Hanoi University (HANU; ) (formerly Hanoi University of Foreign Studies), established in 1959 in
Hanoi
Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
, is an institution for foreign language training and research.
Hanoi University offers bachelor's degrees in 10 languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Among these, Masters and PhDs are offered in Russian, English, French and Chinese. Foreign languages offered as second languages are Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian and Thai.
Since 2002, the university has offered Business Bachelor Programs taught in English, in business management, tourism management, international studies, computer science, finance-banking, marketing, accounting and financial technology.
Foreign students make up 10% of the student population, enrolled for business or Vietnamese studies.
History
The former name of Hanoi University is Hanoi University of Foreign Studies (), which is different from the
University of Languages and International Studies
VNU University of Languages and International Studies (VNU-ULIS; Vietnamese: ''Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội''; formerly College of Foreign Languages), or Hanoi University of Languages and International ...
(directly under the management of
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; , ĐHQGHN) is a public research university system in Hanoi, Vietnam. The university system has 10 member universities and faculties. VNU is one of two Vietnam's national universities, the other one being ...
).
President Board
* President: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Trao.
Notable alumni
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Kaysone Phomvihane
Kaysone Phomvihane (''Kraisorn Brahmavihara;'' , ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his de ...
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Vương Đình Huệ
Vương Đình Huệ (; born 15 March 1957) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the 12th chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 2021 until his resignation in 2024. He was previously Minister of Finance and head of the PCC Econom ...
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Đặng Phong
Đặng Phong (1937–2010) was a Vietnamese economic historian.
Born in Hà Tây Province, Đặng Phong graduated from Hanoi University in 1960 then National Economics University in 1964. He then worked as researcher at Vietnam Institute of ...
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Trần Văn Lắm
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Ninh Viết Giao
References
External links
Hanoi UniversityHANU International Office
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Universities in Hanoi