A Brighter Future for Preschool Education: Transforming the Landscape for Millions of Parents and Children Across the Nation.

The Ministry of Education and Training is drafting a decree detailing the implementation of Resolution No. 218/2025/QH15, issued by the National Assembly on June 26, 2025, regarding universal preschool education for children aged three to five.

The draft decree proposes four policies to ensure universal access to preschool education for this age group:

Policy 1: Investing in infrastructure, equipment, and human resources to support universal preschool education for children aged three to five

This policy emphasizes the allocation of central and local budget resources to strengthen the infrastructure of preschool education institutions. It includes investing in the development of schools, equipment, teaching aids, and toys to meet the requirements for universal preschool education.

Additionally, it ensures the allocation of land for constructing preschool education facilities in local land-use plans, providing sufficient classrooms and infrastructure that adhere to regulations and meet the needs of children aged three to five.

By 2030, the policy aims to ensure an adequate number of preschool teachers, in line with the updated education program. It also guarantees that the staff involved in implementing universal preschool education for children aged three to five will receive appropriate treatment and policies.

Policy 2: Prioritizing the development of preschool education in socially and economically disadvantaged areas

Central and local funds from various programs and projects will be prioritized to ensure that by 2030, 100% of public preschool education institutions in socially and economically disadvantaged areas have sufficient classrooms and facilities. These include one classroom per preschool grade, fully-equipped function rooms, school libraries, outdoor play equipment, in-class toys, and teaching aids as per regulations.

Public preschool education institutions in zone III, zone II, zone I, and communes with particularly difficult circumstances in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, as well as in coastal and island areas as defined by competent authorities, that provide boarding services for children aged three to five are entitled to the following support:

a) Funding for the purchase of paper, comic books, crayons, pencils, toys, and other educational materials, as well as blankets, mosquito nets, and personal items for boarding children, with a budget of VND 1,350,000 per child per academic year.

b) Support for electricity and water expenses for the learning and living needs of boarding children, with a monthly allowance of 5kW of electricity and 1m³ of water per child.

c) Funding for lunch management for groups of children aged three to five.

Public preschool education institutions in the aforementioned areas that provide boarding services for children aged three to five are eligible for state funding for meal preparation. The funding is calculated based on the number of boarding children and starts at VND 3,900,000 per month for a group of 45 children. For groups exceeding 20 children, the funding is provided proportionally.

Policy 3: Support for children aged three to five

This policy proposes to include children aged three to five, who are currently enrolled in kindergartens of the people-founded type and are children of workers and employees working in industrial zones with signed labor contracts as per regulations, as beneficiaries of study support.

Each eligible child will receive a monthly study support of VND 150,000, for a maximum of nine months per academic year.

Additionally, the policy proposes an increase in the lunch support compared to the current regulations for children aged three to five. Each eligible child will receive a monthly lunch support of VND 360,000, for a maximum of nine months per academic year.

Policy 4: Incentives for the recruitment of teachers and staff in preschool education

Preschool teachers newly recruited from the 2025-2026 academic year onwards for public preschool education institutions, as defined by law, to carry out the tasks of nurturing, caring for, and educating children aged three to five, in alignment with universal preschool education goals, and who commit to working in these institutions for a minimum of five years, will be eligible for a minimum of one year of basic salary as an attraction incentive.

Staff members (including those on probation and those on contracts within the staffing quota) working in public preschool education institutions in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions and contributing to universal preschool education for children aged three to five, who travel to villages, hamlets, phums, or socs for at least 15 days per month, will receive a monthly allowance of VND 960,000 (this allowance is not considered in calculating social insurance benefits).

The Ministry of Education and Training is seeking feedback on this draft decree through its official portal.