Has National Economics University announced its enrollment scheme for 2025? What are the general objectives of higher education in Vietnam?

Has National Economics University announced its enrollment scheme for 2025?

On January 3, 2025, National Economics University announced its enrollment scheme for 2025.

Candidates to refer to the following announcement on the enrollment scheme for 2025:

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What are the general objectives of higher education in Vietnam?

Under Article 5 of the Law on Higher Education 2012, amended by point a, clause 2; clause 3, Article 77 of the Vocational Education Law 2014, the objectives of higher education in Vietnam are stipulated as follows:

- Training human resources, enhancing people’s intelligence; doing science and technology researches in order to create knowledge and new products serving the socio-economic development, assure National defense and security and international integration;

- Training students that possess political quality, ethics; possess knowledge and professional practical skills, possess capability of researching and applying science and technology corresponding to their grade; possess creativity, professional responsibility and adaptability to the working conditions; aware of 

What are the regulations on the training levels and forms of higher education in Vietnam?

Under Article 6 of the Law on Higher Education 2012, amended by clause 3, Article 1 of the Law on Amendments to Law on Higher Education 2018:

- Higher education training levels include undergraduate training, master’s training and doctoral training.

- Training forms include formal training, in-service training and distance education. Students can transfer between the training forms through bridge programs.

- A higher education institution may provide continuing education courses, short-term courses and issue diplomas or certificates in accordance with law in order to serve lifelong learning.

- The Government shall prescribe training levels of special academic disciplines.

What is the State policies on development of higher education in Vietnam?

Under Article 12 of the Law on Higher Education 2012, amended by clause 7, Article 1 of the Law on Amendments to Law on Higher Education 2018, the State policies on development of higher education in Vietnam are:

1. Development of higher education is meant to develop high quality human resources, meet socio-economic development requirements and ensure national defense and security.

2. Funds and resources shall be given to development of higher education on principles of competitiveness, equality and efficiency through investment in research and development (R&D) investment, signing research and training contracts, offering scholarships, student credit and other forms.

Higher education development will be given certain privileges and incentives in terms of land, tax, credit and other policies.

3. Prioritize investment in development of certain regional and international higher education institutions, academic disciplines and teacher training institutions; develop some special academic disciplines and higher education institutions capable of achieving strategic national and regional objectives.

Encourage rearrangement and merger of universities into parent universities; apply technology to higher education.

4. Seek private investment in higher education; encourage development of private higher education institution; give priority to non-profit private higher education institution; provide incentives for organizations and individuals that invest in education and training, science and technology activities in higher education institutions; grant tax exemption or reduction to property that are donated to serve higher education, given as scholarships or participation in student credit programs.

5. Introduce uniform policies to ensure autonomy and accountability of higher education institutions.

6. Ensure relation between training and demand for labor; research into application of science and technology; enhance cooperate between higher education institutions, enterprises and science and technology organizations; provide tax incentives for science and technology products of higher education institutions; encourage organizations and enterprises to facilitate students and lecturers to improve practical skills, participate in internship, scientific research and technology transfers in order to improve training quality.

7. Attract, employ lecturers and provide benefits for lecturers in order to improve their quality; focus on increasing the quantity of lecturers that are masters, doctors and leading professors in higher education institutions.

8. Give priority to people eligible for social benefits (hereinafter referred to as “disadvantaged people"), people in extremely disadvantaged areas and students in special academic disciplines in order to ensure adequate human resources for socio-economic development; ensure gender equality in higher education.

9. Encourage and intensify international integration and cooperation in order to raise Vietnam’s higher education to regional and international levels.