The University of Science and Technology (UST) and three nationwide analysis institute faculties — Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), and Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) — signed a multilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) on science and expertise expertise improvement with the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) at UST headquarters on Wednesday.
Under the settlement, excellent Vietnamese college students will probably be recruited to UST’s nationwide analysis institute faculties, which characteristic unparalleled analysis infrastructure. The partnership goals to generate nationwide R&D achievements, domesticate world-class expertise, and leverage alumni networks after commencement to strengthen long-term bilateral cooperation.
Participants mentioned operational instructions together with grasp’s and doctoral pupil choice and diploma program administration for USTH college students by way of agreement-based admissions on the KRIBB, KIMM, and KFRI faculties, world internship packages for USTH college students, change of school, researchers, and employees, in addition to educational and analysis exchanges and symposium internet hosting.
Following the signing ceremony, individuals toured the Overseas Bioresource Center at KRIBB.
USTH is a Vietnamese nationwide college established in 2009 by way of an settlement between Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and France’s Ministry of Higher Education. It ranked sixth amongst Vietnamese universities within the 2026 rankings, establishing itself as a number one increased training establishment within the nation.
UST and the KIMM and Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) faculties signed a multilateral MOU with Vietnam National University’s Hanoi University of Science (VNU-HUS) and Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) in November final 12 months, introducing a particular “agreement-based student selection” monitor to recruit Vietnam’s high expertise.
UST plans to develop agreement-based admissions by constructing cooperative networks with main universities in promising international locations together with Vietnam, receiving suggestions for high college students who might be recruited to nationwide analysis institute faculties with extra advantages.
“We will work together with our schools to recruit international students, cultivating Vietnam’s outstanding students into world-class talent at our national research institute schools,” UST President Kang Dae-im mentioned. “After graduation, we will leverage their alumni networks to continue advancing R&D cooperation between our two countries.”
“Building on the Korea-Vietnam Bioresource Center established in Vietnam in 2013, KRIBB will expand joint research and talent cultivation in biotechnology through cooperation with USTH, elevating Korea-Vietnam collaboration to the next level,” KRIBB President Kwon Seok-yoon mentioned.
“This agreement serves as an important foundation for cooperation encompassing research, education, and talent development,” KIMM President Ryu Seok-hyun mentioned. “We expect to discover and nurture outstanding foreign talent into core researchers. Through the KIMM-STARSHIP special admissions track, joint research, and researcher exchange, we will strengthen our cooperative foundation and jointly advance science and technology development in both countries.”
“To realize advanced R&D in the food sector, we will secure workforce diversity through recruitment of outstanding students from Vietnam and broad personnel exchanges beyond our borders,” KFRI President Baek Hyun-dong mentioned. “We will achieve food science and technology innovation in both countries through expanded joint research.”