Attending the meeting were the members of the Science and Training Council (STC) including Mr. Truong Dinh Tuyen - Former Minister of Ministry of Commerce, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Vo Dai Luoc - General Director of Vietnam Asia-Pacific Economic Center, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Bo Linh - Vice Chairman of National Assembly’s Committee of the Science, Technology and Environment, Dr. Dinh Quang Ty - Central Theoretical Council ...
Besides those members, there were also the guests: Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Nguyen Dinh Duc - Director of Academic Affairs Department, VNU, Dr. Luu Van Thanh - Chairman cum General Director of Vietnam Luu Hung Phat, authorized representative of Thakral Corporation (Singapore) - a strategic partner of VNU-UEB attending the meeting.

Addressing the opening speech, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Hong Son would like to receive a lot of opinions and contributions of the Council for Scientific and Training activities of the university.

At the meeting, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh - Vice Rector of VNU-UEB, Member of the Council presented the final report on scientific and training activities of the 2012-2013 academic year and the key missions of the next academic year 2013-2014. The report highlights the outstanding achievements on many activities the last academic year, the remains, the cause of those problems and solutions. The theme of academic year 2013 - 2014 of VNU-UEB is: "Continued innovation and development in depth, towards research university."

 

Dr. Vu Anh Dzung presented issues to consult the Council

The Council has discussed and provided important feedbacks on the above issues. On the basis of the agreement with the tasks of VNU-UEB, some opinions and comments were added to the university on a number of specific issues.
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Vo Dai Luoc highly appreciated the results of science and training in the last academic year, as well as the patience in research-oriented development. He said that the branding has been done in good ways. Giving feedbacks on the implementation of the research program on “Sustainable business administration”, he says this is an appropriate research program under the current economy. In addition, while making comments on the issue of training, specifically on curriculum, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Vo Dai Luoc says that the university should coordinate with the National Economics University to build up and use a common curriculum...

Agree with the opinion of Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Vo Dai Luoc, Mr. Truong Dinh Tuyen said that, despite the small scale, VNU-UEB has made a real difference, especially in the research and training products. Talking about training, he suggested including a number of students in some research programs to enhance creative thinking for students, thereby increasing the quality of graduated students. About the research program “Sustainable Business Administration”, he advised to put more stress on local businesses. He also suggested the implementation of the research program: assessing the impact of the integration process on Vietnam's economic growth.

Giving comments on the new training programs which are expected to implement soon, Dr. Dinh Quang Ty agrees that those majors are really necessary; however, the preparation of the basis and descriptions should be made more specific before sending them to VNU’s approval process. He also noted that creating financial resources for scientific research should be made in a long-term manner, or the development of the key missions should be adhered to some of the weak points.

The Commissioners and the participants gave many ideas and consultancy to VNU-UEB

Also, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Bo Linh stated his views on criteria for international journals. Dr. Luu Van Thanh proposed building up the study program on assessment of the current state of Vietnam enterprises, then navigating them in the crisis...