The Government issued Decree No. 277/2025 detailing the implementation of Resolution No. 218/2025 of the National Assembly on universalizing preschool education for children from 3 to 5 years old.

Lunch support of 360,000 VND/month for preschool children aged 3-5 in difficult areas. (Illustration photo)
According to the decree, by 2028, 50% or more of provinces and centrally run cities will meet universal preschool education standards for children aged 3-5.
By 2030, 100% of provinces and centrally run cities will meet universal preschool education standards for children aged 3-5.
The Decree stipulates policies to support children aged 3-5 and invest in developing facilities and school and classroom staff.
Regarding lunch support, the Government stipulates that each child is eligible for support of 360,000 VND/month and is entitled to receive it for no more than 9 months/school year.
The subjects eligible for support include: Children aged 3-5 years old (excluding ethnic minority children with very few people) residing in communes and villages with special difficulties who are studying at public preschools, preschools of the armed forces in communes in regions III, II, I, communes with special difficulties in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, communes with special difficulties in coastal and island areas according to regulations of competent authorities.
Children aged 3-5 years old without a source of support; Children aged 3-5 years old from poor households, near-poor households according to the multidimensional poverty and near-poor standards; Children aged 3-5 years old who are children of martyrs, children of Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, children of war invalids, children of people enjoying policies like war invalids, children of sick soldiers, children of other policy beneficiaries according to the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution (if any); Children aged 3-5 years old with disabilities who are integrated into education.
Regarding support for learning costs, the decree clearly states that each child is eligible for support for learning costs of VND 150,000/month and is entitled to no more than 9 months/school year.
Subjects eligible for support for study costs include: Children aged 3-5 years old who are eligible for lunch support;
Children aged 3-5 studying at private preschools licensed by competent authorities to establish and operate in accordance with regulations have a father, mother or legal guardian who is a worker or laborer working in industrial parks, industrial clusters, or export processing zones with a labor contract signed by the enterprise.
Also in the decree, the Government requested to increase resources from the central budget and local budgets to invest in infrastructure.
Encourage the attraction of social resources to invest in infrastructure for the development of preschool education. Invest in the development of a network of preschool education facilities to ensure adequate schools, facilities, teaching equipment, tools, and toys to universalize preschool education for children aged 3-5. Raise the standards of preschool education facilities towards standardization and modernization to meet the requirements for universalizing preschool education for children aged 3-5.
In addition, localities need to prioritize clean land funds, allowing flexible conversion of land use purposes to land for building preschool education facilities; focusing on site clearance and handing over clean land for preschool education projects. Do not collect land use fees, reduce land rent and land tax for preschool education facilities.
No corporate income tax is applied to public preschools and private preschools operating on a non-profit basis. Priority is given to reserving surplus state agency headquarters after reorganization for preschools; allowing the application of the form of leasing state-owned facilities to private preschools.
The Government noted that it prioritizes central and local budget investment from programs and projects to ensure that by 2030, 100% of public preschools and preschools belonging to the armed forces will be in communes with especially difficult socio -economic conditions, communes in disadvantaged areas, ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, and islands...
The Decree requires ensuring the arrangement of a sufficient number of preschool teachers at the maximum level according to prescribed norms; ensuring the regime and policies for the team of managers, teachers and staff performing the task of universalizing preschool education for children aged 3-5 in preschool education facilities.
Newly recruited preschool teachers from the 2025-2026 school year who carry out the task of universalizing preschool education for 3-5 year old children must commit to working at the recruited public preschool institution for at least 5 years, and will enjoy a minimum support policy of 1 year of basic salary (or equivalent level when there is a change in salary policy).
Principals, vice principals, teachers and staff at public preschools participating in the task of universalizing preschool education for children aged 3-5 years old are entitled to a support fund of VND 960,000/month (the support fund is not used to calculate social insurance contributions and benefits).
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/tre-mau-giao-3-5-tuoi-vung-kho-khan-duoc-ho-tro-tien-an-trua-360-000-dong-thang-ar972625.html
Comment (0)