Decision on the approval of the ' master plan ' network of universities, colleges, the period 2001-2010 "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the PRIME MINISTER pursuant to the law on Government Organization, 30 September 1992;
Pursuant to the law on education in March 1998;
Pursuant to Government resolution No. 18/2000/NQ-CP on November 30, 2000 at the regular session in November 2000;
Considering the recommendation of the Minister of education and training in the sheet number 713/KHTC on 02 February 2001 about the ' scheme ' planning network of universities, colleges in Vietnam the period 2001-2010 the ' ', decision: article 1. ' Approval ' planning network of universities, colleges in Vietnam the period 2001-2010 the ' ' with the following basic content: 1. The goal of the planning: a) building networks of universities and colleges to meet the training needs of human resources, in line with the goals of the social-economic development , consolidating security defense, career service industrialization and modernization of the country;
b) uphold the synergy of the system of University, College and of the whole society; ensure diversity, synchronicity and gradually improve the quality of human resources training;
c) Create favorable conditions to let the people have the opportunity to acquire education after high school.
2. the planning principles: the development of the network of universities, colleges are: a) consistent with the strategy for socio-economic development of the country, each of the regions and localities; ensure the industry structure, the structure and level of the logical domain structure;
b) consistent with the State's investment capacity and the mobilization of the resources of the whole society; associated with scientific research, training, production and services; gradually overcome fragmented, dispersed by the current system;
c) investment focus for the National University, the key field, the key field, and ensure the ability to transfer between the types, the level of training;
d) deployment steps must conform to the actual conditions, ensuring the training quality and stability for development.
3. The content of the planning: a) the system of universities, colleges:-System of universities, colleges include: the National University, the University area, key universities, institutes, universities, colleges, open universities and community colleges.
-Logical development of universities, colleges, private universities, and establishment of the school was 100% invested by foreign capital. The study moved some public schools to Charter type, set up. Striving to 2010, the number of students studying in universities, colleges, non reached about 30% of the total number of students.
-Build a university system, the College closed, there are no formal links between the units in the field and between colleges, universities to enhance the quality of training and ensuring the effectiveness of training.
b) the scale of training:-based on the needs of human resource development, the training capacity of the national education system, the scale of training in the early stages the annual average increase of about 5%. Striving to 2010 the total scale of undergraduate training, College reach approximately 200 students per 10,000 inhabitants. The information technology industry and a number of engineering-other key technologies are rapidly increasing scale of priority training to meet the requirements of strategic orientation of the party and the State.
c) structured training professions:-adjust the trades training in the direction: increase the percentage of training engineering-technology, agriculture, forestry, medicine, pharmacy, art-culture-sport; ensure reasonable training rate of the natural sciences, the social sciences and Humanities, legal, financial-economic sectors-business management. Timely adjustment of industry structure and training consistent with the needs of socio-economic development;
-Priority human resource training suit on the level and quality in the areas of: information technology, biology, new materials, machine building, automation and some serving agricultural industrialization and rural development. priority training team of experts, a team of senior officials and economic managers good at regional level in the field of economic, financial, banking and management science. Focus on innovating the training content in the fields of social sciences and Humanities;
-Continue to strengthen the school of pedagogy and pedagogy techniques to be able to train enough teachers with high quality. To increase the scale and improve the quality of training of the medical staff for the facilities, staff do the work culture, the local sport.
d) structure of the level of training:-build and standardize the structure level of training; solution ensure the ability to transfer between the level of training;
-The proportion of trained workers in the 2010 level of about 40%. Gradually adjust the structure level to 6% of the employees have college degrees, colleges, 8% of qualified workers professional secondary and 26% of workers qualified technicians;
-Priority technical training of higher and technical staff have a college degree.
e) distribution market by region:-with regard to the capital Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City: focused investment in the construction and development of the National University of Hanoi, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, the two key Pedagogical University and a number of other key fields. Strengthen and upgrade colleges and universities there. Established a number of new universities and colleges in the key areas of service required for industrialization and modernization of the country and in accordance with the development plan of the city.
The universities and colleges in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City needs to take the lead in the process of integration with the University of education, associate of the countries in the region and internationally, diversifying the forms of domestic and foreign investment, associated with the University , the prestigious College in the world to improve the quality of training.
