Spanning 5 chapters and 17 articles, the decree specifies eligible recipients, qualifying programs, choice standards and rules, scholarship quantities and period, authority for approval and disbursement, fund allocation and settlement, and the obligations of all entities and people concerned.
The Government has issued a decree channeling scholarships to college students in primary sciences, crucial engineering and strategic applied sciences, aiming to construct a talented workforce for the nation’s subsequent development section.
Spanning 5 chapters and 17 articles, the decree specifies eligible recipients, qualifying programs, choice standards and rules, scholarship quantities and period, authority for approval and disbursement, fund allocation and settlement, and the obligations of all entities and people concerned.
Fifteen precedence fields are eligible, together with biology, arithmetic, statistics, bodily sciences, earth sciences, pc science, info know-how, mechanical engineering, electrical-electronics and telecommunications engineering, chemical engineering, supplies, metallurgy and environmental engineering, engineering physics, geological engineering, mining engineering, and building engineering. These are recognized as foundational and strategic for nationwide sci-tech and innovation.
The decree units particular standards. Students in expertise programs authorised by the Ministry of Education and Training mechanically qualify. In semiconductor built-in circuits, these admitted to recognised bachelor’s and engineering programs are additionally eligible.
For primary sciences, key engineering and strategic know-how programs, candidates should clear certainly one of two hurdles: a first-, second- or third-place end in a nationwide or worldwide excellence competitors inside three years earlier than consideration; or a mixed rating of no less than 22.5 in arithmetic plus two topics from physics, chemistry, biology or English on the nationwide high-school commencement examination, whereas rating within the high 30 per cent of admitted college students nationwide inside the identical subject group.
For built-in bachelor’s–grasp’s, grasp’s and doctoral college students, eligibility rests on admission outcomes, tutorial efficiency and analysis output. To preserve the scholarship, recipients should keep away from formal reprimand or worse and hit tutorial thresholds. Undergraduates and engineering college students want a cumulative GPA of no less than “fairly good”, 24 credit after yr one, and 28 credit every subsequent yr.
Master’s candidates should full no less than 40 per cent of credit after the primary yr, maintain a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and meet their institution’s analysis and publication necessities. Doctoral candidates should fulfill analysis and publication benchmarks.
The decree bars scholarship holders from switching to non-supported majors or programs, besides in force-majeure circumstances outlined by academic institutions. If a switch voids eligibility, recipients should repay all state funds obtained.
Monthly stipends are set at VND 5.5 million (USD 211) for talent-course college students, VND 4.2 million for semiconductor and primary science college students, and VND 3.7 million for these in key engineering and strategic know-how. Master’s scholarships vary from VND 5.5-7.4 million relying on the sphere. Doctoral candidates get VND 7.4-8.4 million monthly.
Undergraduates can draw the scholarship for up to 10 months a yr whereas grasp’s and doctoral college students are eligible for 12 months yearly. Total assist matches every course’s customary size.
The decree will take impact on July 15, 2026. It applies to college students admitted from 2025 onward, with disbursements beginning on September 1, 2026.
By VNA/VLLF