Deputy Minister of Education and Training Doan Trung Kien Pays a Working Visit to Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Engineering

On the afternoon of October 8, 2026, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Engineering (HCM-UTE, formerly Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education) was honored to welcome Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien and a working delegation from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on a working visit to the University.

Accompanying Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien at the working session were Mr. Truong Anh Dung, Director General of the Department of Planning and Finance; Ms. Mai Thi Anh, Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs; Mr. Pham Vu Quoc Binh, Deputy Director General of the Department of Vocational Education and Continuing Education; Ms. Nghiem Thi Hong Van, Deputy Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs; and other members of the delegation.

Receiving and working with the delegation on behalf of HCM-UTE were Dr. Truong Thi Hien, Standing Vice President; Dr. Quach Thanh Hai, Vice President; and leaders of the University’s units and affiliated units.

During the visit, the delegation discussed the University’s operations and development orientation and toured its facilities for training and scientific research.

At the working session, on behalf of the HCM-UTE leadership, Dr. Truong Thi Hien, Standing Vice President, expressed great pleasure at welcoming Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien, who was making a first working visit to HCM-UTE. Dr. Truong Thi Hien also gave an overview of HCM-UTE’s operations and its key recent achievements, focusing on financial management, the implementation of university autonomy, and investment in facilities.

In particular, HCM-UTE has focused on using its financial resources effectively and gradually improving the income and living standards of its faculty and staff, while increasing investment in upgrading facilities and equipment for training and scientific research. Dr. Truong Thi Hien also expressed the hope that the University would continue to receive the attention, direction and guidance of MOET’s leadership, helping it to improve governance, make the most of its resources and lay the foundation for HCM-UTE’s sustainable development in the new period.

After hearing about HCM-UTE’s training scale, personnel, scientific research activities and overall development, Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien acknowledged and highly appreciated the University’s recent achievements, especially its indicators for scientific publications and financial performance, which reflect its efforts in governance, resource development and improving the quality of its operations. The Deputy Minister also thanked the University’s leadership for the warm and thoughtful welcome, and commended HCM-UTE’s active cooperation with and support for MOET in organizing conferences, seminars and related activities.

Regarding the seven recommendations put forward by the University, Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien acknowledged them and forwarded them to the leaders of the Ministry’s relevant departments and agencies to receive, study and consider them and respond soon, helping to resolve difficulties and obstacles and create favorable conditions for HCM-UTE’s continued development.

Following the working session, Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien and the delegation toured the University’s facilities, laboratories, workshops, and learning and research spaces. The tour gave the delegation a first-hand look at the conditions for teaching, learning and research at HCM-UTE, as well as at how equipment and technology are applied in training at the University.

The working visit by Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien and the MOET delegation gave HCM-UTE an opportunity to share its achievements and to discuss the difficulties, obstacles and recommendations arising from the implementation of university autonomy. The feedback and guidance from the Ministry’s leadership will serve as a basis for the University to further improve its governance, use its resources more effectively, raise the quality of training and scientific research, and continue investing in facilities, toward stable and sustainable development in the new period.

After the working session with Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Engineering, Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien will go on to chair two MOET conferences held at HCM-UTE on October 9, 2026: the Conference reviewing the education sector’s legal affairs work in the 2025-2026 academic year and setting out tasks for the 2026-2027 academic year, and the Southern Regional Conference on preparing investment in projects under MOET’s 2026-2030 medium-term public investment plan.

Photos of Deputy Minister Doan Trung Kien and the delegation touring HCM-UTE: