Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of Vietnamese students have to study online.

The latest province that has announced its plan to exempt part of tuition for the first semester of the school year 2021-2022 for students at public schools is the central province of Quang Ngai. The total amount of exempted tuition fees is estimated at nearly 30 billion VND ($1.5 million).

Earlier, the central province of Quang Nam and the northern province of Bac Ninh made public their decisions to exempt tuition for the first semester.

In Quang Nam, more than 40,000 students will benefit from this plan, with a total amount of VND14 billion ($600,000).

In Bac Ninh, besides tuition exemption, the local government will provide VND1 million aid per person to disadvantaged students. In particular, Bac Ninh also provides equipment for online learning for students with extremely difficult circumstances with a maximum aid of VND10 million/student.

So far, many localities have announced tuition fee exemption and reduction to share difficulties with parents and students. Among them, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, and Da Nang provide exemption of 100% of tuition fees, and Hanoi with 50% of tuition fees for the 2021-2022 school year.

The provinces that give exemption of tuition fees for the first semester include Vinh Long, Long An, Soc Trang, Can Tho, Bac Lieu, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of Vietnamese students are still studying online.

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