Regarding the plagiarism incident that occurred at the University of Science, Hue University has concluded that the plagiarism accusation is correct.
Based on the conclusion of Hue University, the Ministry of Education and Training requested Hue University to re-evaluate the content of the thesis; from there, determine the form of discipline for Ms. Le Thi An Hoa. In case the thesis no longer meets the requirements of a doctoral thesis, Hue University needs to consider the responsibility of the Council that approved Ms. Le Thi An Hoa's thesis.
Hue University will implement and report to the Ministry of Education and Training before January 31, 2025.
The request of the Ministry of Education and Training is very reasonable, the conclusion of the accusation is correct, so we must clearly determine the quality of the content, not only a matter of scientific integrity, but also the responsibility of the Council for approving a poor quality thesis.
From this plagiarized doctoral thesis, let's return to Vuong Tan Viet's super fast thesis.
It is clear that Vuong Tan Viet used a fake high school diploma and had his doctorate revoked. The law requires it to be implemented, there is nothing to argue about.
But there is one more important thing, which is to clarify the quality of the content of Vuong Tan Viet's "super-fast" doctorate, to clarify the responsibility of the Council that approved this thesis. A case related to the quality of doctorates and scientific integrity cannot be overlooked, but must be clarified.
In a written response to the feedback from Da Nang voters about the situation of training masters and doctors in large quantities but low quality, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son admitted that the quality of training masters and doctors in Vietnam is currently uneven among schools. Currently, there is still a situation of "favoritism and leniency when establishing a thesis and dissertation evaluation council", approving a number of doctoral thesis topics with too narrow a scope, not ensuring scientific value...
The "too narrow scope" thesis such as "badminton doctorate" has been mentioned a lot in the press, and also needs to be evaluated to rectify the training of doctoral degrees. It is very necessary to re-evaluate doctoral theses that show signs of violating scientific integrity, not ensuring scientific value, and at the same time handle the responsibility of related individuals.
If we want the country's academics to reach world-class standards, meet development requirements, and build an "era of growth", we must eliminate all types of degrees that are bought, sold, exchanged, and fraudulent, and we must eliminate all doctoral incubators.
