According to the Department of International Cooperation (Ministry of Education and Training), recently, many forms of fraud have appeared related to student exchange programs, international summer camps, and study abroad scholarships. Some citizens have been tricked into paying fees to participate in study abroad scholarship programs of up to hundreds of millions of VND.
Ministry of Education and Training warns of fraud in participating in international student exchange programs,
Studying abroad has appeared a lot in recent times.
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Fraudsters often use sophisticated tricks such as impersonatingeducational institutions, government agencies, or setting up fake websites and social network accounts to invite students to register, asking participants to provide personal information, submit applications and pay fees to steal information and appropriate assets of victims.
In order to proactively prevent and stop fraudulent acts and protect the legitimate rights of learners, the Ministry of Education and Training requests that Departments of Education and Training and universities and colleges provide warnings and information to students about fraudulent acts related to student exchange programs and international scholarships through the schools' official communication channels.
Students are advised to look up scholarship and study abroad information from official sources.
The Ministry of Education and Training said it is currently implementing a number of projects and scholarship programs using state budget to send people to study abroad.
Announcements of enrollment for scholarship programs are sent to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, universities, academies, colleges, and CDDs and posted on the electronic information portal of the Ministry of Education and Training at https://moet.gov.vn and the electronic information portal of the Department of International Cooperation (Ministry of Education and Training) at https://icd.edu.vn.
In addition, there are a number of scholarship programs granted by foreign governments through the Ministry of Education and Training that are also posted on the electronic information portal of the Department of International Cooperation. Students who are interested should register for admission according to the instructions on the official information pages mentioned above.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/canh-bao-lua-dao-o-cac-chuong-trinh-trao-doi-sinh-vien-quoc-te-du-hoc-185250604112248172.htm
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