Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to borrow approximately 300 million US$ in ODA loans from international financial institutions in order to develop 3 high-quality university urban areas in the 3 regions across the country.

The mock-up of  the Viet Nam National University in Ho Chi Minh City

Accordingly, the government will focus its investment in developing the Viet Nam National University Ha Noi, the Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City, and the Da Nang University into 3 high-quality university urban areas in the north, central and the south of Viet Nam respectively, according to the Government Office’s recent announcement.

The announcement states that the 3 universities play a vital role in the national education and training system, which should be pioneered through innovations and improvements to the quality of university education.  This, hence, will  help to promote a fundamental and comprehensive renewal of the national education and training sector to meet the national demand for human resource training, and ensure sustainable national development.

Therefore, the national government, in coordination with ministries, government agencies and localities, will continue to create favourable conditions and give priority to developing these 3 universities.  Thanks to this, they will become prestigious training and research centres in Viet Nam, and in the Southeast Asian region as a whole.

The PM also agreed with the 3 universities to set up public-private partnership (PPP) projects to build infrastructure facilities within the 3 university urban areas.

The PM also asked the People’s Committees of Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Quang Nam, and Binh Duong to develop specific policies in support of these universities to build their public facilities, including dormitories, bus systems, sports centres.

(Source: NDO/ DA NANG Today)