-For the Mekong Delta: the consolidation and development of the universities and colleges we have continued preparing for the establishment of a number of colleges and universities as eligible, in order to increase the number of students per one thousand inhabitants in the region.
-For Northwest mountains and Highlands: focus development investment Highlands University, Northwestern University to capacity admission, dominant role in training highly qualified human resources and support for the training base and scientific research , technology in the region.
-For other regions: the upgrade of infrastructure, the renovation of the equipment of the University, College and we have to improve the quality of training; Open the add some school in the populous region, major training needs but yet there are universities, colleges, to meet the needs of human resources in the region.
-For the high-tech zone, the key economic areas: the establishment of a number of universities, technological colleges in or near high-tech zone, the key economic areas to enhance the effectiveness of training, training with research and technological applications, meet human needs directly to the high-tech zones and key economic region.
The new school opened to meet industry structure, level of training and human resources needs of the country in General and of each region in particular; must be fully open market conditions under the regulations to ensure the quality of training.
g) Of teaching staff:

-Quantity: planning, appropriate mechanisms to increase the number and improve the quality of the teaching staff in colleges and universities; strive to ensure the 2010 targets of student/faculty as follows: + 5-10 students, Faculty for training gifted;
+ 10 to 15 students/faculty for the training fields of science, engineering and technology;
+ 20 to 25 students, Faculty for training in social sciences, humanities and economics-business management.
-On the professional level: there are at least 50% of the teachers in the master and doctorate degrees. Mobilizing scientists and managers are eligible to join the University, teaching colleges.
h) On the basis of the material-technical:-focus on investing in the construction of the National University at two new locations have been approved by the Prime Minister of planning. Strengthen the infrastructure for two key pedagogical universities and other key universities.
-To mobilize all resources to upgrade the technical infrastructure of the entire system of higher education, College. Strive to reach the 2010 target of an average 6m2 place area of study for the student; upgrading, renovation and modernization of the equipment for the laboratory, workshop, practice facility; each step in the application of new teaching technologies in the universities and colleges.
-Upgrade the existing campus and constructing dormitories for students, particularly for schools in areas of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Striving to 2010 accommodation area and the average living room for students of about 3m2.
-Increase the capacity and improve the quality of library activities; formation of the electronic library system connection between the market step by step, the connection to the system of the University Library, the National Library of the countries in the region and the world. Open ports connect to the Internet directly to the higher education system.
I) science and technology in universities and colleges:-building a number of national laboratories in the National University, the University, the top of the industry, the empirical basis for technology in some colleges.
-Every step of the formation of the Institute, the scientific research center, the powerful technology in the universities; research to advance to a merger of a number of Basic Science Research Institute, Scientific Research Institute specialized in the universities, the universities and the Academy.
k) management decentralized to:-promote the renewal of the State management system for college education, College; implement decentralized management of content have been stipulated in the law on education.
4. About the solution and implementation planning step: a) The solutions:-about the Organization: building and issued legal documents about: standard and Charter, University College; regulations of the Organization and operation of the type of the field; the criteria, conditions and procedures to establish new, splits, mergers of universities, colleges, or upgrade to, University College; the criteria, conditions and the basic mission of the schools, the Community College; the criteria, conditions and procedures, established training institutions of foreign countries in Vietnam.
Keep the existing model of the regional University in hue, Danang and Thai Nguyen. The Organization back to the universities and colleges do not have the assignment or base II in too far. Change the name of the University and college training in accordance with the provisions of the Education Law.
Consolidation of the Pedagogical College in 61 provinces and cities in the country, ensuring a strong training mission and the fostering of teachers. in some localities, when qualifying will open more at these schools some trades training in college or lower levels to meet the needs of local human resources, the mobilization of community resources; Open research a number of programs to transfer to the University in order to increase the opportunity for college students to rural, remote areas.
The expansion of industries and field training for the University, developed the method of open training, remote training is based on the overall planning of training and profession structure has enough of the necessary conditions to ensure the quality of training.
Encourage the forms associated with the training of research and applications in major economic organizations.
-About the technical infrastructure: increase investment for the universities and colleges from the State budget, from loans and non-refundable aid of foreign capital from society and other resources to meet the training requirements. The focus of the State's investment to build the new campus of the National University on two locations have been approved by the Prime Minister; investment for the training sector according to the priority direction in the key field.
