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Ms. Tran Thi Thu Hien works at a college. Her school cooperates in vocational training with a number of Vocational Education and Continuing Education Centers. Ms. Hien asked, if students are exempt from cultural tuition at the Center for Vocational Education - Continuing Education, will they also be exempt from vocational training tuition? Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Education and Training responded as follows: Clause 12, Article 15 of Decree No. September 3, 2025 of the Government stipulating tuition policies, exemptions, reductions, tuition support, support for learning costs and service prices in the field of education and training stipulates who is exempt. Tuition fee: Persons who graduate from junior high school continue to study at the intermediate level. Clause 1, Article 15 of Decree No. 238/2025/ND-CP stipulates subjects exempt from tuition fees: Preschool children, high school students, students of the general education program (students enrolled in the regular education program at the lower secondary level and students enrolled in the continuing education program at the high school level) in public educational institutions under the national education system People. Clause 2, Article 6 of 2019 regulates the educational levels and training levels of the national education system: General education includes elementary education, middle school education and high school education; Vocational education provides training at elementary levels, intermediate levels, college levels and other vocational training programs. Accordingly, general education and intermediate level are two different levels of education and training levels in the national education system. In case a college conducts joint training with a number of Vocational Education - Continuing Education Centers that meet current regulations of the law on vocational education, students who are secondary school graduates who continue to study at the intermediate level and those who study the general education program in the Vocational Education - Continuing Education Center are exempt from tuition fees at both educational levels and training levels mentioned above according to the provisions of Clause 1 and Clause 12, Article 15 of Decree No. 238/2025/ND-CP.Chinhphu.vn