Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City


Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City is one of the two largest national universities in Vietnam, founded on 27 January 1995, and reorganized on 12 February 2001, under the Decision no. 15/2001/QĐ-TTg by the Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải. The university now provides undergraduate and graduate education to 56,427 students, including:
The education professionals cover technology, natural sciences, basic sciences, social sciences and humanities, literature, foreign languages, and business. The headquarters of the university is in Linh Trung ward, Thủ Đức District, Ho Chi Minh City. The university is planning a campus project the area of 643.7 ha.

History

Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City was founded on 27 January 1995 by Government Decree 16/CP on the basis of the merger of nine universities :, will be given priority to involve in education of postgraduate and science research of spheres of technologies, to be a pioneer in education and science, to contribute significantly to the country's economic and scientific development.
Also in this decision, some member universities were split from Ho Chi Minh City National University and came under the management of the Ministry of Education. At present, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City consists of six member universities, one school, and one institute:
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City includes the following members:

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This university offers:
Ho Chi Minh City International University is a research-oriented university founded in 2003 and it became the first public university in Vietnam whose language of teaching is mainly English. It is now in cooperation with University of Nottingham, University of the West of England, Auckland University of Technology, Binghamton University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of New South Wales, Asian Institute of Technology and The Catholic University of America. Diploma may be issued by National University or by its partners.
The university was founded in 2000 as the Faculty of Economics under Viet Nam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. In 2010, the faculty was promoted to member university status.

VNUHCM-School of Medicine

VNUHCM-An Giang University

Affiliated units

President: Huỳnh Thành Đạt
Vice Presidents: