The whole country will use one set of textbooks from the 2026-2027 school year, and textbooks will be provided free of charge by 2030.

The Government decided to use one set of textbooks nationwide from the 2026-2027 school year, and provide free textbooks by 2030.

Notably, in the resolution, the Government requested the Ministry of Education and Training to review and complete the General Education Program, increase the duration of science, technology, information technology, and arts subjects; ensure the provision of a unified set of textbooks nationwide for use from the 2026-2027 school year; and implement a roadmap to provide free textbooks to all students by 2030.

The Government also requires the development of special incentive mechanisms and policies to attract excellent students to study pedagogy and improve the quality of training and fostering of teachers and educational managers; expand training programs and projects, develop teachers, and increase support for teachers to study to improve their qualifications domestically and abroad.

Effectively organize the enhancement of foreign language teaching and learning, gradually making English the second language in schools; teach languages of neighboring countries and teach subjects in English in places with conditions.

The Ministry of Education and Training is also assigned to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to develop and implement the Project on developing a system of high-quality vocational education institutions that meet international standards and focus on effectively implementing the Vocational Education Institution Network Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2045; continue to innovate, develop and improve the quality of vocational education until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

The Ministry of Education and Training develops regulations and implements vocational secondary education for those who have completed lower secondary education and develops a set of criteria for assessing and recognizing learners' accumulated vocational capacity.

Along with that, build policies to attract experts and highly skilled workers to participate in teaching and instructing vocational skills; and a mechanism to order and assign training tasks for teachers and vocational education lecturers from the state budget.

The Ministry of Education and Training shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to develop and implement the strategic framework for higher education development for the period 2026 - 2035, with a vision to 2045; develop and implement a project to arrange and restructure the higher education system, and merge and dissolve substandard higher education institutions.

The Government requested the Ministry of Education and Training to develop a project to research and merge research institutes with higher education institutions; regulate the organizational structure of higher education institutions to eliminate intermediate levels, ensuring streamlined, unified and effective administration; and study transferring a number of universities to local management to improve management efficiency and better meet local human resource training requirements.

At the same time, build a project to deploy strong investment mechanisms and policies and have specific, outstanding mechanisms to develop 3-5 elite universities following the model of world- class research universities, training national talents.

Currently, there are 3 sets of textbooks and some odd books on the market. All high school students have used the new textbooks. Depending on actual conditions and needs, schools can choose books to teach.

Source: https://baolaichau.vn/giao-duc/ca-nuoc-dung-mot-bo-sach-giao-khoa-tu-nam-hoc-2026-2027-den-nam-2030-cap-mien-phi-sach-giao-khoa-1338063