The government has stipulated that 14 groups of people are exempt from tuition fees.

Preschool children, high school students, and people studying general education programs in private educational institutions are among those exempted from tuition fees.

The Government issued Decree No. 238/2025 regulating policies on tuition fees, exemption, reduction, tuition support, support for learning costs and service prices in the field of education and training.

The Decree consists of 6 chapters and 29 articles regulating tuition fee framework, tuition fee collection and management mechanism, tuition fee exemption, reduction and support policies, support for study costs in educational institutions in the national education system and service prices in the field of education and training.

14 subjects are exempted from tuition fees according to new regulations of the Government . (Illustration photo)

In which, the Government stipulates 14 groups of subjects exempted from tuition fees:

Preschool children, general education students, and general education program learners (students studying the regular education program at lower secondary level and students studying the regular education program at upper secondary level) in public educational institutions in the national education system.

Subjects as prescribed in the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Revolutionary Contributions if they are studying at educational institutions in the national education system.

Students in vocational and higher education institutions are people with disabilities.

Learners from 16 to 22 years old studying for a first degree in higher education are eligible for monthly social allowances according to the provisions of Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree No. 20/2021 of the Government on social assistance policies for social protection beneficiaries.

Students at intermediate and college levels who are orphans of both parents and have no place to depend on according to the provisions of the Law on Vocational Education.

Students and students of the nomination system (including students nominated for vocational boarding school with a training period of 3 months or more) according to Government regulations on nomination to universities and vocational education institutions in the national education system.

Students of preparatory school, preparatory faculty.

Students studying at vocational and higher education institutions who are ethnic minorities and whose father or mother or both father and mother or grandparents (in case of living with grandparents) are from poor or near-poor households according to regulations of the Prime Minister .

Students majoring in Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought.

Postgraduate students with master's, doctoral, level I specialist, level II specialist, resident physician specializing in psychiatry, pathology, forensic medicine, forensic psychiatry, infectious diseases and emergency resuscitation at public educational institutions in the health sector.

Ethnic minority students with very few people according to Government regulations on policies for preschool children, ethnic minority students with very few people in areas with difficult or especially difficult socio-economic conditions according to current regulations of competent authorities.

Students who are eligible for programs and projects are exempted from tuition fees according to regulations of the Government and the Prime Minister.

Junior high school graduates continue to study at intermediate level.

Students at intermediate and college levels, for fields and professions that are difficult to recruit but are in demand by society according to the list prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Students of specialized majors and occupations that meet the requirements of socio-economic development, national defense and security as prescribed by the Law on Vocational Education. Specialized majors and occupations are prescribed by the Government and the Prime Minister.

The Decree stipulates 3 groups of subjects eligible for a 50% tuition reduction, including:

Students studying traditional and special arts in vocational education institutions, public and private universities that provide training in culture and arts, including: traditional opera musicians, Hue traditional musicians, Southern amateur music, opera actors, folk performing arts, ca tru art, bai choi art, traditional musical instrument performance.

Students majoring in royal court music, opera, drama, reformed opera, dance, circus; some arduous, toxic, and dangerous occupations for vocational education according to the list of arduous, toxic, and dangerous occupations prescribed by the central state management agency of vocational education.

Students in vocational education institutions and universities who are ethnic minorities (except for very small ethnic minorities) and who themselves and their parents have permanent residence in a particularly disadvantaged village/hamlet, a commune in region III of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, a commune in a particularly disadvantaged commune in a coastal, island and coastal area according to regulations of competent authorities.

Also according to the Government's decree, the subjects receiving a 50% reduction in tuition fees include: students in vocational education institutions and universities whose parents have had work-related accidents or occupational diseases and are entitled to regular allowances.

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