HSU launches the Institute of Development and Applied Economics & HSU Scientific Journal

On May 27^th, 2020, the Hoa Sen University’s (HSU) Institute of Development and Applied Economics (IDAE) held the event to introduce the Institute and the first issue of HSU Scientific Journal at HSU Main Campus.

The event was attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dien - HSU President, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - HSU Vice President, Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc - Director and Advisory Board of IDAE, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Tat - Editor-in-chief, and HSU Scientific Journal’s Editorial Committee, Advisory Committee and HSU lecturers, staff.

Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc - IDAE Director presented the Institute’s objectives, activities and human resources. Dr. Ngoc said that IDAE was established in line with the decisions No. 107/QĐ-ĐHHS of HSU Board of Directors on January 15^th, 2020. In addition to Dr. Ngoc, the IDAE members include Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Tat, Dr. Le Thi Ngoc Tu, Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim. IDAE also has 6 members of the advisory committee and the scientific research collaboration committee consisting of 15 doctors and researchers.

IDAE aims to publish, publicize studies; manage HSU Scientific Journal’s activities; form an environment for conducting, collaborating, connecting scientific researches; all of which contribute to Hoa Sen University’s reputation for scientific research. The IDAE’s current research fields are international commercial investment; enterprise, business and finance; development economics; environment and technology.

Although established recently, IDAE made some exemplary in 2019 - 2020, namely: 11 articles published on international journals (including 3 economic science articles and 8 technological and environmental science articles), 2 monographs, directing 1 project and 3 NAFOSTED funded projects, collaborative research with UNWIDER organisation, GROW program and writing proposals for projects.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Ba Khang, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, member of IDAE advisory committee, former Dean of HSU Faculty of Economics and Business said: “Back when I returned to Viet Nam, it dawned on me that the school’s scientific research was limited. However, Hoa Sen University has a well-established scientific research foundation through seminars like the ‘Hoa Sen Research Seminar’. The IDAE launch event is like the stepping stone that pushes us forward and I believe that HSU as well as IDAE will succeed”.

Concerning the HSU Scientific Journal, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Tat - Editor-in-chief said that the editorial board also included Assoc. Prof. Dr. To Minh Thanh - Deputy Editor-in-chief and Vo Tien Tan - Managing editor. Additionally, the HSU Scientific Journal also consisted of 12 doctors as senior executive editors. HSU created its Scientific Journal with the aim of executing HSU strategy to become an international university for Vietnamese in Viet Nam, asserting its leading position in terms of training - education quality and conducting community service research accredited internationally; raising awareness about the development of education - training, technological science and human resources; laying the foundation for the establishment of the lecturers’ academic title system; informing, publishing research result and scientific studies of lecturers from HSU and others in the Vietnamese university system. The HSU Scientific Journal’s Editorial Board also launched the initiative to become the HSU Scientific journal and applied for a permit to establish the journalism unit from the Ministry of Information and Communications.

According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dien - HSU President, Hoa Sen University has carried out a series of activities with the ultimate goal to become a Research university and to be recognized as an intellectual powerhouse which plays a vital role in meeting the diversity demand and needs of society. HSU set out to become a research-oriented university and eventually, a Research university. "Despite the fact that this matter is still rather far-fetched for Vietnamese universities in general and Hoa Sen University in particular, it is far from being out of reach. HSU has what it takes to stay on the right track", Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dien affirmed.

At the event, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dien also had a talk about scientific research for university teaching needs. Specifically, a research university must consist of leading scientists, an intensive research center and a doctoral training program.