The Ministry of Education and Training requests an urgent report on the case of Venerable Thich Chan Quang studying for a doctorate in 2 years.

News from the Ministry of Education and Training on June 26 said that the ministry has just sent an urgent dispatch to Hanoi Law University requesting a report on the training and enrollment process for the graduate student - Venerable Thich Chan Quang.

Venerable Thich Chan Quang received his doctorate degree after 2 years of training.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, there is currently much conflicting information about the enrollment, training and granting of a PhD degree to Mr. Vuong Tan Viet (aka Venerable Thich Chan Quang) at Hanoi Law University.

To have full information, the Ministry of Education and Training requests that Hanoi Law University urgently report specifically on the process of recruiting and training PhDs (including application submission, review, thesis defense...) and provide evidence for Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's application.

Previously, as reported by Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, on the afternoon of June 25, Hanoi Law University informed about the doctoral training process of student Vuong Tan Viet.

Accordingly, before applying for a PhD, Mr. Vuong Tan Viet (born in 1959) graduated with a Bachelor's degree in English in 2001 from the University of Foreign Languages ​​(now Hanoi University).

In 2017, students were admitted to the 2nd degree course 1 of the Law university level, part-time study form of Hanoi Law University opened at Bach Viet College, Ho Chi Minh City.

In January 2019, he was recognized for his graduation and was awarded a Bachelor of Laws degree - Second Degree - Part-time study, with excellent graduation ranking.

In November 2019, Mr. Vuong Tan Viet was admitted to the 25B PhD course (2019-2023 school year). On December 26, 2019, the student was recognized as a PhD student and on December 9, 2021, Mr. Viet successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the School level at Hanoi Law University.

On March 17, 2022, the doctoral candidate was awarded a PhD in Constitutional and Administrative Law.

Hanoi Law University affirms that Mr. Vuong Tan Viet's total training time from the time he was recognized as a PhD student (December 2019) until the Decision on recognition of the degree and granting of a doctorate degree (March 2022) was 2 years and 3 months, thus meeting and complying with the Doctoral Training Regulations of Circular 08/2017/TT-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training and Decision 261/QD-DHLHN of the University.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/bo-gd-dt-yeu-cau-bao-cao-khan-ve-viec-thuong-toa-thich-chan-quang-hoc-tien-si-trong-2-nam-196240626151710056.htm