Christmas trees decorate many lobbies of office and residential buildings, as well as universities, but the Christmas tree in Hoa Sen University in HCM City's District 1 is different as it is made from reused plastic bottles.

VietNamNet Bridge - It is too early to say it is a trend, but many rectors of state owned universities have resigned their posts to work at private schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some scholars have suggested amending current laws to ‘lay down the red carpet’ to receive talented educators. 

A professor at Hoa Sen University in HCM City who shot to fame when he taught a class on innovation wearing a pair of shorts has come up short at the hand of some bureaucrats’ rigid interpretation of regulations.

To deal with the increasingly serious problem of plagiarism, several top-tier universities in Vietnam have begun to use software to discover plagiarized work.

Professor Truong Nguyen Thanh, vice rector of the Hoa Sen University in HCMC, has given lectures in a t-shirt and shorts in an aim to teach about creative thought. But his efforts have stirred controversy.

HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Dinh La Thang has asked the privately owned Hoa Sen University to meet regulations to become a non-profit, private university and submit official documentation to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Local NGO DRD (Disability Resource and Development) and Hoa Sen University have launched a smart phone application that provides disabled people with locations of disabled-friendly community venues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five academic majors of Hoa Sen University's Faculty of Economics & Commerce have been accredited by the US Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP).

A group of students from Hoa Sen University, in conjunction with ECO in Vietnam, has successfully created a system made of special bags that can contain water and biogas, which can help settle pollution. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are scant documents about Vietnamese culture and art at Guimet Museum, said Hubert Laot, auditorium manager of Guimet Museum, which specializes in Asian art and culture in Paris, France.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Phan Chau Trinh Culture Foundation has announced awards for outstanding people in the fields of culture and education, translation, research and Vietnamese studies.