Thu Dau Mot University wrongly collected more than 37 billion VND, returned to the budget

On the afternoon of October 15, speaking with Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Chairman of the Board of Thu Dau Mot University, said that the amount of more than 37 billion VND that the school illegally collected from students has been paid into the budget.

The reason for not returning the wrongly collected money to students was because at that time, the school was not autonomous and the budget was still subsidized, so when the audit conclusion was available, the school returned it to the budget, this person shared.

Previously, the state audit conducted an audit at Thu Dau Mot University in the period 2015-2021, discovering that Thu Dau Mot University illegally collected more than 37 billion VND.

Immediately after the state audit announced its conclusion, the People's Committee of Binh Duong province directed Thu Dau Mot University to refund the students (if unable to refund, it would be paid to the budget) the tuition fees collected in excess of the prescribed level. After that, the school paid the entire amount of illegally collected money to the state budget.

In addition, the People's Committee of Binh Duong province also requested to consider handling collective and individual responsibilities (if any) for Thu Dau Mot University due to collecting tuition fees for regular university programs, university programs using the continuing education method, master's and doctoral training programs in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years higher than the prescribed ceiling.