Professor Ngo Minh Xuan - Chairman of the Scientific Training Council, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, said that he had reported to the Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the school about the urgent meeting to elect candidates for the Basic Professor Council (HĐGSCS) to advise the principal to make a decision. The document was sent by Professor Ngo Minh Xuan on May 5 after Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hiep, the principal sent an urgent document to the State Professor Council and the Ministry of Education and Training (first time). And after this report by Professor Ngo Minh Xuan, Associate Professor Nguyen Thanh Hiep continued to send an urgent document to the Government Inspectorate (second time).

Urgent meeting in due course

To the Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the school as well as to VietNamNet reporters, Professor Ngo Minh Xuan raised issues related to the urgent meeting to elect the Board of Directors. He affirmed that the meeting was conducted in accordance with the correct procedures, regulations, and order.

Before the meeting, the secretariat (GSCS office) provided the Scientific and Training Council Zalo group with a list of brief CVs of candidates wishing to join the GSCS Council (20 members) and related legal documents.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Chairman of the Science and Training Council announced the reason and clearly stated the goal and purpose of nominating and introducing a list of suitable professors and associate professors to send to the Rector to decide on the establishment of the Science and Training Council in 2025, with a number of 9 to 15 members.

Then, Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Quang Huy - member of the Science and Training Council, and also in charge of the office of the Council of Professors and Associate Professors, reported on important points of legal documents; information about 20 candidates with academic titles from Professor to Associate Professor who have submitted applications to join the Council of Professors and Associate Professors in 2025; scientific background standards according to regulations as well as notes on the majors of 12 candidates applying for the title of Professor and Associate Professor in 2025.

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Professor Ngo Minh Xuan. Photo: Le Huyen

Next, the members of the Science and Training Council discuss the number of members of the Council of Science and Training, from 9 to 15 people, with at least 2/3 of the members being permanent lecturers of the school. The Science and Training Council checks and compares to determine the list of permanent lecturers of the school.

The Science and Training Council then continues to discuss the criteria based on the scientific resume of the candidates, relevant majors, and experience participating in the Council of Science and Training. The Council also discusses how to nominate to achieve the correct number and composition according to regulations, send it to the Principal for selection and make the final decision.

“Because there is no regulation on the form of nomination, whether it is by raising hands or secret ballot, and because the Science and Training Council has agreed that the number of nominees should not exceed 15/20 candidates, 100% of the council members unanimously chose the option of nomination by secret ballot,” said Professor Ngo Minh Xuan.

The Science and Training Council then introduced and elected a vote counting committee of 3 people - all 3 of whom were not on the list of candidates for the Council of Professors and Associate Professors in 2025. The vote counting committee guided the voting method, made public the results, the vote counting minutes, and kept the ballots sealed and secured according to regulations.

According to Professor Ngo Minh Xuan, the public vote count results showed that 16/20 people received 7 or more votes of approval (more than 50% of the members present to vote) and 14/20 teachers received 10 or more votes of approval (more than 50% of the members summoned). To ensure the legality of the voting results, the Science and Training Council unanimously selected 14 people who received 10 or more votes for the final recommendation list and all members attending the meeting agreed.

The completed meeting minutes were sent along with the vote counting results to the office of the Board of Supervisors for submission to the Principal, and the ballots and minutes were stored in the office. The 14 teachers on the list of candidates for the Board of Supervisors were made public on the Board of Supervisors directory on the school's website.

There is no way an ENT professor is qualified to dismiss against the rules.

Also according to Professor Ngo Minh Xuan, after receiving the official meeting minutes, the Principal found some unclear points so he convened an urgent meeting between the Principal and members of the Scientific Training Council.

Regarding the case of a qualified ENT professor being eliminated, according to Professor Ngo Minh Xuan, among the 20 candidates nominated by the Science and Training Council for the nomination round, there were 2 people specializing in ENT.

The first person is Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung, former principal of Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, currently President of the Ho Chi Minh City Medical Association, with a lot of experience because she participated in the school's Board of Supervisors for 5 terms from 2020 to 2024.

The second person is Prof. Dr. Tran Phan Chung Thuy, lecturer at the University of Health (Ho Chi Minh City National University).

Both were put on the list for public voting, but according to the vote counting results, only Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung received 13/13 votes of approval; Professor, Dr. Tran Phan Chung Thuy received 7/13 votes of approval.

"There is absolutely no way that Professor Tran Phan Chung Thuy was removed against regulations," Professor Ngo Minh Xuan affirmed, adding that Professor Tran Phan Chung Thuy himself had no opinion about being removed from this list.

Regarding his request to withdraw his name from the nomination list, Professor Ngo Minh Xuan stated that he felt he did not meet the conditions and working schedule of the 2025 Academic Council of the school.

"I would like to withdraw because in June and July I have a lot of personal work, if I participate in the Council of Professors, it will affect the general work of the council," said Professor Xuan.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/giao-su-ngo-minh-xuan-khong-co-chuyen-mot-giao-su-du-tieu-chuan-bi-gat-ra-ngoai-2398221.html