# Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; Vietnamese: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, ĐHQGHN) is a public research university system in Hanoi, Vietnam. The university system has 10 member universities and faculties. VNU is one of two Vietnam's national universities, the other one being Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.
It was ranked 201–250th in Asia by the QS University Rankings 2020. In 2020, it was one of the two Vietnamese universities to be included in the QS Global Ranking of Top 150 universities under 50 years old by 2021.

## History

Throughout its history, the university has had several name changes: the University of Indochina (Université Indochinoise, 東洋大學 or Đại học Đông Dương; established in 1906), Vietnam National University (Trường Đại học Quốc gia Việt Nam; November 1945), and the University of Hanoi (Trường Đại học Tổng hợp Hà Nội; June 1956). In 1993, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội) was created by merging the University of Hanoi, Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE) and College of Foreign Languages.
This university was home to the country's first business school.
The institution also owns four high schools - three of which are for gifted students in foreign languages (Foreign Language Specialized School), natural science (High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science), social science (High School for Gifted Students in Social Sciences and Humanities), and the fourth school (High School of Educational Sciences) applies advanced educational technology in teaching; as well as a middle school (ULIS Middle School).

## Board of directors

* President: Lê Quân
* Vice President: Nguyễn Hoàng Hải
* Vice President: Phạm Bảo Sơn

## Member institutions

Vietnam National University, Hanoi includes the following members (universities, schools):
* VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS)
* VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-USSH)
* VNU University of Languages and International Studies (VNU-ULIS)
* VNU University of Engineering and Technology (VNU-UET)
* VNU University of Economics and Business (VNU-UEB)
* VNU University of Education (VNU-UEd)
* VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy (VNU-UMP)
* VNU Vietnam Japan University (VNU-VJU)
* VNU University of Law (VNU-UL)
* VNU School of Business and Management (VNU-HSB)
* VNU International School (VNU-IS)
* VNU School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU-SIS)

## University rankings

The university attained a ranking in the 201–250 grouping in Asia, under the QS ASIA University Rankings 2020. Also in the same year, it attained a THE World University Ranking in the 801–1000 group, and a THE World University Ranking Asia in the 201–250 group.

## Notable people

* Anderson Cooper
* Nguyễn Thái Học
* Võ Nguyên Giáp - (Red Napoleon)
* Phạm Xuân Nguyên
* Ngô Bảo Châu - (Fields Medal)
* Đàm Thanh Sơn - (Dirac Medal)
* Hoàng Tụy - (Constantin Caratheodory Prize)
* Nguyễn Phú Trọng - (General Secretary)
* Lê Đức Thọ - (Nobel Peace Prize)
* Trần Quang Đức
* Đào Duy Anh
* Joe Ruelle
* Phan Huy Lê
* Lê Văn Thiêm - (Mathematician)
* Van H. Vu - (Pólya Prize)
* Tạ Bích Loan
* Tran Duc Thao
* Trần Quốc Vượng