According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), recently, the MOET has reviewed the training process and coordinated with relevant agencies to verify Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's qualifications according to a thorough, careful process, in accordance with the law.
The results determined that Mr. Vuong Tan Viet had illegally used his high school diploma and Mr. Vuong Tan Viet also admitted this.
The Ministry of Education and Training has requested relevant higher education institutions to urgently revoke the diploma granted to Mr. Vuong Tan Viet according to the law, and at the same time review the training organization process to avoid similar cases.
Previously, according to information from Hanoi Law University, in 2001, Mr. Vuong Tan Viet graduated from the University of Foreign Languages (now Hanoi University), majoring in English.
In 2017, he passed the 2nd Degree, Course 1, Law University level, part-time study form of Hanoi Law University (opened at Bach Viet College, Ho Chi Minh City).
In January 2019, he was recognized as a graduate and awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree - Second Degree - part-time study according to Decision No. 140/QD-DHLHN dated January 15, 2019 of Hanoi Law University, ranked as Excellent.
In November 2019, he was admitted to the 25B PhD course (2019-2023 academic year) according to Decision 4567/QD-DHLHN dated November 26, 2019 of Hanoi Law University.
On December 26, 2019, Mr. Vuong Tan Viet was recognized as a doctoral student under Decision 5114/QD-DHLHN of Hanoi Law University, majoring in Constitutional and Administrative Law.
On December 9, 2021, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Hanoi Law University.
On March 17, 2022, he was awarded a Doctorate of Law in Constitutional and Administrative Law under Decision No. 1141/QD-DHLHN of Hanoi Law University.
According to Hanoi Law University, the total training time of student Vuong Tan Viet from the time he was recognized as a PhD student (December 2019) until the decision to recognize his degree and grant his doctorate degree (March 2022) was 2 years.
However, with the use of a fake high school diploma, all the degrees that higher education institutions have granted to Mr. Vuong Tan Viet will not be recognized and will be revoked according to the provisions of law.
