'The case of Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's PhD has not been handled properly and transparently'

The case of "fake scholars, real degrees" caused a stir in public opinion

Reporting on socio -economic results in 2024 at the 38th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, regarding cultural, social, educational and training contents, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that the Government is interested in comprehensively developing cultural and social fields, ensuring harmonious connection with economic development; improving people's material and spiritual life and health.

Chairman of the National Assembly Economic Committee reports on the review of the socio-economic situation in 2024

In the audit report, emphasizing the issues that the Government needs to pay attention to in this field, Chairman of the Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh noted that the labor market still has potential risks; the proportion of workers with informal jobs is still large. The shortage of drugs continues.

In addition, the situation of overcharging at the beginning of the school year still occurs. Notably, Mr. Thanh said that in 2024, public opinion was stirred up by the case of "fake scholars, real degrees" at the highest level of training. However, the state management agency of education has not yet had a satisfactory solution, and has not been open and transparent to the public.

'The case of Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's PhD has not been handled properly and transparently'

Specifically, the Economic Committee's report said that the case of "a scholar with a real degree" at the highest level of training mentioned above was Mr. Vuong Tan Viet (also known as Thich Chan Quang) who defended his thesis and was awarded a doctorate degree at Hanoi Law University after about 2 years since graduating with a bachelor's degree in law from the part-time program.

Afterwards, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued a written confirmation: "Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's name was not on the list of candidates and the list of names and scores in the 1989 high school graduation exam of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City and his name was not on the list of candidates for high school graduation certificates on June 6, 1989 of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City".

Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh expressed his opinion at the meeting.

The quality of education needs continued attention.

Regarding the field of culture and education, Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh assessed that the general situation of education is good, but education quality management needs to continue to pay attention when there are specific incidents and cases.

"We see that when an incident occurs, we pay more attention to analyzing and evaluating whether the management is following the correct procedures. But when the quality is not guaranteed, why don't we go straight to the issue of the quality of the thesis, whether the work is really good or not? If we just focus on the procedures and then amend some regulations, we will not solve the problem," Mr. Vinh expressed his opinion and said that this committee has conducted discussions and discussions with the education sector and thinks that the sector will soon rectify this issue.

Also related to education, Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai said that the issue that people are very concerned about and that affects many households today is overcharging at the beginning of the school year.

According to Ms. Hai, this is not a new phenomenon. The Government, the National Assembly, and localities have been very active in monitoring, but in reality, there is still a need for solutions. "The disease is old but needs new treatments," Ms. Hai said, and suggested that the Government should clarify what has been done and what has not been done, so that the National Assembly can discuss and find new solutions to address this situation.

Regarding textbooks, Ms. Hai said that after the program and textbook innovation, there are many sets of textbooks, and each school uses a different set of textbooks.

"This is a good thing and is being supported, but when students transfer schools, they have to buy new books at a cost of about 300,000 VND per set. This is a large amount of money compared to households in remote areas," Ms. Hai noted and suggested that there should be a library bookcase so that children who transfer schools can borrow books from the library or in storm and flood situations like the recent one, children in lowland areas can use the library to support books for children in flooded areas.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vu-bang-tien-si-cua-ong-vuong-tan-viet-chua-xu-ly-thoa-dang-minh-bach-185241009112143014.htm