In recent days, social networks have been filled with information related to the training process and awarding of a doctorate in law to graduate student Vuong Tan Viet (born in 1959, Thich Chan Quang) at Hanoi Law University.
Many people wondered why Mr. Thich Chan Quang could defend his doctoral thesis in December 2021, while he had just received his bachelor's degree in law in January 2019.
Regarding this issue, Hanoi Law University has reported. The University of Law said that the qualifications of student Vuong Tan Viet before applying for the PhD program were: he graduated from the University of Foreign Languages in 2001 with a Bachelor's degree in English, now Hanoi University; he graduated from the University of Law in 2019 with a Bachelor's degree in Law, Hanoi Law University (2nd degree - part-time study).
Specifically, in 2017, he was admitted to the 2nd Degree Course 1 of the Law University level, part-time study form, opened by Hanoi Law University at Bach Viet College, Ho Chi Minh City (admitted to the university level, part-time study form).
On January 15, 2019, Mr. Thich Chan Quang was recognized as a graduate and was awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree with a second degree - part-time study, with a graduation rank of Excellent.
On November 26, 2019, he was admitted to the 25B course (2019-2023) according to Decision 4567/QD-DHLHN of Hanoi Law University.
On December 26, 2019, he was recognized as a doctoral student under Decision 5114/QD-DHLHN of Hanoi Law University, majoring in Constitutional and Administrative Law.
On December 9, 2021, this PhD student successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Hanoi Law University.
On March 17, 2022, Mr. Thich Chan Quang was awarded a doctorate in Constitutional and Administrative Law under Decision No. 1141/QD-DHLHN of Hanoi Law University.
Regarding information related to the doctoral training process of Venerable Thich Chan Quang, Hanoi Law University said that on June 7, 2019, the school issued admission notice No. 2190/TBTS-DHLHN regarding the second round of doctoral student admission in 2019.
Accordingly: "Candidates for PhD admission must meet the following conditions: 1. Have one of the following degrees:
a) Master's degree in law in the same field or a different field from the registered field. In case the candidate has a master's degree in law in a different field from the registered field, after being admitted, the candidate must take additional master's degree courses in the doctoral training field for which he/she was admitted.
b) A regular bachelor's degree in law with honors or higher, issued by domestic universities (assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training to train bachelors in law, economic law, international law, international commercial law)...
However, on September 30, 2019, Hanoi Law University issued a Notice on correcting information on the conditions for admission to doctoral programs in the Notice on admission to doctoral programs, round 2, 2019, to comply with Decision No. 261/QD-DHLHN.
Accordingly, the information on “requirements for doctoral students” in Point b, Section 3 of Admission Notice No. 2190/TBTS-DHLHN is corrected as follows: “3. Requirements for doctoral students: Have one of the following degrees: b) Bachelor of Law degree with honors or higher issued by domestic universities (assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training to train bachelors in law, economic law, international law, international trade law)”.
Regarding the subjects and conditions for admission, Hanoi Law University said that student Vuong Tan Viet is eligible to apply for the doctoral training program of Hanoi Law University. Specifically, student Vuong Tan Viet graduated with a bachelor's degree in law with a distinction.
Regarding admission, student Vuong Tan Viet is qualified to study directly for a doctorate, specifically: Has a university degree in law, with honors; is the author of a scientific report published in the proceedings of an international scientific conference with peer review in 2017; Has foreign language proficiency with a university degree, majoring in English.
This candidate was admitted according to Decision 4567/QD-DHLHN dated November 26, 2019 of Hanoi Law University and was recognized as a doctoral student according to Decision 5114/QD-DHLHN dated December 26, 2019 of Hanoi Law University, majoring in Constitutional and Administrative Law.
About the training process
Hanoi Law University said that, regarding the completion of additional knowledge for graduate students who do not have a master's degree, from December 2019 to June 2021, graduate student Vuong Tan Viet has fully completed the master's training program (including 43 credits of subjects in the major/specialization out of a total of 60 credits (exempted from thesis 12 credits and foreign language 5 credits according to the provisions of Point b, Clause 3, Article 3 of Circular 8/2017).
At the same time, from 2020 to 2021, the doctoral student completed 7 modules of the doctoral training program.
Evaluation of doctoral topics and defense of doctoral dissertations, applied to the case of student Vuong Tan Viet, Hanoi Law University said that the doctoral student has completed additional courses, doctoral level courses; has published 2 reports in foreign languages in the Proceedings of international conferences with peer review; has been approved by the group or the doctoral supervisor to register for thesis evaluation at the professional unit; has completed the defense of the overview topic, 03 thesis topics.
At the same time, on June 15, 2021, he completed his doctoral thesis comments in the department.
On September 26, 2021, he defended the professional unit level (grassroots level);
On October 3, 2021, the graduate student applied for a school-level thesis defense. On December 3, 2021, the graduate student defended his school-level thesis.
Regarding the awarding of the doctoral degree, Hanoi Law University said that the doctoral student has completed the training program. On January 20 and 24, 2022, the doctoral student submitted his thesis to the library of Hanoi Law University and the National Library. On March 17, 2022, he was awarded a doctoral degree according to Decision No. 1141/QD-DHLHN of Hanoi Law University.
Regarding the doctoral training period, Hanoi Law University said that the doctoral student has completed the training program. At the same time, the doctoral student's thesis was proposed by the professional unit to be evaluated by the school-level Thesis Evaluation Council; the doctoral student's thesis was also approved by independent reviewers.
On October 3, 2021, he submitted an application to shorten his training period; The application was approved by the school to defend his thesis.
On November 1, 2021, the school issued a decision to establish a school-level doctoral dissertation defense council for graduate student Vuong Tan Viet. On December 9, 2021, the graduate student successfully defended his school-level dissertation. On March 17, 2022, the graduate student was awarded a doctoral degree.
The school said that, as reported above, the total training time of student Vuong Tan Viet from the time he was recognized as a doctoral student (December 2019) until the decision to recognize his degree and grant his doctoral degree (March 2022) was 2 years and 3 months.
This period meets and complies with the doctoral training regulations of Circular 08/2017/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training and Decision 261/QD-ĐHLHN of the school.
Today, June 25, the Ministry of Education and Training sent an official dispatch to Hanoi Law University requesting a report on the enrollment and training process of graduate student Vuong Tan Viet, also known as Venerable Thich Chan Quang.
"Currently, there is a lot of conflicting information about the enrollment, training and granting of a doctoral degree to Mr. Vuong Tan Viet at Hanoi Law University. To have complete information, the Ministry of Education and Training requests that Hanoi Law University urgently report specifically on the enrollment and training process for the doctorate (including the submission of documents for review, thesis defense, etc.) and provide evidence for Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's profile," the document said.
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