Officially reduce 5,000 VND/university admission wish

More than 7.6 million applications for university and college admission in 2025 will have their admission fees officially reduced to 15,000 VND/application, equivalent to a reduction of more than 38 billion VND in admission fees.

Candidates taking the 2025 high school graduation exam - Photo: NAM TRAN

This year, the Ministry of Education and Training divided candidates from 34 localities into 7 groups to pay university entrance fees in 2025. To avoid overload, each province/city will have a different time frame for paying admission fees.

How to handle candidates who have their fees deducted twice?

Seven provinces/cities pay university and college entrance exam fees for 2025 from today (July 29 to 5:30 p.m. July), including: Hanoi , Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La.

Notably, after successfully paying the admission fee, many candidates said that this year the admission fee has been reduced from 20,000 VND/wish to 15,000 VND.

More than 7.6 million admission applications were reduced by VND5,000/application, equivalent to a reduction of more than VND38 billion in admission fees.

According to a representative of the Ministry of Education and Training, university admission fees are not regulated by the ministry but are agreed upon by universities and intermediary payment platforms, and the reduced fees benefit candidates.

During the payment session, some candidates reported a common problem: when they clicked to pay, the message "transaction authentication failed" appeared, but money was still deducted from their account.

"After transferring money via MB bank and reporting the transaction failed but the money was still deducted, I switched to MoMo to pay and it was successful. I currently don't know if I can get a refund for transferring money twice like that and what the refund procedure is," a candidate wondered.

Speaking with Tuoi Tre Online , Associate Professor Dr. Vu Duy Hai - Head of Admissions and Career Guidance Department of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, said that the 2025 university admission fee will be paid online through the National Public Service Portal, the final recipient will transfer to Hanoi University of Science and Technology and the Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology.

According to Mr. Hai, in case a candidate transfers money twice, if the money is still in the intermediary stage of the banks, when the candidate is discovered to have deposited money twice, the bank will refund it.

In case the duplicate transfer amount has been transferred to the account of Hanoi University of Science and Technology or the Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology, after the payment period, the school will reconcile and refund the excess amount to the candidate.

The university entrance fee payment schedule in provinces and cities is divided into 7 groups as follows:

STT	Time to pay application fee	Province/City
1	From July 29 to 5:00 p.m. July 30	Hanoi, Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang (including Tuyen Quang and the old Ha Giang), Lao Cai (including the old Lao Cai and Yen Bai), Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La.
2	From July 30 to 5:00 p.m. July 31	Thai Nguyen (including Thai Nguyen and the old Bac Kan), Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Phu Tho (including the old Phu Tho, Hoa Binh, Vinh Phuc), Bac Ninh (including the old Bac Ninh and Bac Giang), Hai Phong (including the old Hai Phong and Hai Duong).
3	From July 31 to 5:00 p.m. August 1	Hung Yen (including Hung Yen and the old Thai Binh), Ninh Binh (the old Ninh Binh, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh), Thanh Hoa, Nghe An.
4	From 1-8 to 17:00 on 2-8	Ha Tinh, Quang Tri (formerly Quang Tri and Quang Binh), Hue, Da Nang (formerly Da Nang and Quang Nam), Quang Ngai (formerly Quang Ngai and Kon Tum).
5	From 2-8 to 17:00 on 3-8	Gia Lai (formerly Gia Lai and Binh Dinh), Dak Lak (formerly Dak Lak and Phu Yen), Lam Dong (formerly Lam Dong and Dak Nong, Binh Thuan), Khanh Hoa (formerly Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan).
6	From 3-8 to 17:00 on 4-8	Ho Chi Minh City (Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria - Vung Tau, old Binh Duong), Dong Nai (old Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc), Tay Ninh (old Tay Ninh and Long An).
7	From 4-8 to 17:00 on 5-8	Vinh Long (formerly Vinh Long and Ben Tre, Tra Vinh), Dong Thap (formerly Dong Thap, Tien Giang), An Giang (formerly An Giang and Kien Giang), Can Tho (formerly Can Tho, Hau Giang, Soc Trang), Ca Mau (formerly Ca Mau, Bac Lieu).

19 channels for paying admission fees

According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, as of the closing date of the university and college admission registration portal, the Ministry's general admission system recorded more than 849,000 candidates registering for admission with more than 7.6 million university and college admission wishes (an average of 8.96 wishes/candidate).

Compared to the number of more than 1.16 million students taking the high school graduation exam in 2025, there were about 310,000 students who did not register their university and college admission wishes on the ministry's system (equivalent to 26.7% of candidates missing the opportunity to enter university and college in the first round).

For the registered university admission wishes to be valid, candidates must pay the admission fee online via the National Public Service Portal.

The general admission system of the Ministry of Education and Training allows candidates to use 1 of 19 different payment channels, including bank payment channels: Vietcombank, Vietinbank, Agribank, BIDV, SHB; VPBank, TPBank, MBBank, HDBank.

Payment intermediary organizations: Other banks via VNPT Money, Vietnam Post, Ngan Luong, Payoo, Napas, HPay; e-wallets such as VNPT Money, MoMo, Viettel Money; mobile payment channel VNPT Mobile Money.

Candidates see instructions for paying admission fees here.

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