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1) MEXT through university recommendation: around 144000 JPY/month for living, free tuition fee, must pass school entry test, a few students are offered every semester
2) MEXT through Vietnamese embassy recommendation: must pass embassy test (3 rounds), then choose university later, the whole process takes long time, there could be one year of learning Jap德赢vwin官方网站ese 德赢vwin官方网站d taking university entry test before studying
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