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1. Prime Minister’s attendance at VNU’s New academic year opening ceremony
On September 15, 2014, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng attended VNU’s Opening ceremony of Academic year 2014 – 2015. Addressing Vietnam National University, Hanoi and the entire education sector, the PM delivered a speech on issues relating to education reform in general and higher education in particular affirming that the Party, State and Government acknowledged the contributions of VNU to high level training, scientific research and emphasized: “The VNU’s initial accomplishments together with the efforts of other universities, colleges throughout the country are creating new atmosphere, new features of Vietnam's education in the process of its radical and comprehensive renovation following the Party’s ideology. 
2. Establishment of VNU Vietnam – Japan University (VJU) On July 21, 2014 the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 1186/QD-TTg on establishing VNU Vietnam – Japan University - the 7th member university of VNU, built in the model of excellent university based on the basis of basic science and high-tech in the close inter-linkage with higher education institutions and businesses of Vietnam and Japan. The university is to train undergraduate, masters and doctoral level students with a total training scale of approximately 6,000 students in 2025. "Vietnam - Japan University will be the symbol of strategic relationship between Vietnam and Japan, so the Vietnamese Government will give strong support and actively implement the project so that Vietnam – Japan University will be put into operation at the earliest time", said Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng at the reception of the Chairman and the leadership of the Japan - Vietnam Senator Coalition Board in Japan on December 13, 2013.
3. Organization of foreign investment in Vietnam-Japan University promotion activities From April 4 to August 11, 2014, VNU and VCCI organized activities to promote foreign investment in Vietnam-Japan University in Tokyo. VNU Vietnam - Japan University, a high interdisciplinary university of top class in Asia, is established in the inter-linkage with the other VNU member universities and subordinate units, Vietnam businesses, Vietnam - Japan Business Forum and the Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park. This university is expected to be a symbol of friendship and strategic cooperation in education, science and culture between Vietnam and Japan. Vietnam - Japan University is a public university under VNU, operating with high autonomy. It is a non-profit organization, operating under the mode of giving priority to socialization of resources, the typical model for a research university where applications can be closely linked with enterprises. VNU Vietnam - Japan University is built and operated basically by ODA Fund of the Japanese Government, with its head office located in the Hòa Lạc urban area. The university is to be built in an area of 75 hectares with an investment of more than US$365 million, of which, US$200 million comes from Japanese ODA, US$13.39 million from the Japanese government, US$52 million from the Vietnamese government and US$100 million from Japan’s businesses.  4. The Ground-breaking ceremony for Vietnam - Japan University On December 20, 2014, Mr. Trương Tấn Sang – member of the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) Politburo, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV); Mr. Tô Huy Rứa - member of the VCP Politburo, Secretary of the Central Committee of the VCP, Head of Personnel Department of the Central Committee of the VCP, Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentarians’ Friendship League; Mr. Vũ Đức Đam - member of the Central Committee of the VCP, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of SRV together with representatives of ministries, departments and Hanoi City attended Vietnam - Japan University Groundbreaking Ceremony at VNU Construction Zone in Hoà Lạc, Thạch Thất, Hanoi. Present at the ceremony from the Japanese side were Mr. Takebe Tsutomu - Special Advisor to Japan-Vietnam Parliamentarians’ Friendship League; Mr. Hiroshi Fukada – Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam, and Mr. Mutsuya Mori – Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam. VNU Vietnam - Japan University is to be built in an area of 75 hectares in Hoa Lac at an estimated cost of US$365 million. The university’s physical facilities are expected to be completed in 2025. 
5. Competency-based university admission renovation University admission renovation based on competence assessment has been investigated and experimentally implemented in VNU over the past few years. Based on the learned experience, in 2014, VNU developed and designed its own university admission plan as one of the most important solutions to the implementation of Resolution 29 of the Party Central Committee’s 6th Session (Term XI). Candidates participating in the VNU entrance exams will have to take a competence assessment test organized in two rounds, one in early May and the other in late July. On the basis of the test scores, VNU will consider the admitting of candidates from high to low scores (to the minimum score prescribed by discipline and type of training). High school GPA is only one of the admission criteria. Those candidates who have gained the required scores in the competence assessment test will be accepted to VNU after obtaining the passing score in the national high school graduation examination prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training. Those candidates who previously graduated from high school can also register for the competence assessment test for their admission to VNU. 
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