Vietnam’s sole representative on the list ranked 23rd with 2,373 ISI articles published during 2016-2018.

The National University of Singapore topped the list with 24,074 articles, followed by the country’s Nanyang Technological University (20,049 articles) and the University of Malaysia (12,263 articles).

Top 25 universities and research institutes in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in terms of scientific research articles published in the world's leading prestigious journals.

Malaysia ranked first in terms of the most number of universities on the list with 11 universities. Myanmar, the Philippines, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia did not have any representatives.

Recently, International University under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) announced it had become the third Vietnamese university to meet university quality assessment at the institutional level under the ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance (AUN-QA).

Earlier, the University of Science under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-HN) and the University of Technology under the VNU-HCM gained AUN-QA accreditation.

The AUN-QA network is a group of chief quality officers appointed by the AUN’s member universities to harmonize educational standards and improve the quality of ASEAN universities.

The evaluation is based on 25 criteria and 111 norms, including some relatively new assessment areas for universities in Vietnam such as intellectual property, risk management and community services.

Vietnam university student creates super cheap prosthetic arm

A 23-year-old engineering student in Quang Ngai has designed a robotic prosthetic arm that costs a fraction of the normal price.

 

Vietnamese culture popularised in Mexican university

The National School of Languages, Linguistics and Translation under the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico held a Day of Vietnamese Language and Cuisine and screened films to introduce Vietnamese culture to lecturers and students on October 5. 

 

Outstanding university graduates honoured

As many as 88 outstanding graduates from universities and educational institutes in Hanoi in 2018 were honored at a ceremony at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature).

 

Party leader asks VNUA to become leading agricultural research university

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended a ceremony marking the new academic year 2018-2019 at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) in Hanoi on September 30.

 

British University Vietnam’s new campus inaugurated in Hung Yen

A new campus of the British University Vietnam (BUV) was inaugurated in Ecopark urban residential area in the northern province of Hung Yen, about 10 km east of Hanoi's centre recently.  

 

Source: VNA