Announcement of Decision to establish Nghe An University

At the ceremony, authorized by the Prime Minister, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long presented Decision No. 1653/QD-TTg dated December 26, 2024 of the Prime Minister on merging Nghe An Pedagogical College into Nghe An University of Economics and renaming Nghe An University of Economics toNghe An Universityunder the People's Committee of Nghe An province.

The decision to merge and rename the school is a historic event for the School, demonstrating the strategic vision and strong innovative thinking of the Party, Government and Nghe An province in the fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training.

At the same time, streamline the focal points, improve management capacity and training quality, aiming to build sustainable higher education institutions with brands and positions in the region, serving the cause of socio-economic development, especially in the North Central region.

Also on this occasion, Nghe An University announced important decisions on the school's personnel work.

Accordingly, comrade Nguyen Ngoc Hieu - former Principal of Nghe An University of Economics was appointed as Principal of Nghe An University. Comrade Nguyen Dinh Tuong - former Chairman of the Council of Nghe An University of Economics was appointed as Chairman of the Council of Nghe An University.

Comrades: Truong Quang Ngan, Tran Anh Tu, Dam Thi Ngoc Nga were appointed as Vice Presidents of Nghe An University. In the coming time, departments, faculties, centers, affiliated and affiliated units... will continue to be improved to suit the modern, streamlined, and effective university governance model, meeting the development requirements in the new period.

Speaking at the announcement ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long congratulated Nghe An University on entering a new historical period. At the same time, he affirmed that the establishment of the school is in line with the current new development trend, in the transitional period of the nation.

In particular, when Nghe An is implementing Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo on developing Nghe An province until 2045, with the goal of developing Nghe An education to become a spearhead, an educational center of the region and requiring universities to change their models and supplement their planning to be worthy.

The merger of Nghe An University of Economics and Nghe An Pedagogical College aims to create a new momentum in the new historical period, in the era of "Nghe An rising up with the whole nation". During the implementation process, the provincial leaders acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts and consensus of the two schools in building and completing the merger project and submitting it to the Prime Minister for approval to establish Nghe An University.

In order for Nghe An University to continuously grow and become a bright spot in the quality of education, scientific research and innovation, contributing to the development of Nghe An province and the country, comrade Bui Dinh Long requested the Party Committee, the Board of Directors and the University Council to quickly complete the school's operating regulations. These are important laws for all leaders and staff of the school to follow.

During the implementation process, it is necessary to do a good job of political and ideological work, create unity and high consensus throughout the school, spread trust and responsibility for the mission of training high-quality human resources for the province and region; and not interrupt the school's operations.

In addition, it is necessary to urgently supplement and build a development strategy associated with practical needs, closely connecting the State - Schools - Enterprises, promoting training in key occupations to serve the development of industry and high-tech agriculture.

At the same time, it is necessary to concentrate all resources on building a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional, multi-field, multi-level university, quickly identifying key points and programs to create a brand for the university; building a strategy to attract, train, and improve the qualifications of the teaching staff, strengthening international cooperation, scientific research and linking with institutes and schools at home and abroad.

At the ceremony, comrade Bui Dinh Long also requested that departments, branches, localities, universities, businesses... continue to accompany, care and support the school, and contribute to the sustainable development of the school, making it a symbol of intelligence, innovation and integration.

Speaking at the merger, renaming and assignment ceremony, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Hieu - Rector of Nghe An University affirmed that the merger of the two units will help the school have more staff and students as well as material resources, contributing to perfecting the multidisciplinary university model, better serving the needs of society.

This is also an opportunity for the school to comprehensively innovate, aiming to become a prestigious university in the ASEAN region by 2035. With the spirit of solidarity - innovation - integration - development, Nghe An University is determined to promote its strengths, innovate, build a quality, practical educational ecosystem, and pioneer in training human resources to serve regional and national development.