Hanoi will move university student training out of the inner city.

Hanoi will move university training facilities out of the inner city by 2030. Postgraduate facilities and research centers will remain.

At the press conference after the 18th Hanoi Party Congress on the afternoon of October 17, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong discussed the capital's planning orientation.

Accordingly, the city is preparing to start construction of the Van Cao - Hoa Lac urban railway line to promote the development of the Hoa Lac university urban area.

According to the orientation, this will be a university and science and technology urban area with the core including Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, Hanoi National University and a concentrated university area of ​​about 300 hectares, to gradually relocate universities in the inner city to this area.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi in Hoa Lac.

However, Mr. Phong emphasized, not moving all universities out of the inner city.

“The city only relocates the student training area out of the inner city, while the schools are still retained as research centers, postgraduate training, and international cooperation centers. It is not moving the schools out of the city,” said Mr. Phong.

In Hanoi, there are currently 97 universities, academies and 33 colleges, accounting for 1/3 of the total number of schools and 40% of the total number of students nationwide. Of these, there are 26 schools in the inner city area.

Currently, many schools have made expansion moves by building branches in neighboring provinces, such as Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi Medical University, National Economics University, Hanoi University of Industry, Hanoi University of Construction, University of Transport Technology...

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