Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung called on Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU Hanoi) to uphold its pioneering role, bring together talented people, strengthen scientific research, develop technology, apply research results in practice and commercialise products.
He made the call on October 25 at the “Hoa Lac New Day 2026” programme and the launch of VNU Hanoi’s 120-Day Breakthrough Development Plan. The plan promotes science, technology and innovation, research infrastructure development and cooperation with businesses.
Dung noted that, with 120 years of formation and development, VNU Hanoi has established itself as one of the country’s leading centres for education and scientific research.
The Deputy Prime Minister described the university as a bright spot for cooperation among the State, universities and businesses. He said it directs education and research towards addressing the country’s urgent challenges.
Several specific cooperation results have already been implemented. Six start-up enterprises have been established from research results, while many other start-up projects have been incubated. These results show how scientific research can be linked to practical application.
He stressed that Vietnam is entering a new stage of development, with increasingly high requirements for labour productivity, self-reliance and national competitiveness.
In this context, knowledge, science, technology, innovation and high-quality human resources are becoming increasingly important to the country’s rapid and sustainable development.
Dung asked VNU Hanoi to continue its pioneering role in gathering talent, developing technology and helping address major national challenges. He set out four main orientations for the university.
VNU Hanoi should strengthen its position as a research and innovation university complex by continuing to reform its governance model, making use of its multidisciplinary strengths, promoting digital transformation and applying artificial intelligence.
The university should focus on becoming an elite research university, developing leading fields of education and research, training and attracting talent, and making better use of skilled personnel. It should also fully implement the Party’s and State’s major policies on improving the quality of human resource training in close connection with scientific research.
The university was also urged to strengthen its capacity to undertake major national tasks, link scientific research with socio-economic development, and proactively propose and help address strategic science and technology tasks and other major national challenges.
Dung said VNU Hanoi should develop its Hoa Lac campus into a modern university and technology hub capable of accommodating 60,000 students by 2030.
He asked the Ministry of Science and Technology to take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to study a mechanism for allocating funding in packages for science, technology and innovation activities at public science and technology organisations under key universities, including VNU Hanoi.
At the programme, VNU Hanoi Director Bui The Duy launched the 120-Day Breakthrough Development Plan. It will run from the beginning of next month to the end of February next year under the motto “unity, action, breakthrough, reaching new heights”.
The plan is built on four strategic pillars: governance and smart university urban infrastructure; science, technology and innovation; State, university and business cooperation and the attraction of social resources; and the development of an elite workforce and academic diplomacy.
Sources: VietnamPlus / Vietnam News Agency
