Yesterday, November 25, the leaders of Vietnam College of Industry and Trade said that the school had just discovered that Mr. NTH used a fake doctorate degree to apply for the position of head of the school's information technology department.
During Mr. NTH's probationary period in this position, Vietnam College of Industry and Trade sent notarized copies of Mr. NTH's doctoral degree to the University of Natural Sciences - Ho Chi Minh City National University for verification, but received the result that the information of the degree was not in the archived data of the University of Natural Sciences.
Mr. NTH's fake PhD
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Previously, Mr. NTH had also used a doctorate with the same name, same date of birth but different degree number to teach at several other schools, but was also discovered by the schools. Immediately after being discovered, Mr. NTH proactively quit his job and cut off contact with the schools.
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Discussing this issue, Dr. Vo Van Tuan, Vice Principal of Van Lang University, said: "All diplomas have anti-counterfeit stamps. However, any symbol can be counterfeited if desired. Even using chip and QR code solutions, criminals can still do it. There is only one thing that cannot be counterfeited, which is the information stored at the diploma issuing unit. Therefore, the diploma verification stage is still the only way to know if the person is using a fake diploma or not."
According to Dr. Tuan, there are two ways to verify a diploma: go to the school's website and type in the diploma number to get full information about the recipient. However, most employers still send documents to the diploma-granting units to verify the employee's diploma.
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Sharing this view, Master Van Chi Nam, Deputy Head of the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Natural Sciences (Ho Chi Minh City National University), said: "If using QR codes on diplomas, looking up and verifying diplomas will be more convenient and accurate because QR codes allow linking to the diploma authentication data of the place that issued the diploma. Although people can still fake this code, looking at it with the naked eye cannot distinguish between real and fake diplomas, but if it is a fake diploma, when scanned, the QR code will not be able to lead to the correct authentication information of the place that issued the diploma."
Regarding the chip attachment on the diploma, Master Nam said that it is still possible to do it to prevent counterfeiting, but it will be more complicated to look up and people can also make a fake chip, it will be difficult to determine whether the diploma is fake or real with the naked eye. Not to mention that the chip attachment is also costly for many related parties.
"Therefore, the main and most accurate solution to determine whether a degree is real or fake is to look up the degree on the online service provided by the degree-granting agency or send a document asking the degree-granting agency to verify it," shared Master Nam.
Degree search page of Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology
Dr. Nguyen Tan Tran Minh Khang, Vice Principal of the University of Information Technology (Ho Chi Minh City National University), also stated that there is currently no complete solution to combating fake degrees. "The best way is to verify the degree, you can go to the school's website to look it up or send a letter asking the degree-granting unit to confirm. Currently, employers still use this method to determine whether candidates are using real or fake degrees," said Dr. Khang.
It is known that on the diploma lookup page of the University of Information Technology, Van Lang University and many other universities, just enter the diploma number and information about the person who received the diploma will appear, so detecting fake diplomas is not too difficult nowadays.
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Always verify carefully
Dr. Vo Van Tuan said that recently, many recruitment agencies have sent official dispatches to the school asking for verification of diplomas. As a result, the school has had a few cases of people using fake diplomas to apply for jobs because the information was not in the school's database.
"On the school's side, when recruiting lecturers or staff, if the degree is domestic, we send a document to the place that issued the degree for verification. If the degree is foreign, we check whether the unit that issued the degree is recognized in Vietnam, through the website of the Department of Quality Management of the Ministry of Education and Training," Dr. Tuan informed.
Dr. Nguyen Tan Tran Minh Khang also shared that the school's recruitment process is very strict. "The verification is done by sending documents to the degree-granting unit. Up to now, the school has not discovered any candidates using fake degrees to apply to the school," said Mr. Khang.
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