Some Violations and Disciplinary Actions for Regular University Students in Vietnam
What are the violations and disciplinary actions for regular undergraduate students in Vietnam?
According to the Appendix issued with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT, regulations on some violations and the disciplinary actions for regular university students are as follows:
| No. | Violation Content | Frequency and Disciplinary Actions (Frequency counted for the entire course) |
Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reprimand | Warning | Temporary Suspension | Expulsion | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 1. | Late for class, practical hours; absenteeism without permission or over-permitted absence | The school specifies clearly | ||||
| 2. | Disorderly behavior, doing personal work during class, practice and self-study hours | The school specifies clearly | ||||
| 3. | Disrespectful behavior towards teachers and school staff | Depending on the severity, from reprimand to expulsion | ||||
| 4. | Studying on behalf or asking someone to study on behalf | Depending on the severity, from reprimand to expulsion | ||||
| 5. | Taking exams, tests on behalf or asking someone to take exams, tests on behalf; making, asking or copying essays, projects, graduation theses | First violation | Second violation | |||
| 6. | Organizing studying, taking exams, tests on behalf; organizing making essays, projects, graduation theses on behalf | First violation | Depending on the severity, may be handled by competent authorities under the law | |||
| 7. | Bringing documents into exam rooms, sending exam questions outside for help, throwing documents into exam rooms, scribbling on exam papers; skipping exams without valid reasons, and other forms of academic dishonesty in studying, taking exams, tests | Handled according to the training regulations | ||||
| 8. | Intentionally delaying or not paying tuition fees, health insurance as prescribed by the school without valid reasons | Depending on the severity, from reminder, reprimand to expulsion | ||||
| 9. | Damaging property in dormitories and other school properties | Depending on the severity, from reprimand to expulsion and compensation for damages | ||||
| 10. | Drinking alcohol, beer during class hours; being drunk in class | First violation | Second violation | Third violation | Fourth violation | |
| 11. | Smoking in classrooms, meeting rooms, laboratories, and other non-smoking areas as prescribed | From the third violation, from reprimand to warning | ||||
| 12. | Gambling in any form | First violation | Second violation | Third violation | Fourth violation | Depending on the severity, may be handled by competent authorities under the law |
| 13. | Possessing, circulating, accessing, using pornographic content or participating in superstitious activities, illegal religious activities | First violation | Second violation | Third violation | Fourth violation | If severe, may be handled by competent authorities under the law |
| 14. | Trading, transporting, possessing, enticing others to use drugs | First violation | Handed over to competent authorities under the law | |||
| 15. | Using drugs | Handled according to regulations on handling students involved with drugs | ||||
| 16. | Harboring, pimping prostitution | First violation | Handed over to competent authorities under the law | |||
| 17. | Engaging in prostitution | First violation | Second violation | Third violation | Fourth violation | |
| 18. | Stealing property, harboring, consuming stolen property | Depending on the severity, from warning to expulsion. If severe, handed over to competent authorities under the law | ||||
| 19. | Harboring, trading weapons, explosives, and prohibited goods as prescribed by the State | First violation | Handed over to competent authorities under the law | |||
| 20. | Bringing bad elements into the school or dormitory, adversely affecting security and order within the school | Depending on the severity, from warning to expulsion | ||||
| 21. | Fighting, organizing or participating in fights | First violation | Second violation | Third violation | If severe, handed over to competent authorities under the law | |
| 22. | Inciting, dragging others to demonstrate, write illegal leaflets, posters | First violation | Second violation | If severe, handed over to competent authorities under the law | ||
| 23. | Participating in demonstrations, mass gatherings, illegal petitions | First violation | Second violation | Third violation | Fourth violation | If severe, handed over to competent authorities under the law |
| 24. | Posting, commenting, sharing articles, images with vulgar, violent, pornographic content, violating national security, opposing the Communist Party and the State, distorting, slandering, insulting the reputation of organizations, the honor and dignity of individuals on the Internet | Depending on the severity, from reprimand to expulsion. If severe, handed over to competent authorities under the law | ||||
| 25. | Committing acts of harassment, molestation, violating the dignity, privacy of others | Depending on the severity, from reprimand to expulsion. If severe, handed over to competent authorities under the law | ||||
| 26. | Violating traffic safety regulations | Depending on the severity, from reprimand to expulsion | ||||
| 27. | Other violations | Depending on the severity, the school will consider, remind, criticize, deduct Self-Discipline Points, or impose disciplinary actions from reprimand to expulsion |
Some Violations and Disciplinary Actions for Regular University Students in Vietnam (Picture from the Internet)
What are the procedures for disciplinary review of regular university students in Vietnam?
According to Article 10 of the Student Affairs Regulation for regular university programs issued with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT, the procedures for disciplinary review of regular university students are as follows:
Step 1:
Students who violate must write a self-examination report and propose a disciplinary action. If the student fails to comply, the Student Reward and Disciplinary Council will still meet to handle based on the collected evidence;
Step 2:
The class monitor organizes a meeting with the class, analyzes and proposes a disciplinary action to the faculty or unit responsible for student affairs;
Step 3:
The faculty or unit responsible for student affairs reviews and recommends to the Student Reward and Disciplinary Council of the university;
The Student Reward and Disciplinary Council organizes a meeting to review disciplinary actions, including: the members of the Council, a representative of the class with the violating student, and the violating student.
If the student has been invited but does not attend (without valid reasons), and does not have a self-examination report, the Council will still proceed and consider additional lack of organizational discipline.
The Council proposes a disciplinary action and requests the head of the university to issue a disciplinary decision in writing.
* Disciplinary review files for students:
- Self-examination report (if any);
- Minutes of the class meeting for the violating student’s examination;
- Minutes of the faculty or unit responsible for student affairs;
- Related documents.
What are cases of termination of disciplinary decisions for regular university students in Vietnam?
According to Article 11 of the Student Affairs Regulation for regular university programs issued with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT, the termination of disciplinary decisions for regular university students is as follows:
- For reprimaded students: after 3 months from the date of the disciplinary decision, if the student does not reoffend or commit violations warranting disciplinary action, the disciplinary decision automatically terminates and the student enjoys the rights from the date the decision terminates.
- For warned students: after 6 months from the date of the disciplinary decision, if the student does not reoffend or commit violations warranting disciplinary action, the disciplinary decision automatically terminates and the student enjoys the rights from the date the decision terminates.
- In cases of temporary suspension: when the suspension period ends, the student must present a certificate from the local authority (commune, ward, commune-level town) of residence confirming good citizenship compliance; a certificate from the competent authority confirming the fulfillment of a suspended prison sentence to be considered for re-enrollment if eligible.
- The authority issuing the disciplinary decision must include a provision specifying the duration of the student's disciplinary execution, starting from the issuance of the disciplinary decision to the end of the disciplinary period as prescribed.
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