Education Highlights: Teachers in Ho Chi Minh City have the highest salaries in the country, some receive more than 400 million VND/year

Minister Nguyen Kim Son answers questions about "disguised tutoring"

This morning (June 20), Minister Nguyen Kim Son took the stage to answer questions from National Assembly deputies about hot issues inthe education sector.

Delegate Tran Thi Thu Hang ( Dak Nong ) cited the ministry's report, assessing that the situation of 'disguised tutoring' in many forms is still quite common, showing that there is still a gap between policy and practice . ( see details )

Teachers in Ho Chi Minh City have the highest salaries in the country, some receive more than 400 million VND/year.

Currently, the income of public teachers in Ho Chi Minh City is quite high. In addition to salaries and benefits according to state regulations, teachers also receive additional income according to the resolution of the City People's Council to pilot a number of special policies and mechanisms.

Not long ago, a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City publicly announced his income in 2023 as 412 million VND. On average, about 34 million/month. This teacher has been teaching since 1995, and has been in the profession for 30 years.

He said that this income includes teachers' salary (including salary and seniority allowances, incentives...) and additional income according to the Resolution of the HCMC People's Council. ( see details )

Prime Minister : The 2025 high school graduation exam takes place at a historic time

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the 2025 High School Graduation Exam takes place at a historic time when the whole country is rearranging local administrative boundaries, implementing a 2-level local government model, ending the operation of the district level, requiring the organization of the exam to be safe, serious, thoughtful, smooth, compact, public, transparent, equal and ensure the highest quality. ( see details )

Teacher beats security guard, harasses female colleague: Director of Hanoi Department of Education speaks out

Regarding the case of Tien Phong newspaper reporting that Mr. Do Duc Manh, a former teacher of Trung Son Tram Primary School (Son Tay town) beat a security guard, "sexually solicited" a female teacher, and repeatedly violated teacher ethics, Mr. Tran The Cuong, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Hanoi City, said that the viewpoint of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training is that cases of violations of teacher ethics must be strictly handled according to regulations. ( see details )

Ha Hoa Tien University was suspended from training at all university levels for 12 months.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a decision to suspend the training activities of Ha Hoa Tien University (Ha Nam). The suspension period is 12 months from June 17, 2025.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the reason for the suspension is that Ha Hoa Tien University violated the provisions of Point b and Point d, Clause 1, Article 101 of Decree No. 125/2024/ND-CP dated October 5, 2024 of the Government regulating conditions for investment and operation in the field of education. ( see details )

Hanoi Department of Education and Training assigns private high schools to recruit nearly 8,000 more students

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has assigned private high schools to enroll an additional 7,775 students in grade 10 for the 2025-2026 school year. This time, 26 private high schools have been assigned enrollment quotas for 180 classes. This is the second assignment of enrollment quotas for grade 10 this year. ( see details)

16 Vietnamese universities listed in international rankings in 2025

Times Higher Education has just announced the Impact Ranking 2025. Vietnam has 16 schools, the most ever. ( see details )

Minister Nguyen Kim Son explains about free tuition for preschool and primary school students

Receiving and explaining at the meeting, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that the construction of these two resolutions was done with a spirit of "high enthusiasm", because the process received support and consensus from the people, even urging them to do it quickly.

Mr. Son cited the experience of 38 countries in the world that are implementing complete tuition exemption for preschool students. Most of these countries have high income. In addition, there are 90 countries that implement partial exemption, or support with different policies. ( see details )

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/diem-nhan-giao-duc-luong-giao-vien-tphcm-cao-nhat-nuoc-co-nguoi-nhan-hon-400-trieu-dongnam-post1753351.tpo