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On the morning of December 10, the National Assembly voted to pass 3 laws on the field of education, including: Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Education Law; Law on Vocational Education (amended); Law on Higher Education (amended). Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son presented a report on the reception, explanation, and revision of the draft law. Regulations on diplomas and certificates According to the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Education, from January 1, 2026, instead of being awarded a junior high school diploma, students will be certified in their school records. Diplomas of the national education system include: High school diploma, vocational high school diploma, intermediate diploma, college diploma, diploma. Bachelors degree, masters degree, doctoral degree, diploma of specialized training programs of a number of specific fields and fields. Certificates of the national education system are documents expressed in paper or digital form issued to learners to confirm their learning results after being trained and fostered to improve their educational and professional qualifications or issued to learners taking exams to obtain certificates according to regulations. Thus, compared to current regulations, the Law amends and supplements a number of articles of the Law on Education to eliminate issuance of certificates. junior high school diploma, replaced by the phrase completion of junior high school program or equivalent. Students who have completed the elementary education program or junior high school education program and are eligible according to the regulations of the Minister of Education and Training will have their school principal certify that their school records have completed the junior high school program or equivalent. Students who have completed the high school education program and are eligible according to the regulations of the Minister of Education and Training are eligible to participate. If the student passes the exam and meets the requirements, the school principal will issue a high school diploma. In case the student does not take the exam or does not pass the exam, the school principal will issue a certificate of completion of the general education program. The certificate of completion of the general education program is used to register for the exam to obtain a high school diploma when the student needs it or to study vocational education and use in specific cases according to the provisions of law. The draft also stipulates that diplomas and certificates are issued in paper or digital form, to promote the implementation of policies on digital transformation in education. For specialized postgraduate training programs in the health field, diplomas such as internal medicine doctors are issued. Residents, specialist doctors, guidance on implementation and management is carried out by the Ministry of Health according to the provisions of the draft Law on Higher Education (amended),... Unification of a set of shared textbooks Regarding regulations on general education textbooks, the Law clearly states: The Government regulates free textbooks for students. The Minister of Education and Training decides on a set of general education textbooks for uniform use nationwide. The National Textbook Evaluation Council is prescribed by the Minister of Education and Training and established for each subject and educational activity to evaluate textbooks. The Council and Council members are responsible for the content and quality of appraisal. The Minister of Education and Training approves textbooks for use in general education establishments after being appraised and rated as satisfactory by the National Council for Textbook Appraisal; regulating standards and processes for compiling and editing general education textbooks. Strengthening university autonomy associated with accountability. On the morning of December 10, in the working program of the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly voted to pass the Law on Higher Education (amended). Reporting at the meeting, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that the draft law received 336 direct comments, in There were 244 opinions from National Assembly deputies, and more than 3,000 opinions from the Committee for Culture and Society were received. On that basis, the Government has urgently completed the law project file and revision report, focusing on 8 important content groups to create a complete, synchronous legal corridor and in accordance with the requirements of reforming higher education in the new period. One of the key contents is expanding university autonomy. The Government has accepted opinions to institutionalize the concept of autonomy but not self-care, ensuring that the State and higher education institutions share responsibility for system development. The new regulations aim to build a comprehensive autonomy model, while also setting higher requirements for transparency, accountability and quality accreditation. Regarding regional universities, the draft law is revised in the direction of increasing administrative efficiency, clarifying strategic coordination functions and reviewing and reducing intermediaries in the spirit of Resolution 71. With member universities, the Government completes regulations on legal status, ensuring consistency between the organizational models of National Universities and regional universities. and the university education system in general, in the spirit of streamlining the apparatus and increasing operational efficiency. The law clarifies that the training of resident doctors, specialist 1 and specialist 2 is specialized post-graduate vocational training, notat the academic masters or doctoral level. The Ministry of Health will guide, organize and manage these programs. The standardization ensures the inheritance of an effective training model over many y
