Cooperation terms
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Terms · 10.11.2026

APIE Teacher Cooperation Terms

Version 1.0, applies during the pilot period

By registering and sending your details to APIE you confirm that you have read, understood and agreed to the terms below. The rules on pricing, service fee and operations come from the Teacher overview.

1. Scope of the Cooperation

  • APIE is a platform that connects language teachers and learners, currently for English and German.
  • You decide your rate for 1 hour (60 minutes) and your own schedule, within these terms.
  • Teaching is currently 100% online. Offline teaching will follow in a later phase.

2. Profile & Eligibility

  • The details you give must be accurate and complete. The bank account holder name must match the teacher's name.
  • APIE verifies degrees and professional certificates before showing your profile publicly.
  • Process: register your details, attach your CV, take the job interview (about 30 minutes), receive the review result, then APIE matches learners.
  • Minimum availability: at least 3 hours per week, spread over at least 2 different days, with at least 1 slot outside office hours.
  • Public profile: a square profile photo (at least 800 x 800 px, face clearly visible, light background, no filters), an introduction of 80 - 120 words and an intro video of 60 - 90 seconds with no background music.
  • Use of your image: APIE shows your photo, introduction and video publicly only after you agree to the image use consent on the registration form.

3. Pricing, Pay & Service Fee

  • Learners pay tuition directly through the APIE system.
  • First year: APIE keeps a 30% service fee and the remaining 70% is paid to the teacher.
  • From year 2: the fee drops to 20% (APIE keeps 20%, the teacher receives 80%).
  • Learners you bring yourself: no service fee on existing students you bring onto the platform (APIE's fee is waived 100%).
  • Payment deadline: pay for lessons taught in the previous month is transferred before the 5th of each month.

APIE's service fee already covers:

  • The cost of finding and connecting suitable learners.
  • Collecting payment from learners and paying teachers on time.
  • Full use of the APIE Teacher Tool, with no extra charge.

4. Teaching on the APIE Platform

  • Teach fully on APIE: do not move learners matched by APIE to deal outside the platform. All assignments and interaction happen on APIE. Fraudulent violations lead to losing matching rights and all related benefits.
  • Right to decline learners: you may decline a learner but must give a valid reason.

5. Cancelling & Rescheduling Lessons

  • Teacher cancels/reschedules: notify through the system at least 24 hours ahead and schedule a make-up lesson within 14 days. A lesson not taught is not paid.
  • Teacher cancels late / without notice: you must still teach a make-up lesson within 14 days. From the 3rd violation in a month, APIE pauses new learner matching.
  • Learner gives 24 hours' notice: may reschedule once per lesson into the teacher's free slots.
  • Learner gives late notice or is absent: the lesson is still charged and you still receive full pay.
  • Learner stops mid-course: the teacher receives full pay for lessons already completed.

6. Refunds

A refund to a learner is deducted from the teacher's next pay only when the fault lies with the teacher (for example: skipping a lesson without notice, not teaching the full hours, or a lesson-quality complaint that APIE has verified as correct). The teacher always has the right to explain and provide evidence before APIE makes a final decision. If a learner stops for personal reasons, the teacher still receives full pay for lessons already completed.

7. Personal Income Tax (PIT)

Teacher pay comes from APIE's business account. Under Vietnamese law (Circular 111/2013/TT-BTC), APIE withholds 10% PIT at source on payments of VND 2,000,000 per month or more to individuals who have not registered a business, and issues withholding certificates periodically so the teacher can finalize their tax. A teacher who qualifies for a deferral may submit Commitment 08/CK-TNCN as required.

If the teacher is a business household or a company that can issue a valid financial invoice to APIE, APIE pays 100% of the pay (after the APIE service fee) with no 10% withholding.

8. APIE Teacher Tool

  • The tool is free and fully included in APIE's service fee.
  • When you have learners matched by APIE, the free plan limits learners to exactly the number matched (for example: 1 learner from APIE means the free Basic plan for 1 learner).
  • For learners you find yourself, or before you are matched with any APIE learner, the tool follows the standard paid plans.

9. Personal Data

  • APIE stores: your name, contact details, bank account, personal tax code, ID number, professional documents, photo and video that you submit through the form.
  • Used to: verify your profile, match learners, pay you, withhold tax and issue certificates, and show your public profile once you agree.
  • Security: your bank account, tax code and ID number are never shown publicly. Only authorized APIE staff can view them.
  • Edit or delete: message the teacher support Zalo group, email teacher@apie.vn, or submit the form again with the same email. APIE may keep data that the law requires it to retain.

10. Transparency & Changes to These Terms

  • APIE does not guarantee a minimum number of learners or an exact time to your first learner.
  • A teacher's actual income depends entirely on the number of learners and lessons actually taught.
  • During the pilot, APIE may adjust some operating terms and will give 30 days' notice.

11. Contact

APIE Teacher Cooperation Terms