Authorities need to get involved

Recently, a group of dozens of students spoke out against LeaderTalks English Center and Study Abroad Consulting (LeaderTalks for short) for false advertising, failing to fulfill its commitment in teaching the online English course "English Mastery" and shirking responsibility despite the tuition fees ranging from 39.95-44 million VND, depending on the form of payment, whether in one or multiple installments.

LeaderTalks' operating license also makes many students skeptical because although it is registered in Hiep Thanh Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, according to actual research, this is just a private house and the homeowner does not know about LeaderTalks or An Ca Joint Stock Company, the unit managing this center.

Mr. Ho Tan Minh, Chief of Office of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, also confirmed that LeaderTalks has not been licensed to operate in Ho Chi Minh City.

LeaderTalks leader (2nd row, left cover) threatened to beat students during Zoom class on April 16.

Many students speak up

After the series of articles were published, many readers who were and are students at LeaderTalks agreed and expressed their frustration with the training quality of the center, and at the same time hoped that people would be more vigilant.

Reader Le Thi Thanh Thuy said: "I am a student studying at the center, I find the reflections very true. Not only us but many other students are also dissatisfied with LeaderTalks".

Reader Ngo Trang was indignant: "I am also a student at LeaderTalks. 'Hang a sheep's head, sell dog meat' is what this center is doing and deceiving many people with a tuition fee of 40 million. I pay money but have to study by myself, it takes a lot of time and is not as effective as advertised. LeaderTalks has many tricks to defraud students and is not a foreign language center, their behavior is also uncivilized and very slippery."

Seriously participating in all 4 courses but showing no signs of progress is the story that aWr... is experiencing. "There are hundreds of students who feel the same way as me. What the newspaper reports is very accurate. When paying, students are promised a refund if the course is not effective, but when students report system errors, they receive the answer 'it's your problem, not mine'. We are so gullible that we have lost money and time to centers like this," this person lamented.

Content in "proprietary" document accused by students of being publicly available online

Reader Trang Nguyen admitted: "This is the biggest scam of my life". "I will avoid centers like this until I am old. Those who have not been scammed should stay away. Currently, there are still more than 10 articles praising her and this is a great opportunity for her (Ms. Dao Thi Hang, Director of LeaderTalks-PV) to continue to maintain her activities despite being accused by students for many years. I hope the public will investigate carefully and purify the educational environment", this person expressed her opinion.

Bustling enrollment, "changing names"?

After being criticized for the quality of teaching, many students said that LeaderTalks did not take any action but continued to recruit new students and showed signs of creating another brand to continue doing business. Reader Xu Xi was upset: "LeaderTalks is continuing to recruit students, opening new courses on June 19-23, still running ads loudly, every day when I turn on my computer, I see ads."

Agreeing, reader Ngo Minh Chac Nguyen reflected: "The websites with hundreds of eye-catching, flashing variations, operated by Ms. Hang and those behind her, still show no signs of stopping their indecent acts, still recruiting students vigorously with different variations still available online."

In the "English Mastery" course, each student will be given an account to log into LeaderTalks' private system to receive a link to the daily Zoom class, access learning materials and submit assignments.

Minhh account said: "Up to now, LeaderTalks still refuses to look back at the problem and continues to advertise day and night, change its name, and establish a new company to attract students." "Ms. Hang has received feedback but has responded in many different ways, including changing its name to continue operating instead of stopping," reader Loc An reported.

Specifically, reader Van Hau said: "Ms. Hang went to Australia but still 'commanded troops' from afar. On June 6, she changed her name to Global Expert PYT Company and posted a public recruitment for teachers online." "Ms. Hang still created new pages such as Bamboo School, going to the mountains to learn English, Australian-American English, Australian Standard English... to 'grab the little things' of those who rarely read newspapers," reader Manh Hai cited.

Must be strong to rectify

In addition to information about LeaderTalks' latest activities, many readers also requested that the authorities quickly take action. Reader Anh Duc wrote: "Hopefully, through the information reported, the relevant departments: Tax, economic police... will take action to clarify LeaderTalks' tax evasion over the past many years, with hundreds of billions in revenue but not declaring or paying taxes to the state."

Students said that each lesson required a lot of time to complete the center's self-study requirements, but the center did not respond to or evaluate their assignments.

Similarly, reader Hoang Kim said: "The founder of LeaderTalks, Ms. Dao Thi Hang, is disregarding the law by not applying for a business license when organizing long-term teaching, not issuing financial invoices, having a 'ghost' business location, hiring gangsters to attack students...". "We sincerely hope that the Tax Department of District 12 (HCMC) will coordinate with the District 12 Police to investigate the acts of tax evasion of large amounts of money, while they (the center's leaders - PV) are still brazenly living in Dak Nong," this person said.

Account aWr... is worried: "If the press and authorities do not intervene, this center will continue to run rampant without anyone knowing when. Currently, LeaderTalks has opened to session 108 and shows no signs of stopping." Sharing the same sentiment, reader Ngo Minh Chac Nguyen "sincerely hopes that newspapers, radio stations, and authorities will take stronger action to manage this problem that has lasted for many years."

From a broader perspective, the account truc vu pointed out the reality that there are many English centers opening everywhere with "winged" advertisements and commitments, "but have been exposed a lot". "Each course is not cheap and there are many students registering so the total amount of money is very large. Hopefully the authorities will increase inspection and rectify it, not letting the centers deceive learners like that", this person expressed his opinion.

After reporting shortcomings in training quality to the center's leadership, many LeaderTalks students reported that they and their families were blocked and threatened by strangers, and even assaulted with iron bars.

Quick view 8pm: Panorama news on June 16

Thank you Thanh Nien Newspaper for speaking up promptly, warning the center about excessive advertising, "herding chickens" for illegal profit.

Anh Duc

This center really disregards the law. Thank you Thanh Nien Newspaper for speaking out, because currently many students are upset but afraid of being beaten, so they dare not speak up.

Orchid

Thank you Thanh Nien Newspaper for timely and truthfully reporting the negative aspects of LeaderTalks. I hope that those who want to learn English will be very alert so as not to lose money and get in trouble.

pdv...

Through this series of articles, we have more faith in the Thanh Nien Newspaper team and its dedicated, honest journalists who work for the benefit of the people.

Thanh Tam Tran

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