Are children living in poor households in Vietnam eligible for financing for studying costs?

Are children living in poor households in Vietnam eligible for financing for studying costs?

Pursuant to Article 18 of the Decree 81/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating eligibility for financing for studying costs in Vietnam as follows:

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.

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 16 of the Decree 81/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating eligibility for a tuition reduction of 50% in Vietnam as follows:

a) Kindergarten children and students who are children of officials, public officials, or workers whose parent suffers from occupational accidents or diseases and receive regular benefits;

b) Preschool students, students of formal education, learners in continuous education facilities pursuing formal education program whose parent or parents or grandparents (if living with grandparents) are near-poor households according to regulations of Prime Minister.

3. Eligibility for tuition financing: Primary education students in private education institutions in areas with insufficient number of public education institutions shall receive financing for tuition.

As regulations above, your child is not eligible for financing for studying costs. He is only eligible for a tuition reduction of 50%.

What documents are included in the application for tuition exemption, reduction for children living in poor households in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 19 of the Decree 81/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating application for tuition exemption, reduction, studying cost financing, and tuition financing for learners in preschools, formal education institutions, continuous education facilities, vocational education institutions, and higher education institutions in Vietnam as follows:

1. Application:

a) Application for tuition reduction, exemption, studying cost financing, and tuition financing:

- For individuals eligible for tuition exemption, reduction pursuing preschool education, formal education, continuous education: using Form under Annex II; students studying in private primary education institutions eligible for tuition financing: using Form under Annex VI;

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b) Verified true copies or copies with master register for comparison or copies from the master registers of documents proving eligibility for tuition reduction, exemption, and studying cost financing for:

- Confirmation of entities regulating persons having rendered meritorious services for individuals under Clause 1 Article 15 hereof;

- Confirmation of disabilities issued by People’s Committees of communes or decisions on social benefits of Chairpersons of People’s Committees of districts for individuals under Clause 2 Article 15 hereof;

- Decisions on social benefits of Chairpersons of People’s Committees of districts for individuals under Clause 3 Article 15 hereof;

- Confirmation of poor households issued by People’s Committees of communes for individuals under Clause 4 Article 15 hereof;

- Confirmation of eligibility for tuition exemption according to Decree No. 27/2016/ND-CP dated April 6, 2016 of the Government and guiding documents of Ministry of National Defense for individuals under Clause 7 Article 15 hereof;

- Birth certificate and confirmation of poor households or near-poor households issued by People’s Committees of communes for individuals under Clause 12 Article 15 hereof;

- Birth certificate and permanent residence family register or confirmation of police authority regarding permanent residence registration (in case of lost family register) for individuals under Clause 5, Clause 8, Clause 15 Article 15 and Point c Clause 1 and Clause 3 Article 16 hereof. From the school year of 2024 - 2025 (starting from September 1, 2024), for individuals under Clause 5 and Clause 6 Article 15 hereof and from the school year of 2025 - 2026 (starting from September 1, 2025) for individuals under Clause 8 and Clause 9 Article 15 hereof are only required to submit birth certificate;

- Lower secondary education degree or provisional confirmation of graduation for individuals under Clause 17 of Article 15 hereof;

- Monthly benefit number of either parent who suffers from occupational accidents or diseases granted by social security organizations for individuals under Point a Clause 2 Article 16 hereof;

- Confirmation of near-poor households issued by People’s Committees of communes for individuals under Clause 2 Article 16 hereof.

c) For preschool children, students in formal education institutions, and learners in continuous education facilities pursuing formal education program eligible for both tuition exemption, reduction and studying cost financing, only produce 1 set of application consisting of documents above together with form under Annex IV hereof.

d) Learners eligible for tuition reduction, exemption, and studying cost financing are only required to produce 1 set of application for the whole studying period. For learners living in poor households or near-poor households, at the beginning of each semester, submit additional confirmation of poor households or near-poor households to serve as the basis for considering tuition reduction, exemption, and studying cost financing for the subsequent semester.

dd) In case students obtain Citizen Identity Cards and are issued with personal identification number and information on permanent residence and can extract said information by connecting and sharing population data with education and training facilities, Sub-departments of Education and Training, Departments of Education and Training, Sub-departments of Labor – War Invalids, and Social Affairs, Sub-departments of Finance, Departments of Finance, their parents (or guardians) are not required to submit “Birth certificate” and “Permanent residence family register”.

Above are documents that are included in the application for tuition exemption, reduction for children living in poor households in Vietnam.

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