VietNamNet Bridge -  As the number of enrichment training classes have been increasing, class organisers are making big profits. But students are losing money.

Enrichment courses are especially attractive to first-year university students. At universities, leaflets with advertising about enrichment courses with flowery names such as “a training course to wake up riches” or “the ‘not difficult to get rich’ training course” are delivered to students. 

The search keywords ‘khoa hoc lam giau’ (enrichment courses), ‘lam giau nhu the nao’ (how to get rich) find hundreds of thousands of results.

As the number of enrichment training classes have been increasing, class organisers are making big profits. But students are losing money.

The fee is VND1-2 million at minimum. There are the training courses with the fee of VND10-20 million. Meanwhile, VIP training courses cost VND200 million.

The organizers of the training courses promise that attendees will be given advice on ‘how to start a business when still at school’, ‘how to make money when sleeping’ and ‘how to get money with one’s brain’. They promise to return money if the students cannot get rich.

Thuy Van, a student at Hanoi Economics University, she attended a three day training course.

“The orator gave interesting stories. But whether to get rich will depend on individuals’ abilities,” she said.


As Van did not put high hopes on training courses like these, she only registered a short-term course and spent hundreds of thousands of dong on it. 

Meanwhile, other students who hope they can get rich quickly after the training courses, accepted to pay millions of dong and became penniless after trying to do business as they were taught.

KT, a former student at the Saigon Technology University, decided to attend a training course after reading an advertisement they can get rich without investment capital.

“To attend the course, I had to borrow money from relatives. They (the teachers) affirmed that we would make money right on the first day. We were told to create accounts and then we bought goods from each other,” she recalled.

“After finishing the training course, I tried to do my business. But my business plan failed completely after one month,” she said.

Huynh Trong Van, director of ODS, a company which owns a data center, said the enrichment courses attract many young people who want to become rich quickly.

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