If I fail a mandatory unit of study at university, do I have to retake it or can I retake exam in Vietnam?

In Clause 2, Article 3 of the Regulation issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT on Regulations on undergraduate education issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, specifically:

2. Credit-based training:

a) Credit-based training is a method for training organization where units of study are organized into classes as appropriate to the teaching plan of the training institution, allowing students to accumulate credits of each unit of study and take the training program following their individual learning plans;

b) Students failing a mandatory unit of study shall retake that unit of study or take an equivalent unit of study according to regulations of the training program or a substituting unit of study if the unit of study that they fail is no longer taught;

c) Students failing an elective unit of study shall retake that unit of study or take another elective unit of study according to regulations of the training program.

Thus, according to the above-mentioned regulations, in case university students follow the credit system when the study results fail, it will be mandatory to retake the study but not retake the examination in Vietnam.

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