On August 25, 2025, the University of Danang (UD) hosted, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (through Aus4skills) to organize the “Forum on University - Industry Linkages” with the theme: " Tripartite cooperation between The state, businesses, and universities in training and research to serve the development of high-tech and strategic technologies”.

The highlight of the event was that the leaders of UD signed a cooperation agreement with CT Group and Navigos Group, focusing on developing high-quality human resources, promoting research and innovation to serve the development of strategic areas.

Attending the event were Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - Member of the City Party Committee, President of UD; Mr. Dao Ngoc Chien, Director of the National Fund for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Ministry of Science and Technology; representatives of leaders of departments and agencies under the Ministry of Education and Training (Higher Education, Science and Technology and Information, International Cooperation, Vocational Education and Continuing Education, Communications); Ms. Naomi Cook, Development Counselor, Australian Embassy (online); Ms. Dam Thi Phuong Thao - Deputy Director of the Aus4skills program.

Also attending were representatives of leaders of universities/colleges and corporations, general companies such as: Vietnam Railways Corporation; French Development Agency in Vietnam; CT Group; Navigos Group; Thaco Industries; Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel, Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical, Mitsubishi Electric, Panasonic, Ericsson (Vietnam); Ho Chi Minh City Medical Equipment Association; Vietnam Green Science and Technology Development Company, EdraTech Educational Technology... in the fields of high technology and strategic technology.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son said that the event aimed to create a bridge to connect and promote cooperation between universities and corporations and businesses. 

The event is of topical significance in the new context of needing breakthroughs for rapid and sustainable development based on high-quality human resources and science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - President of UD shared the honor of being selected by the Ministry of Education and Training as the host, coordinating with the organization of Forum on University – Industry Linkages in 2025. 

This is an important and meaningful Forum in the context of the country entering the "era of development", in which high-quality human resources are decisive for the development of the country.

President of UD said that in order to contribute to improving the quality of training and research and development of high technology and strategic technology, the cooperation between Universities and Enterprises with the role of "midwife" of the state is extremely meaningful, considered as a "golden triangle" solution in improving the quality of training and scientific research in the spirit of Resolution 57 of the Politburo.

As a regional university, a national key university, multi-disciplinary and multi-field; a major training and scientific research center of the country, UD has a tradition of more than 30 years of construction and development, inheriting 50 years from member universities, with strengths in training in the fields of engineering and technology with the core role of University of Science and Technology - UD since 1975.

In recent times, UD has pioneered in directing member universities to proactively open new training majors such as: Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Technology, High-speed Railway Construction, Biotechnology, New Materials and Renewable Energy... suitable to meet the requirements of serving the country's development strategy.

UD identifies 03 key tasks and 05 orientations for sustainable development, accordingly, regarding the 03 key tasks, they are:

(1) Creating a breakthrough in scientific research, innovation and digital transformation in the spirit of Resolution No. 57;

(2) Improving the quality of training and enrollment. This is considered the red thread throughout, having vital significance for a university in the context of competition and before the development requirements of the country;

(3) Paying attention to student affairs, considering learners as the center, the school's policies must be directed towards learners to build a safe and healthy learning and living environment; prioritizing investment in funding for students in scientific research and student movement activities so that students have the conditions to comprehensively develop their talents, so that the university is a place to "incubate talents".

To successfully carry out the 3 key tasks, UD has identified 5 major orientations, which are:

First, strengthen the connection with high schools on developing STEM education and foreign languages ​​to improve input quality;

Second, promote cooperation with enterprises in training, scientific research and innovation to train to meet the needs of use;

Third, expand international cooperation to enhance the exchange of lecturers and students, research cooperation to create more resources for development and integration;

Fourth, focus on relations with ministries/sectors/localities to participate in research, development, comment and policy criticism so that universities must become centers for research and policy consulting on socio-economic development of the country and localities; bring universities closer to society;

Fifth, innovate university governance associated with digital transformation towards serving society and learners.

In particular, in the above 5 orientations, UD identifies promoting cooperation with enterprises as a key orientation of strategic significance; hoping that the Ministry of Education and Training will continue to promote its role as a "midwife" as a bridge with ministries/sectors to issue many policy mechanisms to support and promote the increasingly close and substantial relationship between schools and enterprises.

At the Plenary Session, delegates listened to 04 reports and presentations:

1- Introduction report of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training (Director Nguyen Tien Thao);

2- Report of the University Education Consultant (Dr. Greg McMillan, Aus4Skills Program);

3- Presentation of the business representative (Director of Business Development of Navigos Group, Mr. Hiroaki Shibata);

4- Presentation of the representatives of universities/colleges (Dr. Huynh Minh Son, UD).

The highlight of the Forum was the signing of cooperation agreements between universities/colleges and corporations and enterprises with 21 MOUs signed. Of which, UD signed cooperation agreements with CT Group and Navigos Group.

University of Technology - UD signed MOUs with Thaco Industries and Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company. University of Technical Education - UD signed a cooperation agreement with Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Company.

The main contents of the MOUs between the parties are in training high-quality human resources; research and technology transfer in strategic technology fields (Artificial Intelligence; blockchain; big data, cloud computing, quantum; next-generation mobile networks (5G/6G); robotics and automation technology; semiconductor chips; energy technology, advanced materials, etc.); supporting innovative startups; Implementing social responsibility programs such as scholarships, community development and environmental protection.

In his concluding remarks at the Forum, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son highly appreciated the significance and presence of businesses and universities through the Forum as a bridge proposed by the Ministry of Education and Training, suggesting key contents to strengthen the connection of the "three houses", especially the theme of this year's Forum focusing on high-tech and strategic technology fields. Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son said that at the Forum, there were 21 MOUs signed, mostly in the fields of high-tech and strategic technology, in addition to partners connecting supply and demand of the human resource market.

At the Discussion Session, delegates presented papers and discussed in two groups of topics: (1) University-enterprise cooperation in research and training of high-quality human resources and (2) Building a culture of cooperation, affirming the social responsibility of universities and enterprises.

With 25 papers published in online version of the Forum Document (more than 220 pages), the success of the Forum not only strengthened the connection and common social responsibility of the "golden triangle" of the "three houses" (state - school - enterprise) in training and research, contributing to the development of strategic areas for the country but also spread and raised the prestige and position of UD in the national university education system.

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