The Provincial Party Standing Committee approved the Vinh University Party Congress for the 2020 - 2025 term.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the conference. Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Thanh Duy

AIMING FOR ASIA'S TOP 500 RANKING

Vinh University Party Committee has 10 party departments (including 11 staff party cells, 10 student party cells) and 19 party cells directly under the school with 974 party members.

The Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the School has deployed preparations for the 32nd Party Congress in terms of document and personnel preparation.

The general goal for the coming term is: To enhance the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization and Party members; to strengthen innovation, cooperation and creativity. Specifically, Vinh University will be developed into Vinh University with member schools, which will be the pillar of higher education institutions in the North Central region, aiming to be ranked in the top 500 universities in Asia.

At the meeting, comments expressed the desire to continue improving the quality of training, meeting the human resource needs for socio-economic development; student management, site clearance work under the construction planning of the School in Vinh City and Nghi Loc District.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu suggested that in the 2020 - 2025 term, the Vinh University Party Committee continue to improve research and application of science and technology in production in the province, especially in the field of agriculture.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong said that in recent years, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee has high expectations for Vinh University in its role as a center for research and transfer of science and technology to the locality and enterprises in order to promote the advantages of nature and people of Nghe An, as well as to suit the characteristics of the province's enterprises, which are mostly small and micro.

However, this content has not yet met many requirements, so in the next term, we hope that Vinh University will encourage scientists to pay more attention; have more drastic and specific solutions to maximize the scientific research and transfer capacity of the school.

Besides, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also requested Vinh University to continue to pay attention to ideological work, considering this a key task in the coming time.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the goal of having 90% of graduates have suitable jobs after 1 year of graduation, of which at least 60% work in the right field and major, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung suggested that Vinh University continue to identify training links with businesses, arrange for students to do internships every year to improve their working skills in order to have better job opportunities; at the same time, this is also a good environment for students to form start-up ideas.

BUILDING VINH UNIVERSITY AS BOTH A TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTER

Concluding the content of the documents prepared for the 32nd Congress of the School Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy assessed that the unit had prepared carefully, ensuring quality, and at the same time acknowledged that in the term 2015 - 2020, the unit had completed all the set targets, including some exceeding targets; besides, the school had been restructured in accordance with its scale and development.

Assessing the goal of developing the scale and nature of Vinh University to become Vinh University and be in the top 500 universities in Asia, comrade Thai Thanh Quy pointed out that this reflects the great and fundamental transformation process of the University in the new term based on the policy of the Ministry of Education and Training, focusing on support and investment from the State.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee delivered the concluding speech. Photo: Thanh Duy

This direction not only develops from institutes but also takes into account other universities in the area to form Vinh University with member schools, thus requiring the school to have very careful preparation, not only the school itself, but also the harmonious combination and participation of the whole province.

In the process of implementing this development orientation, the school must also calculate and anticipate difficulties, especially in the context of the recent decrease in the number of students and trainees.

The Provincial Party Secretary also expressed his wish that Vinh University would be both a training center and a center for scientific and technological research associated with innovative startups, with the participation of the school, provinces in the region and the Central Government.

With the process of formation and development associated with Nghe An province, comrade Thai Thanh Quy suggested that the school continue to be proactive in human resources, even resources to contribute to the province's socio-economic development. The province will continue to pay attention to placing orders, creating an environment and resources for the school to develop more strongly. The goal is to combine well between the school - locality - business to create resonance to help Nghe An province develop.

Comrade Dinh Xuan Khoa - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Party Secretary, Principal of Vinh University spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, Nghe An province is assigning the Department of Education and Training to develop a project to develop high-quality foreign languages, so it is recommended that Vinh University, with its capabilities, continue to accompany the province to help the province standardize the team of foreign language teachers; then coordinate with local Party committees, authorities, and socio-political organizations to create a real foreign language learning movement.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee agreed that the time to organize the 32nd Party Congress of the school, term 2020 - 2025, will take place from June 2 to 3.