Are ethnic students in communes under Region III of Vietnam eligible for tuition exemption or reduction according to the actual tuition collected at school?

Are ethnic students in communes under Region III of Vietnam eligible for tuition exemption or reduction according to the actual tuition collected at school?

Under Clause 15, Article 15 of Decree 81/2021/ND-CP on learners eligible for tuition exemption:

Eligibility for tuition exemption

1. Individuals mentioned under Ordinance on benefits for people with meritorious services to the revolution when studying in education institutions affiliated to national education system.

...

11. Students in secondary boarding schools for ethnic minorities, pre-universities:

12. Students in vocation education institutions and higher education institutions, ethnic minorities whose parent, parents, or grandparents (if living with grandparents) in poor households or near-poor households according to regulations of Prime Minister.

13. Students pursuing Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought.

14. Students, higher education students, and researchers specialized in tuberculosis, leprosy, psychology, forensic examination, psychology examination, and autopsy in public medical personnel training facilities as per order of the Government.

15. Ethnic students under Clause 1 Article 2 of Decree No. 57/2017/ND-CP dated May 9, 2017 of the Government.

16. Learners subject to tuition exemption programs or schemes according to regulations of the Government.

...

In addition, Clause 1, Article 16 of Decree 81/2021/ND-CP defines learners eligible for tuition reduction, including:

Eligibility for tuition reduction and tuition financing

1. Eligibility for a tuition reduction of 70% includes:

a) Students pursuing traditional arts and specific majors in public, private vocational education institutions and higher education institutions providing cultural - artistic training;

b) Students pursuing traditional art forms or taxing, toxic, or hazardous occupations in case of vocational education as per lists of taxing, toxic, or hazardous occupations regulated by Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs;

c) Kindergarten children and students who are ethnic minorities (other than very minor ethnic minorities) in hamlets with particular difficulties, communes in category III areas, ethnic areas and mountainous areas, communes with difficulties in coastal areas and islands according to regulations of competent authority.

...

Thus, ethnic students in communes under Region III belonging to 16 ethnic groups with populations under 10,000: Cong, Mang, Pu Peo, Si La, Co Lao, Bo Y, La Ha, Ngai, Chut, O Du, Brau, Ro Mam, Lo Lo, Lu, Pa Then, La Hu will be eligible for tuition exemption.

Meanwhile, ethnic students in communes under Region III (excluding very few ethnic minorities) in ethnic areas and mountainous areas, communes with difficulties in coastal areas and islands as regulated by competent authorities will receive a 70% tuition fee reduction.

Are ethnic students in communes under Region III of Vietnam eligible for tuition exemption or reduction according to the actual tuition collected at school? (Image from the Internet)

Are ethnic students in communes under Region III of Vietnam eligible for financing for studying costs?

According to Article 18 of Decree 81/2021/ND-CP on learners eligible for financing for studying costs:

Eligibility for financing for studying costs

1. Kindergarten children, students in formal education institutions, and students in continuous education facilities pursuing formal education programs are left without both parents.

2. Kindergarten children, students in formal education institutions, and students in continuous education facilities pursuing formal education programs suffer from disabilities.

3. Preschool students, students of formal education, learners in continuous education facilities pursuing formal education program whose parents are poor households according to regulations of Prime Minister.

4. Kindergarten children, students in formal education institutions, and learners in continuous education facilities pursuing formal education institutions in particularly difficult hamlets, communes in category III areas in ethnic regions and mountainous regions, particularly difficult hamlets in coastal regions and islands according to regulations of competent authority.

Thus, ethnic students in communes under Region III of Vietnam are not eligible for financing for studying costs. Accordingly, the financing for studying costs only applies to preschool children and general education students, learners at continuous education institutions in Region III.

What are the funding sources for tuition exemption, reduction, and financing for studying costs in Vietnam?

Under Article 26 of Decree 81/2021/ND-CP, the funding sources for reducing, exempting tuition, financing studying costs, and financing tuition for students in private primary education institutions (in areas with insufficient number of public education institutions) according to Decree 81/2021/ND-CP shall be allocated in annual estimates for education, training, and vocational training as per applicable state budget decentralization.

The central government budget shall assist local governments with difficulties in implementing social security policies according to Law on State Budget, guiding documents, and financing policies from central government budget to local government budget