Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue awarded the First Class Labor Medal to Vinh University.

On the morning of September 21, Vinh University solemnly held the opening ceremony of the 60th training course, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the school's founding (1959 - 2019) and receiving noble awards.

Delegates attending the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Attending and sharing joy with the school were comrade: Vuong Dinh Hue - Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister; comrade Phung Xuan Nha - Member of the Executive Committee.CentralParty, Minister of Education and Training; leaders of several central departments, ministries and branches; representatives of leaders of Ha Tinh, Ha Nam, Vinh Long provinces and leaders of nearly 80 universities nationwide.

On the side of Nghe An province, there is comradeNguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Central CommitteeParty, Provincial Party Secretary, Head of Provincial National Assembly Delegation;comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee; comrades who were former leaders of Nghe An province through the periods... togetherGenerations of lecturers, students and trainees of Vinh University.

From single-disciplinary university to multidisciplinary university

60 years ago, Vinh Pedagogical University Branch (the predecessor of today's Vinh University) was established with the main task of training general education teachers at all levels for the North.

From a branch with only 17 staff and the first 158 ​​students of the two departments of Mathematics - Physics and Literature - History, Vinh Pedagogical University Branch gradually matured and 3 years later became Vinh Pedagogical University, one of the first two pedagogical universities in the socialist North.

Authorized by the President, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue awarded the First Class Labor Medal to the school. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The First Class Labor Medal is a worthy reward for the school after 60 years of establishment and development. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Also from this school, there have been more than 170,000 graduates, including 13,366 masters and 244 doctors.

Today, Vinh University has also grown to become a major center for education, training, scientific research, and technology transfer in the North Central region and the whole country; a large and prestigious center for pedagogical training and education management staff development, and one of the first universities to successfully build and implement the transformation from a single-disciplinary university model to a multidisciplinary university...

Comrade Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The school currently has a scale of nearly 40,000 students, students, and trainees studying 55 majors in 13 faculties and training institutes with many different training forms. The school also has a Specialized High School, a Pedagogical Practice School...

At the time of the 60th anniversary, the school had a sufficient number of highly qualified and structured staff, with more than 1,000 people, including 63 professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, 276 PhDs and 514 Masters; the proportion of lecturers with a PhD or higher was 45%.

The Minister of Education and Training awarded the Prime Minister's Emulation Flag to Vinh University. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Promoting the leading role in the North Central region

Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Vuong Dinh Hue - Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister congratulated the school on its achievements over 60 years of construction and development. The school has become one of the top 3 multidisciplinary universities in the Central region, a pillar in the higher education system of Vietnam, ranked among the key universities of the country. At the same time, it is a center for scientific research and management policy of the region and the whole country.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue beats the drum to start the new school year. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Deputy Prime Minister also affirmed that the current trend of globalization along with the 4th Industrial Revolution has been creating favorable conditions for socio-economic development in general and education and training in particular.

In that context, high-quality, highly-qualified human resources and the level of development of Science and Technology will determine the position of each country.

Deputy Prime Minister presents gifts to the school. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 29 on Comprehensive and Fundamental Innovation in Education and Training, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that central ministries, departments, agencies, Nghe An province and localities where the school has training facilities focus on prioritizing investment resources to develop Vinh University and universities located in the area into a key university complex of the region.

Thereby, there is enough potential to train high-quality human resources and transfer knowledge and technology to directly serve the development of the North Central region, contributing to making Vinh city and Nghe An become key areas of economy, culture, education, science and technology and innovation.

In addition, with the responsibility as the governing body, the Deputy Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Education and Training to pay attention to directing Vinh University to build a development model in the spirit of the revised Law on Higher Education, in accordance with the school's reality, contributing to the effective implementation of the innovation of general education programs and textbooks according to the Resolutions of the National Assembly.

On the school side, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue suggested that the collective needs to concretize the message in the letter of General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong into the school's activities.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha spoke at the ceremony. Thanh Cuong

Continue to thoroughly grasp the viewpoints of the Central Committee, the Party, policies and laws of the State to fundamentally and comprehensively innovate education and training, meeting the requirements of industrialization and modernization; build a suitable development model to promote the leading role of the higher education system of Nghe An province and the region, meeting the requirements of integration with international higher education.

The school needs to regularly pay attention to updating advanced training programs in the world so that learners can always access and master new knowledge, have global working skills, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in each student. Vinh University must truly become a center of innovation in the country.

Central and local leaders awarded scholarships to outstanding students. Photo: Thanh Cuong

At the ceremony, the Deputy Prime Minister especially congratulated the 60th freshmen of the school and hoped that they would study and practice well so that after graduation they could have good jobs, start successful businesses and create more good jobs for society.

Every success you achieve is like conquering a high mountain. But you don't climb to the top of the mountain so that your country can see you, but so that you can see the world, your country.

Therefore, while still in school, students must be aware of their responsibilities to themselves, their families, their schools and society.

The years will pass without leaving a trace for those who do not know how to see the future clearly with their intelligent and hard-trained minds. But happiness will come to those who know how to use time like ants know how to carry a lot of time to fill their nests and like trees that each year thicken their trunk with a ring of wood...

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized in his speech at the ceremony.

At the ceremony, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha also gave a speech requesting the school to have solutions to innovate, improve training quality and develop the majors into schools of Vinh University in the future.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh speaks at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh also suggested that the school should deeply absorb the opinions of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Education and Training. In addition, it is necessary to do well the 5 tasks of Party building, reorganize the organization and apparatus, and focus on building Vinh University into a training and research center of the region. In addition, it is necessary to improve the quality of the teaching staff in a substantial way and must be truly exemplary, ensuring fairness and impartiality in evaluation to create motivation for learners to strive seriously.

As for students, they need to promote the tradition of studiousness, strive to study well and constantly practice, and have the will to strive to improve.

Provincial Party Secretary presents the Banner to Vinh University. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Provincial Party Secretary also requested that Party committees and authorities at all levels create the most favorable conditions for the school's development. The province is committed to creating the best conditions for the school to invest, effectively exploit facilities and cooperate internationally...

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its establishment, authorized by the President, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue awarded the First Class Labor Medal to the school.

On behalf of the Prime Minister, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha awarded the Prime Minister's Emulation Flag to the school.

On the side of Nghe An province, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh also presented the Banner of the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Fatherland Front Committee to the school with the words: "60 years of Vinh University Solidarity - Innovation - Creativity - Development".

Vinh University awarded honorary doctorate degrees. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On this occasion, comrades Vuong Dinh Hue, Phung Xuan Nha, and Nguyen Dac Vinh also awarded 30 scholarships to excellent students of the school.

Vinh University also awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Ho Tat Nhat - who has made many positive contributions to the school.

Vinh University was included in the list of key universities by the Prime Minister. The university was accredited in 2017, is a member of the International CDIO Association, and an associate member of the ASEAN University Quality Assurance Network.