The Government has just issued Decree 238/2025/ND-CP regulating policies on exemption, reduction, and support of tuition fees, study costs, and service prices in the field of education and training.

Accordingly, the subjects receiving a 70% tuition reduction include :

- 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, tuong, cai luong, dance, circus; some arduous, toxic, dangerous professions...

- Students 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 minorities and mountainous areas, or a commune in a particularly disadvantaged commune in coastal and island areas.

The group receiving a 50% tuition reduction includes: Students whose father or mother has a work accident or occupational disease and receive regular benefits.

Students receiving tuition support include:

- Preschool children, high school students, and students of general education programs (students studying continuing education programs at junior high and high school levels) in private educational institutions in the national education system.

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

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Students who are ethnic minorities (except for very small ethnic minorities) and who themselves and their parents have permanent residence in a particularly difficult village/hamlet, a commune in Region III of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, a particularly difficult commune in coastal and island areas are eligible for a 70% reduction in tuition fees.

The Decree also clearly stipulates that preschool children, high school students and continuing education students following the general education program are supported with study costs, including:

- Children who are orphans.

- They are disabled.

- Children whose father or mother or both parents or grandparents (in case of living with grandparents) are poor households according to the Prime Minister 's regulations.

- Children whose parents or guardians reside in extremely disadvantaged villages or hamlets; communes in Region III of ethnic minority and mountainous areas; communes in extremely disadvantaged areas of coastal areas and islands. In cases where there are no educational facilities in the area, children studying elsewhere according to local regulations are also entitled to this policy.

This Decree takes effect from September 3, 2025, replacing Decree 81/2021/ND-CP and Decree 97/2023/ND-CP of the Government.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/doi-tuong-hoc-sinh-sinh-vien-nao-duoc-giam-hoc-phi-2439327.html