tailieunhanh - Establishing Vietnam national University, Hanoi (VNU) as a research university by promoting science and techhnology activities

By analyzing existing information on S&T activities in VNU, this paper is aimed to inform the current condition of VNU and what the necessary policies should be made to establish VNU to become a research university. | Establishing Vietnam National University, Hanoi as a research university 36 ESTABLISHING VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI (VNU) AS A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY BY PROMOTING SCIENCE AND TECHHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES MSc. Le Anh Xuan Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) Abstract: VNU is one of the major university centers in Vietnam which has set a goal to become a research university (2010). With those characteristics of the research-university model (mentioned in the paper Essential characteristics of research universities on the website of UNESCO) we can see that in a research university, S&T activities play an important role. By analyzing existing information on S&T activities in VNU, this paper is aimed to inform the current condition of VNU and what the necessary policies should be made to establish VNU to become a research university. Keywords: Science-technology policy; Science-technology activities; Research university model. In the development of S&T, universities or especially research universities take a very important position. That is because of being an academic institution, the university based on the strength of S&T human resource to "create of new knowledge" and after that widely disseminate them. In addition, as an important element constitute to the R&D system, the university will undertake the scientific research activities (including basic and applied research) to provide S&T products as a prerequisite for firms and companies to conduct mass production. Moreover, universities can also take the collaboration with business/enterprises or research institutes to conduct research activities right in those organizations, which may be linked with technical development. Then we can see that by its mission, the university contributes significantly to the development of economy and society in each country. By the trend of the globalization and the emergence of the knowledge economy, in many countries, the role of research university becomes more important in