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Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, or MOET, is planning to roll out blockchain technology for graduation in 2021.
According to a November 18 announcement, the ministry partnered with Singapore-based startup TomoChain to place national student certifications on TomoChain’s proprietary blockchain platform.
As part of the “National Qualifications Archive” project, MOET plans to issue all types of diplomas issued by its high school and higher education training units on the blockchain. The new system will reportedly go into effect during the school year ending in 2021.
According to the announcement, Vietnam’s new blockchain-based certification system is designed to enable transparent and immutable verification of student qualifications. The new system should replace the long-lasting verification processes by the recruiting agencies and human resources units. Nguyen Van Phuc, Deputy Minister of MOET, said:
“The management of degrees and certificates is a problem that has to be solved by technology, which is significant for the whole society and also cost-effective for the degree management system in particular and for education in general. “
Kyn Chaturvedi, TomoChain’s chief business development officer, told Cointelegraph that the initiative is the first time the startup has provided its services to a government agency. “It is also the first time that the Vietnamese government has worked with a blockchain business,” Chaturvedi noted.
Numerous ministries and schools of education around the world have announced plans to issue degrees on blockchain. In March 2020, Brazil’s Ministry of Education proposed to issue blockchain-based certificates from non-state universities to prevent fraud. In the same month, two Italian high schools announced their intention to issue diplomas on the Ethereum blockchain.
