Starting in 2026, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) could have full authority to set its personal requirements, circumstances, procedures, and standards for appointing and dismissing professors and affiliate professors throughout its total system.
Aiming for Asia’s high 100 universities
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has simply signed off on the National Development Program for VNU-HCM, recognizing it as one in all Asia’s main greater schooling establishments.
According to the choice, VNU-HCM is to develop as a multidisciplinary, multi-field university on the forefront of Asia’s tutorial panorama. It is envisioned to turn into a key national middle for coaching, analysis, and innovation. The university is tasked with creating high-quality human assets, nurturing expertise, selling scientific analysis, driving digital transformation and entrepreneurship, shaping rising technological and tutorial tendencies, and contributing to national coverage growth.
Priority investments beneath this system will concentrate on core fields comparable to basic sciences, key engineering and know-how disciplines, strategic and core applied sciences, digital know-how, in addition to economics, administration, environmental research, social sciences, and humanities – to meet the sustainable growth wants of Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast area, and the nation as an entire.
The program will run from 2026 to 2030, with the purpose of positioning VNU-HCM amongst Asia’s high greater schooling establishments. It additionally seeks to set up the university as a hub for high-quality expertise growth, science and know-how development, innovation, and entrepreneurship – serving as a key driver of sustainable development for the nation, particularly within the Southeast area.
Looking additional to 2045, VNU-HCM goals to turn into a top-tier analysis university in Asia, with not less than 4 disciplines ranked among the many high 50 globally by prestigious worldwide rankings. It aspires to turn into a magnet for expertise and a middle for the dissemination of Vietnamese data and tradition.
By 2030, the university goals to be ranked amongst Asia’s high 100 universities, with not less than one subject – comparable to arithmetic – ranked on this planet’s high 100. Disciplines comparable to synthetic intelligence and primary sciences are anticipated to attain the worldwide high 150–250 tier.
Talent-driven transformation
VNU-HCM plans to prepare and entice not less than 1,500 younger and main scientists, 100 visiting professors, and 100 innovation consultants. The proportion of lecturers with doctoral levels will attain 75%.
At least 60% of educational applications in science, engineering, and know-how shall be taught in English, with precedence given to joint diploma applications with universities ranked within the world high 200.
Postgraduate learners (together with specialised engineers, grasp’s and doctoral college students) will account for not less than 30% of whole enrollment, with PhD candidates making up 40% of that group.
Six key duties and options
To obtain its targets, this system outlines six strategic priorities:
1. Improving coverage and regulatory frameworks: Propose revisions to authorized paperwork to enable VNU-HCM to create and implement mechanisms for attracting top-tier consultants, worldwide students, and abroad Vietnamese intellectuals. The university will outline its personal requirements, circumstances, and procedures for appointing and dismissing professors and affiliate professors, making certain alignment with or exceeding national requirements from the Ministry of Education and Training. These laws will take impact throughout the system starting in 2026.
2. Developing college, researchers, and directors: Enhance university governance expertise, strategic pondering, and capability for sustainable growth and worldwide integration amongst leaders and managers. Strengthen analysis capabilities {and professional} {qualifications} for college and researchers. Attract and retain distinctive younger scientists, main consultants, directors, and entrepreneurs. Promote shared human useful resource fashions in collaboration with trade.
3. Modernizing schooling to meet worldwide requirements: Radically reform tutorial applications and modernize instructing strategies by way of superior applied sciences, particularly synthetic intelligence. Focus on key disciplines comparable to arithmetic, AI, and semiconductors. Develop internationally acknowledged interdisciplinary and gifted coaching applications. Innovate admissions processes to higher assess college students’ skills and character. Expand graduate coaching, making certain 100% of PhD college students obtain tuition waivers and scholarships by way of instructing and analysis assistantship fashions.
4. Advancing science, know-how, innovation, and digital transformation: Invest in amenities and infrastructure. Increase the variety of worldwide publications and mental property filings. Promote know-how switch and commercialization of analysis outcomes. Build sturdy analysis groups. Elevate the university’s scientific journal to worldwide requirements. Grow the Innovation Center right into a core platform for collaboration between authorities, academia, and trade.
5. Developing a university township: Establish a high-tech, good, and inexperienced campus city. Expand pupil housing and tutorial areas. Develop one or two internationally accredited hospitals to help coaching, scientific analysis, and group well being care.
6. Expanding worldwide cooperation and rankings participation: Implement applications to entice worldwide college students, enhance pupil exchanges, and forge strategic partnerships with high world universities, organizations, and companies. Jointly develop and ship internationally accredited applications and high quality assurance programs.
Le Huyen