Vietnam to maintain stability of general education tuition fees from 2023-2024 academic year

Vietnam to maintain stability of general education tuition fees from 2023-2024 academic year 

Specifically, Decree No. 97/2023/ND-CP has amended Clause 3 Article 9 of Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP on general education tuition fees from the 2023-2024 academic year as follows: 

Regarding education institutions that have yet to cover their recurrent expenditures: Maintain the stable tuition fees of the 2023-2024 academic year equal to the tuition fees of the 2021-2022 academic year promulgated by provincial People's Councils that have been locally applied.

Regarding education institutions that have guaranteed their recurrent expenditures or recurrent expenditures and investment expenditures: they shall determine the tuition fees based on the technical-economic norms and cost norms and submit reports to the People’s Committees for presentation to provincial People’s Councils for consideration and approval.

If provincial People’s Committees and educational institutions have issued the tuition range or tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year under Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP with increased tuition fees compared to the 2021-2022 academic year, local budgets shall cover the increased amount compared to the tuition fees for the 2021-2022 academic year. The rate of support for each educational institution shall be decided by local authorities.

If provincial People’s Committees and educational institutions have issued the tuition range or tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year under Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP with increased tuition fees compared to the 2021-2022 academic year, but local budgets cannot cover the increased amount compared to the tuition fees for the 2021-2022 academic year, make adjustments following Decree No. 97/2023/ND-CP.

See more details in Decree No. 97/2023/ND-CP of the Government of Vietnam, effective as of December 31, 2023. 

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