The Hanoi People's Council has passed a resolution regulating the list of revenues and collection levels, revenue and expenditure management mechanisms for services serving and supporting educational and training activities for public preschool and general education institutions.
Accordingly, from the 2025-2026 school year, preschool children and primary school students are studying at public preschools and general education institutions; students are studying at vocational education institutions - continuing education under the general education program in Hanoi.
At the same time, it will apply to public preschools and general education institutions; vocational education - continuing education institutions in the capital, excluding high-quality public educational institutions.
Notably, the above resolution will add extracurricular care and supervision services, including Before and After School Care (excluding meals).
Hanoi allows primary and secondary schools to organize after-hours care for children and students (including before and after school) with a maximum fee of VND 12,000/60 minutes.
Other fees remain at the ceiling, including: boarding care fee (235,000 VND/month); boarding equipment (133,000 VND/month); drinking water (16,000 VND/month); school bus service (10,000 VND/km).
Notably, Hanoi will also eliminate 2 services including two sessions/day in junior high school and educational activities outside of regular school hours, and knowledge training in cultural subjects. Thus, these are 2 fees that schools absolutely cannot collect from parents.
The reason is that from the 2025-2026 school year, schools are not allowed to collect tuition fees according to Circular 29 of the Ministry of Education and Training. At the same time, secondary and high schools with qualified facilities must organize two sessions/day according to Directive 17 of the Government.
The only remaining service in the group outside of regular school hours is life skills education directly implemented by the school, with an expected fee of VND 15,000/ teaching hour.
