Focus on education: Ho Chi Minh City is planning new support measures!

Focus on education: Ho Chi Minh City is planning new support measures!

On May 22, 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly (NAD) delegation met in Hue to discuss key draft resolutions. The central issues were the exemption and support of tuition fees for high school students, the general introduction of preschool education for children aged 3 to 5, and the expansion of the exemption from agricultural land use tax. Delegate Nguyen Hai Nam emphasized the importance of investing in education for the future, noting the critical “golden period” of language development and cognitive skills in children aged 3 to 7 years.

Nam called for an equal distribution of resources among municipalities, while his colleague Nguyen Cong Hoang expressed concerns about the implementation of universal preschool education. Hoang advocated support for children under the age of 3 and warned that help should not be limited to the children of working-class families.

Financing education and infrastructure

Delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Be called for an expansion of study grants, particularly to children in private institutions. She pointed out the danger of the National Assembly adopting resolutions without sufficient resources and called for a concrete financial assistance plan for low-income communities as well as adequate training for preschool teachers. The importance of physical health in preschool education was also emphasized by Hoang.

In a broader context, data from Germany shows the key aspects of education financing. According to the statistics site destatis.de, public spending on education is a significant part of the budget, which includes education, research and science spending. Expenditures are documented by local authority and per student, taking a detailed look at the different expenses per student in public schools and the distribution across different areas.

Allocation of educational resources

The statistics also include expenses for universities, which are broken down by type of university, subject group and federal state. In addition, the financial costs for training support, such as BAföG and advancement BAföG, are shown in time series from 1991. Specific tables document the expenditure per student as well as the number of BAföG recipients, which provides an important basis for analyzing and planning educational investments.

The current discussions in Vietnam and the accompanying data on education finance in Germany illustrate the challenges and needs when investing in education. While there are specific demands for better resources in Vietnam, the German statistics show a differentiated distribution that takes different areas of education into account.