Ngo Quy Nham, a lecturer at the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade, says that plagiarism has reached a ‘terrible’ level, and in most cases, plagiarists are not punished. 

To deal with the increasingly serious problem of plagiarism, several top-tier universities in Vietnam have begun to use software to discover plagiarized work.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only a small percentage of university students and postgraduates in Vietnam are able to write essays that meet ethical academic standards, educators say. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The conclusion by the Academy of Social Sciences about an allegedly plagiarized doctoral dissertation that it contained only ‘unprofessional quoting’ has stirred controversy.

While plagiarism has increased at an alarming level, affecting both teaching and research, management agencies say it is difficult to control because of vague laws on the unethical practice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Canh Luong, Vice President of the Hanoi University of Technology, has been denounced of plagiarizing a dissertation 20 years ago.

While literary authors now feel more secure because their copyright has been protected by the laws, the authors of on-fiction books cannot be so optimistic.