List of state secrets in the field of education and training in Vietnam

List of state secrets in the field of education and training in Vietnam

According to Decision 531/QD-TTg, the List of State secrets in the field of education and training includes:

(1) State secrets of the highest level include:

- Official exam questions, pre-test questions, answers to official exam questions, the answers to the preparatory exam questions of the high school graduation exams, the national competition for excellent students, and the international and regional Olympic team selection exams have not been made public.

- Information about people in the People's Army, People's Public Security, and ciphers sent for training at home and abroad should be protected at the request of the sending party.

(2)  Secret-level state secrets include:

- The document has contents reflecting, commenting, and evaluating the actual situation of thought and life of teachers, education administrators, and students, which have negative impacts on politics, security, foreign affairs, social order, and safety.

- Information on the location of the exam and the printing of the exam paper; information about the personnel of the board that issues the exam questions and makes copies of the exam questions; The plan for transporting, preserving, storing, and protecting exam questions of high school graduation exams, national excellent student selection exams, and international and regional Olympic team selection exams has not been made public.

Previously, according to Decision 809/QD-TTg in 2020, state secrets classified as Confidential in the field of education and training included the following 7 groups:

- Reports on the organization of educational activities by religious organizations that affect politics, national defense, and security have not been made public yet.

- Plans, dispatches, and reports on ethnic and religious affairs related to ensuring security and order in the field of education and training have not been made public.

- Reports and directives of the Ministry of Education and Training on political security for teachers, education administrators, and students have not been made public.

- Dossiers on admission of university graduates to train reserve officers every year have not been made public.

- Converted infantry weapons for defense and security education.

- Programs, projects, and schemes of the Ministry of Education and Training directly performing national defense and security tasks have not been made public.

- Information on the location of the exam questions and the printing of copies of the exam questions, documents on the personnel of the committee/board of the exam and the printing of copies of the exam questions; The plan for transportation, preservation, storage, and protection of exam questions from national high school exams, the national excellent student selection contest, and international and regional Olympic team selection contests has not been made public.

Decision 531/QD-TTg takes effect from May 19, 2023, and replaces Decision 809/QD-TTg dated June 10, 2020.

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