Building Hanoi National University of Education similar to universities around the world

Photo caption — Permanent Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong presents the Decision to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Son. Photo: NH

On September 11, 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued Decision No. 2588/QD-BGDDT, recognizing Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Son to continue holding the position of Rector of Hanoi National University of Education for the 2025-2030 term.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Son has held the following positions: Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Vice Principal of Hanoi National University of Education, Principal of Hanoi National University of Education for the 2020-2025 term.

Speaking at the ceremony, Permanent Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong expressed his joy that over the past years, Hanoi National University of Education has achieved many proud achievements. One of the most obvious evidences is the spirit of solidarity and unanimity towards building a common cause and building the school.

Congratulating Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duc Son on continuing to be trusted and assigned the important responsibility of Rector of Hanoi National University of Education, the Deputy Minister also emphasized the very high demands in the coming time, associated with the need for breakthroughs in education and training development in general and in higher education, especially in the pedagogical sector in particular.

According to the Deputy Minister, right from the first point of view, Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW of the Politburo clearly stated: "Deeply and fully understand and consistently implement the viewpoint that education and training is the top national policy, deciding the future of the nation" - demonstrating the particularly important role of education and training. In particular, the team of teachers is the decisive factor in the quality of education. Hanoi National University of Education is considered the "main machine", training a team of teachers at all levels for all regions of the country, from direct teaching, to management and many other positions...

With such a great and extremely heavy mission, the Deputy Minister hopes that Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Son, and the school's staff will continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, collective intelligence and the 74-year tradition of building and growing of Hanoi National University of Education to excellently complete the tasks in the new period.

Speaking at the ceremony, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duc Son, Principal of Hanoi National University of Education, said that this is a great joy, honor and happiness; at the same time, he is deeply aware of his responsibility to the Ministry of Education and Training; aware of his duty to colleagues, students, and pupils of the University...

The President of Hanoi National University of Education pledged to work with the school's leadership, staff and lecturers to continue practicing the ethical values that have shaped the school's history, which are standards, creativity and pioneering. At the same time, realize the school's educational philosophy, train excellent teachers and scientists with a humanistic spirit, modern thinking and action for the development of the community.

In particular, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duc Son affirmed his efforts to strive for the goal of the school becoming a national key university to have new development space for fields that are traditional strengths, such as: teacher training, educational science, social sciences and humanities, basic sciences; to be similar to other universities in the world. At the same time, becoming a key pedagogical university to have a larger, more stable stature, worthy of the leading position in teacher training and in higher education; to better fulfill the school's mission, to spread professional and vocational values more strongly; also to overcome the old framework and its own limitations.

Hanoi National University of Education was officially established on October 11, 1951 under Decree No. 276/ND of the Ministry of National Education (now the Ministry of Education and Training). It is a key national and regional pedagogical university, training excellent experts who make particularly important contributions to the education system and society through high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate research and cooperation training programs.

Over the years, Hanoi National University of Education has always strived and achieved many encouraging achievements in education. Hanoi National University of Education is a key national and regional university, training excellent experts who have made particularly important contributions to the education system and society through high-quality research programs, undergraduate and postgraduate training cooperation. The school has built a strategy to have outstanding results in scientific and technological research by 2030, especially in educational science, and training high-quality teachers at the national and international levels.

The school currently has 52 undergraduate training majors, including 36 pedagogical majors, 16 non-pedagogical majors, 56 master's degree training majors, and 44 doctoral training majors. The school has been granted a second-cycle quality accreditation certificate according to the standards of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Currently, Hanoi National University of Education is constantly building and developing a teaching staff with high qualifications, strong political qualities, enthusiasm, and long-term dedication. With more than 1,033 officials and employees, including 648 lecturers (11 professors, 125 associate professors, 298 doctors and doctors of science, 387 masters). This is the resource that contributes to raising the position of Hanoi National University of Education in the country as well as in the region.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/giao-duc/xay-dung-truong-dai-hoc-su-pham-ha-noi-tuong-dong-voi-cac-dai-hoc-tren-the-gioi-20251001160919098.htm