Accordingly, administrative agencies and public service units in the city must urgently review and strictly handle, not tolerate or cover up cases of officials, civil servants, public employees and workers using foreign language certificates named "Cambridge International" as well as other types of diplomas and certificates that are not in accordance with the law. Units are required to report the handling results to the City People's Committee before December 1, 2024.
Not only Ho Chi Minh City, previously, some localities such as An Giang and Ca Mau also announced to review the records of officials, civil servants, and public employees who declared to use Cambridge International foreign language certificates, because this organization... does not exist.
Not real because in 2021, Le Van Vang came up with the name of the organization Cambridge International, with the initial purpose of organizing English training courses. Vang quickly grasped the needs of many people who needed English certificates to complete their profiles at agencies and units inside and outside the state, so he cooperated with the Institute for Educational Development Cooperation Research under the Vietnam Association of Psychological Science - Education, with Luong Viet Anh as Director, to organize foreign language certification exams under the name of Cambridge International.
But in fact, candidates do not study, exams are just formalities, and foreign language certificates are just pieces of waste paper.
Who buys? For those who need English knowledge to work "in real life", study abroad or work in foreign companies, they have to study hard and be good at it, so there is no need to buy fake products.
Those who need an English certificate as a kind of "label" to enhance their profile will spend money to buy one. To be frank, most of those who need to enhance their profile without foreign language knowledge work in government agencies. And that is also the reason why localities check Cambridge International certificates in the profiles of officials, civil servants, and public employees.
It is the regulations requiring foreign language certificates that have forced many people to buy them, and the case of Dong Do University's bachelor's degree in English proves the need of the "market" for foreign language certificates.
The Ministry of Interior and localities should review and review, but it is too easy to know who bought the Cambridge International language certificate.
The police have completed the investigation and transferred the case to prosecute Le Van Vang, Luong Viet Anh and their accomplices for “fraudulent appropriation of property” when organizing exams and issuing fake Cambridge International English certificates. The subjects confessed to issuing about 4,200 English certificates under the name Cambridge International at prices ranging from VND2,300,000 to VND18,000,000 per certificate.
Just type in this list and it will give you the names, addresses, and occupations of people who bought fake degrees. So simple.
Knowing who bought the diploma, the remaining issue is whether to punish them severely or not.
