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On the morning of December 10, at the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly, with 419/431 delegates voting in favor, accounting for 88.58%, the National Assembly passed a Resolution on a number of specific and outstanding mechanisms and policies to implement a breakthrough in education and training development. The National Assembly passed a Resolution on a number of specific and outstanding mechanisms and policies to realize a breakthrough in education and training development. Resolution with 5 outstanding policy groups RELATED NEWS The draft resolution includes 9 articles, focusing on 5 key policy groups towards fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training. Before voting, the National Assembly listened to Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son present the Report on receiving and explaining delegates opinions. According to Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh, the draft received 79 group discussion opinions, 56 speeches at the hall and many opinions at meetings of the Culture and Society Committee and the National Assembly Standing Committee. Minister Nguyen Kim Son said, one of the major contents is the policy on human resource development in the education sector. The Government has revised the draft in the direction of clearly decentralizing the authority to recruit and manage human resources: The Director of the Department of Education and Training decides on recruitment, transfer, and transfer in cases falling under his authority or involving two or more communes; The Chairman of the Commune Peoples Committee decides on the contents within the scope of management. The draft also adds an autonomy mechanism on job positions for vocational and higher education institutions, allowing the recruitment of foreign experts and scientists and supplementing vocational incentives according to the roadmap. Free textbooks before 2030 In the policy group on educational program development, the resolution stipulates a unified set of national textbooks, decided by the Minister of Education and Training to apply from the 2026-2027 school year. By 2030, the State will complete the provision of free textbooks, giving priority to learners in disadvantaged areas. In addition, the State ensures a roadmap for free tuition and national defense and security education textbooks in vocational education and higher education. The Government also expanded cooperation with research institutes and businesses to develop training programs linked to the labor market and innovation. The draft resolution stipulates that the State prioritizes building a national database on education, infrastructure investment and a shared digital platform, ensuring connection across the industry. By 2030, higher education institutions will basically complete synchronous digital infrastructure. Higher education and vocational education institutions are allowed to organize international conferences and seminars autonomously, only requiring reporting when the content is sensitive or there are ministerial-level leaders in attendance. The resolution also stipulates the authority to establish branches of public higher education institutions abroad, in accordance with the laws of the host country. Supporting learners, developing high-quality human resources and discovering talents early To ensure learning opportunities and develop high-quality human resources, learners have access to preferential credit from the Bank for Social Policies, and at the same time consider expanding capital sources. Resolution to supplement the national key program of full-time doctoral training according to the ordering mechanism, associated with scientific and technological tasks and with scholarships and living support. In addition, there is a mechanism to discover and nurture young talents in specific fields such as art and sports and allows signing long-term training contracts with artisans, artists, and coaches. The resolution empowers the Provincial Peoples Council to supplement medium-term investment projects and land use plans for education according to simplified procedures. Provincial Peoples Committees are given priority in allocating land, exploiting surplus public offices and allowing the conversion of some types of land to educational purposes without having to rely on land use planning. The State continues to ensure spending at least 20% of total budget expenditure on education, with priority given to especially difficult areas. For the transition period at the end of the School Councils activities, the direct management agency will perform tasks under the authority of the School Council, ensuring organizational and personnel stability, allowing the number of deputies to exceed the ceiling for up to 5 years according to a gradually decreasing roadmap. Phuong Lien
