, professional educational agent in Vietnam, while working well with the US Commercial Office in Vietnam
CMI Vietnam enjoys the highest visa successful rate in the country.