VNU-HCM targets young scientists, experts

The Việt Nam National University-HCM City on December 22 organised its annual conference to review its achievements this year and set out major tasks for next year.  — VNS Photo Nguyễn Diệp

HCM CITY — From now to 2030, Việt Nam National University HCM City (VNU-HCM) aims to attract about 350 outstanding young scientists and leading experts to support its target to be among the leading higher education institutions in Asia.

At its annual conference to review its activities in 2022 and discuss plans for 2023 held on Friday (December 22), the VNU-HCM chancellor Vũ Hải Quân said that 2024 will be a very important year, and pivotal to determining the success of achieving goals in the period of 2021-25.

It is also the first year of implementing the development strategy of VNU-HCM in the 2021-30 period, with a vision to 2045.

“One of the key tasks next year is to implement the project of attracting, retaining and developing outstanding young scientists and leading experts working at VNU-HCM,” Quân said.

VNU-HCM will officially begin a number of new, interdisciplinary and inter-university training programmes to meet the country’s development needs, such as semiconductor technology-Integrated circuit design, new energy technology and green growth models.

The university will increase the number of postgraduate students and scientific articles published in international journals by postgraduate students.

It will proactively develop a number of interdisciplinary research topics and projects in accordance with its development strategy.

It will continue to increase the number of international publications in the Scopus catalog, effectively deploy programmes of national-level science and technology research, establish an innovation centre, and prioritise investment in laboratories serving for research and interdisciplinary training.

It also targets to complete a project to increase revenue from scientific research, product transfer and commercialisation, and establish university spin-off companies under the VNU-HCM.

Lê Thị Anh Trâm, Head of the Department of Organisation and Personnel at VNU-HCM, said the university seeks to attract about 100 scientists and experts in the next two years, and an additional 250 in the period of 2025-30.

In order to attract and retain talent, the university has announced its remuneration policies, such as attractive salaries, career growth and a good working environment, among many others, she said.

It also announced specific conditions and standards for scientific research achievements. — VNS