On May 16th 2016, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 819 on the establishment of the University Fulbright Vietnam (abbreviated: FUV). As higher education establishments 100% funded by foreign investors, FUV have legal entity, seal, owned account, operates as a non-profit organization by the investment of The Trust for University Innovation in Vietnam.
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Thomas Vallely, director of the Vietnam Program at Harvard University and his colleagues received the investment certificate. Photo: VNA
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The school is headquartered in Saigon Hi-Tech Park with a land area of 15 hectares. FUV under management of the MOET (Ministry of Education and Training) and the State administration in the territory of the People's Committee of HCMC.
The school was built on the basis of promoting human capital and the Fulbright School. Investment capital project execution Vietnam Fulbright College is 70 million US dollars. In particular, early stage investment (until 2016) was 5.3 million dollars, the second phase (2017-2020) is US $ 20 million, and the third phase (2020-2030) is 44, US $ 7 million.
Speaking on the day May 24th, President Obama said: "I am very happy to announce to you, this fall Fullbright University will go into operation in HCM City. This non-profit University, substance high will provide more scholarships for students from Vietnam and contribute to the educational cooperation between the two countries. the students, scholars, researchers of the two countries will focus on areas such as public policy, governance corporate governance, cooperation in the field of computers, from the poetry of Nguyen Du, Phan Chu Trinh philosophy to the field of mathematics Professor Ngo Bao Chau ... "
President Obama speaking at the 2000 Youth National Conference Center (Hanoi)
On May 25th in Ho Chi Minh City, Fulbright University (FUV) announced formally established. Attendees were Mr. Dinh La Thang, member of the Politburo, the Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City; Le Thanh Hai, former Politburo member, former Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City; US Secretary of State John Kerry; leaders of ministries, sectors and localities, some experts in the field of education between Vietnam and the United States.
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