05 rules for determining tuition fees of preschool children and students in Vietnam

According to Article 3 of the Decree No. 86/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, rules for determining tuition fees of children studying in pre-schools, students and postgraduate students studying in educational institutions in the national education system prescribed in the Law on Education, the Law on higher education, and Law on vocational education are specified as follows:

- For public preschool education and compulsory education: Tuition fees must be suitable for economic conditions of every administrative division, actual affordability of the people, and growth of annual consumer price index.

- For public higher education and vocational education: Educational institutions that exercise financial autonomy in terms of recurrent expenditures and investment as prescribed by the Government shall determine their tuition fees according to economic and technical norms or cost norms issued by competent authority and duration in which the training costs are fully covered. Public educational institutions that do not exercise financial autonomy in terms of recurrent expenditures and investment (hereinafter referred to as financial autonomy) as prescribed by the Government shall determine tuition fees according to the State’s grant and learners’ contribution according to the decline in State’s subsidies.

- Every public educational institution providing high-quality programs is entitled to collect an amount of tuition fees sufficient to cover training costs. Every non-public educational institution is entitled to decide their tuition fees.

On the other hand, the preschool education and compulsory education institutions shall announce their tuition fees in every academic year, higher education and vocational education institutions shall announce their tuition fees in every academic year and the entire course.

During the implementation of Decree No. 86/2015/NĐ-CP, the Ministry of Education and Training shall cooperate with the authorities in adjustments to tuition fee brackets applicable to higher education institutions and vocational institutions according to the principles of accurate and sufficient determination of training costs as prescribed in Decree No. 16/2015/ND-CP dated February 14, 2015 of the Government on autonomy mechanism of public service agencies.

View more details at Decree No. 86/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 01, 2015.

Thu Ba

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