Attending the ceremony was Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, Party and State leaders, representatives from embassies and institutes of 25 countries and with lecturers and students from the university.

Deputy PM Hung said it is essential to turn the FTU into a centre for research, creativity and the transfer of knowledge to match the modern international environment. It should strive to become a state-of-the-art university by 2020 and one of the top 100 leading universities in the region by 2030.

In his speech, Professor. Dr Hoang Van Chau, the FTU Rector reviewed the university’s achievements over 50 years, which have significantly contributed to the country’s process of industrialisation, modernisation and international economic integration.

In the last 50 years, the FTU has provided 50,000 civil servants with higher education and postgraduate degrees to the country and opened dozens of different training programmes in collaboration with foreign countries to train students at BA and MA levels.

It is worth noting that 95 percent of FTU graduates get a job after their graduation and many former students have held and are holding important positions in State agencies, organisations, and major businesses. The FTU currently maintains a relationship and cooperates with 120 international organisations and foreign universities.