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It is worth mentioning that while many schools do not charge fees, there are also schools that charge many different levels and types of fees, from a few tens of thousands to a few hundred thousand VND per candidate.
All kinds of fees
This year, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education collects a fee for processing data other than the data provided by the Ministry of Education and Training at the rate of 30,000 VND/candidate - including converting English scores and reviewing evidence of the school's priority points.
Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture collects an admission fee of 20,000 VND/application. Thuy Loi University recruits students by 4 methods, collecting an admission fee of 20,000 VND/application for all methods; application fee and priority points are 50,000 VND/application. Vietnam Agricultural Academy collects an application registration fee on the school's system of 50,000 VND/application.
Danang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy has 4 admission methods, including admission based on high school academic results (transcript) with a fee of 30,000 VND/application; admission based on high school graduation exam results using international English certificates 30,000 VND/application.
Hanoi University of Science and Technology stipulates that for the talent selection method: direct admission registration fee is 200,000 VND, international certificate registration fee is 300,000 VND, and competency profile registration fee is 500,000 VND. Verification of VSTEP, IELTS or equivalent certificates is 100,000 VND; registration fee, virtual filtering: 20,000 VND/1 wish...
Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade stipulates that candidates submitting preliminary application for method 2 (admission using high school academic results of grades 10, 11 and 12); and method 5 (admission based on exam results of specialized competency assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education combined with high school academic results according to subject combinations corresponding to each major) must pay preliminary application fee: 30,000 VND/1 wish (each method).
What are the rules?
According to regulations, this year the Ministry of Education and Training does not allow universities to consider early admission. Candidates' data is entered into the Ministry's Admissions Portal, and then the Ministry will return the data to the school for admission consideration.
From July 16 to July 28, candidates will officially register for admission and adjust their university admission wishes for 2025. According to regulations, all candidates' wishes must be registered for admission on the Ministry of Education and Training's Admissions Portal, or at the National Public Service Portal (content and implementation time according to regulations).
All applications for admission on the system must pay a fee (regardless of admission method, estimated at 20,000 VND/application).
Thus, for the same school, each admission method has different fees. Along with the fee when candidates register their wishes on the ministry's common system, for one admission method, candidates must pay the fee twice.
In previous years, from the fee that candidates paid when registering their wishes on the Ministry of Education and Training's admission portal, schools with registered candidates would receive 5,500 VND/wish. So this year, the fact that schools are still collecting all kinds of admission fees has made the public worried.
What does the school say?
A representative of Hanoi University of Science and Technology confirmed that the school only collects fees for the talent selection method. This is the fee for reviewing and grading documents, similar to the fee for the thinking assessment test or the fee for participating in exams such as SAT, IELTS. For the two methods of considering high school graduation exam scores and thinking assessment test, candidates register their wishes on the system of the Ministry of Education and Training and pay the fee according to the regulations of the Ministry.
Explaining the fee collection, Mr. Pham Thai Son - Director of the Admissions and Communications Center of Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade - said that the school has to receive, check, classify and enter information from thousands of candidates' applications. This process includes checking academic records, priority subjects, regions, comparing subject combinations, confirming eligibility conditions, controlling the calculation of admission scores...
"This fee helps the school have funds to operate its own admission system, software to receive and process preliminary application documents, server to operate the system, hire personnel to support data processing...
This is a step for the school to proactively manage the number of applications and predict the number of candidates who are really likely to be admitted. And this is just the preliminary registration step with the school. For the school to review it first, to prepare for the official admission stage," said Mr. Son.
Fees for collection and checking of documents
Hanoi University of Industry requires candidates to pay a fee of 50,000 VND to be included in the school's admission system.
The University of Commerce stipulates that candidates with 1 admission method must pay 50,000 VND/application, candidates with more than 1 admission method must pay 100,000 VND/application, candidates with direct admission and priority admission must pay 100,000 VND/application.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tuyen-sinh-dai-hoc-2025-thi-sinh-phai-dong-le-phi-2-lan-co-dung-quy-dinh-20250703082421265.htm
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