Develop University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City unified on all aspects of its activities

06 Oct, 2020

On September 21, 2020, the Minister of Education and Training issued Decision No. 2696/QD-BGDĐT, recognizing Prof. Su Dinh Thanh holds the position of UEH President, term 2020 - 2025. On that basis, the President has sent a written request to the Board of Management to continue implementing the process and appointing the Vice President. Stabilizing the leadership from the University Council to the Board of Management is a great joy for the faculty and staff of the school.

In recognition of this important event, on the morning of September 28, 2020, at Campus A, City University of Economics. Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to announce the decision to recognize the President and appoint UEH Vice President for the term 2020 - 2025.

Attending the ceremony, regarding the leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training, there were Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Van Phuc - Deputy Secretary of Party Affairs Committee, Deputy Minister of Education and Training. On the side of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City University and College's Party Committee, there was Ms. Nguyen Thi La - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City University and College. On the guest side, there was Assoc.Prof. Pham Hong Chuong - President of National Economics University. On the UEH side, there is Prof. Nguyen Dong Phong - Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the School Council; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pham Van Nang - UEH President for the period 2002 - 2011, President of UEH Alumni; Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - Member of the Party Committee, President; Prof.Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai - Vice President. In particular, the program also had the presence of members of the Party Committee, University Council; The Board of Presidents of Vinh Long Branch; Heads and Vice Heads of units directly under the University; Head, Deputy Head of Department; Professors, Associate Professors, Doctors at the main campus; Standing Union, Youth Union, Student Union, President of Veterans Association and press agencies.

At the ceremony, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Van Phuc - Deputy Secretary of the Party Affairs Committee, Deputy Minister of Education and Training congratulated the university because after just over 01 month of giving the Decision of the Ministry of Education and Training to recognize the new Chairman of the UEH Council and President, Vice Presidents for the new term. UEH is one of the universities at the forefront of autonomous pilot innovation. Higher education institutions, especially large university such as University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City plays an important role in leading the system to follow a strong new path, especially training high-quality human resources to meet the development requirements of the country. The scientific force is mainly located in universities. This is an important step in creating the stability and development of UEH. Hopefully, with new leadership and new determination, UEH will soon enter the Top 500 best universities in Asia.

PGS.TS. Nguyễn Văn Phúc - Phó Bí thư Ban Cán sự Đảng, Thứ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo phát biểu chỉ đạo

New President of UEH, Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh, on behalf of the Board of Management for the 2020-2025 term, would like to thank the Ministry of Education and Training, the Party Committee, the University Council and the school's pedagogical collective for the trust and appointment to the important position of the school. school - term 2020 - 2025. After nearly 45 years of establishment and development, UEH has made many impressive and comprehensive transformations in all aspects of its operations, becoming a prestigious university in the training market and research in Vietnam, having a growing reputation in the regional and world markets. Professor President expressed his deep thanks to the UEH Leadership Team at all times for their great contributions and creating a solid foundation for the sustainable development of UEH.

In the term 2020 - 2025, to continue promoting the achievements, the University has set a target of developing UEH into a multi-disciplinary university, improving its academic reputation, the university is ranked in the Top 500 QS Asia and recognized as research-oriented educational institution; The life of school officials and employees is stable and improved. On that foundation, the university provides learners the best environment for higher education and scientific research based on international standards of training, scientific research and management.

The professor presented 09 focus programs approved by the Party Committee and School Council and is currently researching to ensure the scientific basis, suitable with reality and ensure successful implementation in the period 2020 - 2025. He called for the solidarity and unanimity of the staff, workers and all students to bring UEH ship to new heights. In particular, Professor emphasizes on motivating each individual to become engaged and honors the efforts of working for the team, moving from thinking of protecting boundaries, scope of work to thinking willingness. sharing information and experiences, aiming to connect individuals and organizations, for a greater benefit goal - to develop a unified UEH University across all aspects of its activities (“One UEH”).

The Ceremony of Announcing the UEH Principal Accreditation Decision and appointing the UEH Vice President for the 2020-2025 term has been held successfully. Hopefully, with the capacity and enthusiasm, the new President and the Vice Presidents will have many contributions to the development of the university and to build the City University of Economics. Ho Chi Minh City increasingly strong.

Additional information about the UEH Board of Presidents for the 2020-2025 term:

1. Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh: President, born in 1965, was appointed as Associate Professor in 2005, Professor in 2015. He has over 30 years of experience working at the University of Economics, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh City, for many years working as Dean of School of Public Finance (2007-2016). Before having a decision of the President, Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh is the Editor-in-Chief of Asian Business and Economic Studies Journal of University of Economics, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh City (JABES). Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh has made many contributions to the development of the school, especially promoting international publication and contributing to global knowledge. With the guidance of Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh, Journal of Asian Economics and Business Studies (JABES) has made great strides, becoming one of the prestigious journals on management science and economics in Vietnam and is International publication by Emerald Publishing.

2. Prof.Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai continues to hold the position of Vice President until the end of his age working in management and is assigned to be in charge of university, postgraduate training and quality accreditation. Prof.Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai was born in 1961, holds a Master's degree (1997) and a PhD (2002) in Development Economics at the University of Colombo (Sri Lanka). He was appointed Professor in 2015 and is currently a member of the Council of Professors in Economics. He used to be Head of Economics Department (2006-2011) and Vice President from 2011 to present.

3. Dr. Bui Quang Hung: Vice President in charge of finance, facilities and application of information technology in school administration. Dr. Bui Quang Hung was born in 1978, holds a Master of Business Administration from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand (2003), Master of Finance from the European School of Management (ESCP-EAP) in France ( 2004) and PhD in Accounting from University of Economics, City. Ho Chi Minh City (2019). Before being appointed Vice President, PhD. Bui Quang Hung is a lecturer in the Accounting Department, used to be Secretary of the Youth Union (2007-2012), Head of Finance - Accounting, Chief Accountant (2011-02 / 2020), Head of Human Resources (from February 2020). ), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the school (from 06/2020).