Van Hien University is a

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located in District 3,

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

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. It is a

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established in 1997. Van Hien University presently has ten faculties: Tourism, Economics and Management, Information Technology, Social Studies and Telecommunication, Technologies and Engineerings, Finance and Accounting (including Department of Laws), Foreign Languages, Oriental Studies, Arts, and Medical and Pharmacy. Founded with Decision No 517/TTg by the Vietnamese Prime Minister in 1997, after twenty seven years of development, Van Hien has gone from being a non-state academic institution specializing in Sociology and Humanity to being a private and multi-discipline university offering 39 academic majors and 81 specilizations. Van Hien University is a member of V.U.N. and of Non-Government College and University Association. The teaching staff consists of 800 lecturers, including visiting lecturers from big business corporates and famous universities in HCMC such as Pedagogy University, Polytechnic University, University of Economics, University of Sociology and Humanity,... Students at the university receive both scientific knowledge and practical instruction. Currently, Van Hien is setting up inter-university training programs with a view to equip its students with more academic opportunities to study and gain knowledge. In 2007, Van Hien University finalized the procedures to erect the new campus on Avenue Nguyen Van Linh, close to Dist. 7. It covers an area of 63,000 m2 with a modern facilities including lecture-halls, labs, libraries, gymnastic halls and entertainment areas.

Football team

Not only involving Vietnamese university league with its student football clubs, in 2024, the semi-professional football team of Văn Hiến University competed in the

Vietnamese Football League Second Division The Vietnamese Football League Second Division () is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast A ...

after purchasing the participation slot of Quảng Nam B. This was the first time that a university team appear in the Vietnamese football league system. The club is playing its home matches at the

Thống Nhất Stadium Thống Nhất Stadium (''lit. Unification Stadium)'' (), formerly Cộng Hoà Stadium (Vietnamese: ''Sân vận động Cộng Hoà'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located at 138 Đào Duy Từ Street, Ward 6, ...

Hồ Chí Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

External links

Official Website

References

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