Vietnam will have Fulbright University

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has just signed a decision to establish Fulbright University Vietnam, English name is Fulbright University Vietnam, abbreviated as FUV.

Fulbright University Vietnam is a 100% foreign-invested educational institution, with legal status, its own seal and account, and operates not for profit. The school is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, under the state management of education and training of the Ministry of Education and Training and the state management of territory of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Previously in July 2015, during his official visit to the US, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong witnessed the ceremony to grant an investment certificate to Fulbright University Vietnam in New York. "I strongly agree with your viewpoint that developing FUV is for the people, for the cause of education and training. If we do this project well, we will contribute to strengthening and affirming the good relationship between Vietnam and the US," said the General Secretary.

Mr. Thomas Vallely, Chairman of TUIV Foundation, Director of Vietnam Program at Harvard University, said that FUV will operate according to the essential governance principles of elite education, which are transparency and accountability, autonomy, meritocracy, mutual respect and suggestive teaching.

Mr. Thomas Vallely, Director of the Vietnam Program at Harvard University and his colleagues received the investment certificate. Photo: VNA

According to the plan, in the first 5 years, the school will focus on building three integrated training facilities: Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (postgraduate training in the fields of public policy, law, finance and management, research and policy dialogue); Fulbright School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (providing undergraduate and graduate training programs in the fields of engineering, applied science, mathematics and computer science); Fulbright University (providing undergraduate training programs in the fields of social sciences and humanities).

In the Joint Statement on Vietnam-US Vision on July 1, 2015, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Barrack Obama acknowledged the efforts to promote educational cooperation between the two countries through the FUV initiative.

In June 2014, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung agreed to invest in the FUV project. In December 2014, the US Congress approved a law allowing the US government to fund about 20 million USD for the FUV project in the first phase.

According to VNE