Strengthen the construction of infrastructure for scientific research and technology in the University. Increase investment in scientific research, technology in General and in particular for basic science in the University match the training mission and strength in scientific research, the technology of each school.
Step by step planning deployment of land, construction of the school, classrooms, laboratories, a modern library, student dormitories, sports culture, the national standard services to meet the immediate requirements and to facilitate future development.
Create mechanisms for all market conditions to the renewal of infrastructure and technical equipment.
-Innovation training: the Ministry of education and training must have a public plan, directing the market oriented and specific plan to: innovation and modernization of the content, the training program; have mechanisms and policies in compiling the program, write and publish teaching materials according to the content of the programs have been modernized and are regularly updated; ensure sufficient textbooks, learning materials for students;
Innovation of teaching method and learning method in University College;
Innovation on the basis of assessing the results of study and examinations;
Implementation of flexible training process; every step of the transfer process, the youth organization of the training mode to education. Build conversion programs and regulations between levels, the training organization and form the basis of the different training aims to create equality of educational opportunities or career transition for all classes of people.
There are general provisions on actual practice mode for students; on that basis, the school building program, the specific planning and good organization, effectively the practical training for the students in the learning process at school. Encourage forms of links between training establishments with manufacturing business, the State authorities, the local facilitating implementation of the actual practice of students.
Build the system of criteria, training standards for the type and form of training. Perform quality control training in the entire system of universities, colleges.
-About the construction of teaching staff: the Ministry of education and training and the schools need to urgently build planning team development, training and improving the level of teaching staff to meet the needs of immediate and long-term development;

The priority of training of highly qualified teachers in the State's program to send people away for training abroad; constructing and enacting policies to recruit, contract, part-time, visiting teaching and training support mechanisms, fostering advanced level trainers of the types of universities, colleges.
-Management: resolutely and urgently the renovation of higher education administration, College. Particular attention to the capacity, quality and efficient state management: strategy and sectoral development plans; build the policy mechanisms and the regulation of content and quality management training; Organization of inspection, test and evaluation.
Strengthening the capacity of the work plan; conducted forecasting industry structure, scale and level of training of a team of workers to meet the needs of human society; implementation of the State's regulatory role through the delivery mechanism innovation indicators, capital allocation, salary funds for the stock market in order to create logical relationships between the scale, quality and effectiveness of training.
Rising shot right to the initiative and responsibility of the school.
Training and advanced training staff quality management education and training at the State level and the universities and colleges.
b) step: 1. A period, from 2001 to 2003:-the focus of this phase is the logical extension of trades training in the University there. Established only a few universities actually needed when there are eligible and in accordance with the Planning Department. Established some new technical colleges, technology in the key economic region, a number of colleges in the local community on the basis of maximum exploitation of the resources in and outside the country.
-Focus on implementing solutions for the management, organization and training, team building and strengthening technical infrastructure in order to create an important turning point in the quality of training.
-Summarizing, detect and rectify the unreasonable in the University system, College. Rectify the management and organization of training in addition to public universities, the Open University, in-service training system. Enforcing the management hierarchy for the school.
-Organization of State management experiences for universities and colleges to clarify the functions of the Ministry of education and training, the Ministry and local authorities. In principle, has not yet made the transition to the market from the Ministry of education and training to other ministries. The Government just consider, decide the conversion when absolutely necessary.
-Forecast of demand, prepare the conditions to continue the construction of the College, the new College.
-To sum up experiences, and propose the necessary adjustments for the content planning and solutions for phase two.
2. The second stage, from 2004 to 2010.
-Continue to implement the objectives of the planning network of universities, colleges and have adjusted to the planned content and solutions through a period of deployment practices.
Article 2. Project organization: based on this decision, the Ministry of education and training, the ministries concerned, the province, the central cities, colleges and universities improve the detailed planning. The Ministry of education and training in construction and issued the guidance documents; synthesis and build a deployment plan annually, reported the Prime Minister before making.
Article 3. This decision has the effect after 15 days from the date of signing.
 

Article 4. The Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of government agencies, the Chairman of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central authority responsible for the implementation of this decision.