National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man visits and works with two universities in Can Tho

On January 22, during his working trip to Can Tho City, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited and worked with Can Tho University and Nam Can Tho University.

National Assembly Chairman visits and works at Can Tho University - Photo: TRUNG PHAM

Can Tho University promotes the establishment of branches in Hau Giang and Soc Trang

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong - Chairman of the University Council - reported on the educational and training activities of Can Tho University, emphasizing that 2026 will mark an important milestone of the 60th anniversary of the school's founding. The school operates in many fields and sectors; its core tasks are teaching, learning, scientific research and community service.

The school's human resources include more than 1,900 staff, more than 1,100 lecturers, 58% of whom have doctoral degrees (among the group of universities with high rates). The team of professors and associate professors in the teaching staff has the highest rate in the country. The school trains about 120 undergraduate majors (including many majors taught in English); has 51 graduate majors (including 2 majors taught internationally), especially aquaculture with a large number of students from Africa; 21 doctoral training programs.

The current training scale of Can Tho University is 35,000 undergraduate students, more than 2,000 masters, about 200 doctors. In the orientation of the training network planning of the Ministry of Education and Training, the scale of Can Tho University is 60,000 students.

Can Tho University has strengths in international cooperation, especially the comprehensive cooperation model with Japan.

In the future development orientation, the school has submitted a project to operate under the model of Can Tho University; is promoting the establishment of branches in Hau Giang and Soc Trang to expand the training scale.

Can Tho University is aiming for a smart university model, ranked in the top 10 best universities in Vietnam. In terms of training, its previous strengths were agriculture, aquaculture, and environment; now it is oriented towards high-tech and emerging industries such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, etc.

Speaking during the visit, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that as a former student of the school, he was very happy with the strong development of Can Tho University as it is today. The National Assembly Chairman assessed that the school's philosophy: Community, comprehensiveness and excellence is very suitable, so it has raised the quality of the school's training to be in the top 10 best universities in Vietnam.

Mr. Tran Thanh Man emphasized that developing the qualifications of the school's teaching staff to reach doctoral and master's degrees is very valuable, "having good teachers will have good students". Training to raise students' level to reach international level will create opportunities for students to approach and be more confident during their studies and after graduation.

Can Tho University pioneers in building a business model in universities

At Nam Can Tho University, Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Chairman of the school council - said that although it was only established 12 years ago, the school has made efforts to develop multi-disciplinary and multi-field training.

Nam Can Tho University is a pioneer in building and developing business models in universities. The school has established affiliated businesses such as: Hospitals, medicinal research institutes, mechanical workshops, car showrooms... These are also places for students to practice and work after graduation.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man visits training models at the Institute of Health Sciences, Nam Can Tho University - Photo: TRUNG PHAM

Mr. Dung said that in the future, the school strives to become a training facility for quality human resources, meeting the labor market and social needs. Focusing on international cooperation in the fields of health science training, socio-economics, science and technology... to become a leading private school in the Southern region, on par with advanced universities in the country and Southeast Asia.

Speaking at Nam Can Tho University, the National Assembly Chairman highly appreciated the investment in completing modern, spacious and synchronous facilities to serve teaching, learning, practice and scientific research for staff, lecturers, students and pupils at Nam Can Tho University.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at Nam Can Tho University - Photo: TRUNG PHAM

In particular, the school has just inaugurated and put into use the DNC Institute of Health Sciences with an investment scale of 750 billion VND, spacious and modern facilities, serving the training and teaching of domestic and international students.

"With modern facilities, I hope that the school's leaders, together with Can Tho University, will become a multi-disciplinary and multi-field training school, becoming a spearhead in human resource training for the region and the whole country.

Note, school leaders need to closely follow the policies of the State and National Assembly on education and training.

To develop, we must take education - training, science - technology as the goal; focus on developing strengths in science - technology training, digital transformation...", the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/chu-tich-quoc-hoi-tran-thanh-man-tham-lam-viec-voi-hai-truong-dai-hoc-tai-can-tho-20250122161622721.htm