Nguyen Vinh San from the University of Education, a member school of University of Da Nang, and a member of the Vietnam University Ranking Group, said the group has received opinions about the quality and reliability of the ranking.

Prof Nguyen Van Tuan from the University of Technology Sydney says it is not a surprise if a well-known university with training quality recognized by society has a low position in university rankings.

Some universities in Vietnam have a long history of over 100 years.

More than 51 percent of polled students at three universities said they have experienced sexual harassment in the current 2022-23 academic year.

The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), a Turkish non-profit organisation, has honoured 17 Vietnamese universities for their outstanding academic performance globally in 2022.

Vietnam has five representatives in the 2023 QS World University Rankings.

Vietnam National University - Hanoi and Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City have been included in the top 1,000 best universities in the world in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2022, which was released on June 9.

Truong Tien Tung, former rector of the Hanoi Open University, one of the first schools going digital with 15,000 students following online courses, said he was familiar with the concept of ‘open education’ and ‘distance education’ as early as 1994.

Vietnamese authors have published 17,028 articles internationally this year in Scopus journals, including ISI, according to Elsvier.

A number of public universities have reported vacancies for the post of rector or their boards of management. The vacancies have lasted from several months to several years.

Statistics show that universities with high positions in rankings have more autonomy in governance, organizational structure, finance, and academic freedom.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU Hanoi) is the only Vietnamese representative listed in the group of universities ranked 801st to 1,000th in the World University Rankings (WUR 2021).

Thirty tertiary education establishments in Vietnam and ASEAN have been ranked and rated with stars in accordance with the UPM (University Performance Metrics) system by a research team from the Hanoi National University.

Vietnam has seen three representatives among Asia's 500 best universities this year.

The preparation for the new general education program from the 2020-2021 academic year caught special attention from the public in 2019.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) has been listed among the world's top 400 strongest universities for engineering and technology.

There are over 50 universities in the country that provide majors related to human health, including 10 specialized schools that have only health related faculties.

Some of Vietnam’s universities have found their names in prestigious rankings of the world’s best universities.

In 2018, research institutes and education establishments in Vietnam had published 6,707 scientific research works on ISI journals, according to Web of Science (WoS).