VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HA NOI

UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

FACULTY OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND LANGUAGE

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A brief Introduction

The Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Language was founded in 1968 within the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, part of the Viet Nam National University in Hanoi. The Faculty is the largest and the most highly qualified Faculty for foreigners interested in studying Vietnamese in Hanoi. The Faculty also has a close relationship with other institutes, centers and faculties in Vietnam as well as in many foreign countries.

If you are looking for a course in Vietnamese Language and Culture, please take a look at the information below to help you reach a decision on where to study.

Why choose The Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Language?

 The Faculty has a reputation for high quality, professional courses.

• Among the thousands of former international students, many students became renowned Vietnamese Studies researchers in the world and 10 people became the Ambassadors in Vietnam.
• The faculty provides you with professionally-experienced native-speaking Vietnamese teachers who will help you to achieve your best results.
• The faculty has flexible learning options, with many classes, class sizes and levels.

Flexible choices and learning fees

The faculty provides two programs:

Vietnamese Language Courses

Elementary Level

• Elementary Vietnamese courses equip students with a basic knowledge of phonetics; help learners to understand how to pronounce the Vietnamese language as  Hanoi people do; provide learners with basic sentence structures and everyday vocabulary and phrase.
• These courses also equip students with other Vietnamese language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing at the elementary level.
• Upon the completion of elementary courses, students can use Vietnamese language in daily conversations, can read and write short essays in Vietnamese.

Intermediate Level

• Intermediate Vietnamese language courses are designed to equip learners with Vietnamese in everyday settings and other specific conversation contexts; to provide learners with more specialized vocabulary by offering longer and more difficult reading passages and to provide more intensive knowledge of morphology and syntax;
• Intermediate courses also provide learners with skills in everyday and context specific conversations; equip them with skills to read different types of documents in Vietnamese to compose longer, compound sentences and to write more complex essays.
• After completing their courses, learners are capable of conducting everyday conversations and participating in school activities. Those who complete intermediate courses can participate in discussions of their school majors, can read different types of documents and can write essays on a range of different topics.

Advanced level

• Advanced Vietnamese language courses equip learners with basic knowledge of grammar, vocabulary…; provide knowledge of Vietnamese history, culture, economics, literature etc. relating to Vietnamese everyday activities and cultural traditions.
• These courses equip students with advanced skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing, teaching Vietnamese language as a second language; and skills in preparing materials to introduce Vietnamese language such as Vietnamese textbooks and Vietnamese dictionaries.
• Those who complete intensive Vietnamese courses are capable of working in various fields such as teaching and conducting research on Vietnamese language, working at universities, colleges and centres which offer Vietnamese language programmes. They are also able to work as interpreters, translators, and employees at media agencies and embassies in Vietnam and abroad. These courses also enable learners to pursue their studies and participate in various subjects in school in Vietnam.

Student Services

• After beginning your course, a teacher or faculty officer will always be available to discuss any difficulties or problems.

Library

• Our library is open from Monday to Friday for students wanting to relax and read newspapers or reference books.

Student Card

• As a VSL student, you are provided with a Student Card for your academic and other relevant purposes during your time of studying at the University. In order to obtain your student card you need to prone VSL with a photo of yourself in 3cm x 4cm format and 20.000 VND. It is your responsibility to keep your student card safely during your at the University.

Other activities

• In addition to our program, that help you continue learning Vietnamese outside the classroom, we organize a social and cultural activity program that we invite you to join in as: culture international Festival, cooking Vietnamese food, visiting some famous places,…

  STANDARD CURRICULUM _ UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

  MAJOR: VIETNAMESE STUDIES

  CODE: 52220113

  (Issued under Decision No. 3596/QĐ-ĐHQGHN, December 30^th by Director of

  Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

   

  PART 1: OVERALL INTRODUCTION

• Some information about the training program
• Name of major:

• + Vietnamese: Việt Nam học

  + English: Vietnamese Studies

• Code: 52220113
• Title after graduation: Bachelor
• Program duration: 4 years
• Name of graduation certificate:

• + Vietnamese: Cử nhân ngành Việt Nam học

  + English: The Degree of Bachelor in Vietnamese Studies

• Training location:  University of Social sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

• 2. Objectives:

  The program is aimed at training students of Vietnamese studies who have got strongly political and ideological viewpoint; keep good discipline and professional ethics; be useful for society; be healthy; have good knowledge of social sciences and humanities and relatively wholly and systematical knowledge on Vietnamese studies; have practical skills on international relation and good social communication; have good communication skills and be able to work in one foreign language. The bachelors of Vietnamese studies are able to work in governmental office, both Vietnamese and international organizations and enterprises...

  3. Enrollment information:

  - Enrollment: regulated by Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

  PART II: OUTPUT STANDARDS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM

  1. Knowledge and professional skills

  1.1. Knowledge

  The graduates in this training program will have deep professional theory of the major; mastering techniques and practical knowledge in order to solve complex tasks; accumulating the background knowledge for the basic theories, the laws of nature and society relating to the major in order to develop new knowledge and to continue studying at a higher level; having knowledge of management, administration, law and environmental protection relating to the major; and having detailed knowledge and professional skills in the following:

  1.1.1. General knowledge

  - Mastering the basic knowledge and fundamental principles of Marxism and Leninism and Ho Chi Minh ideology, the revolutionary line of the Communist Party of Vietnam;

  - Mastering the basic knowledge of economy, society, government and law;

  - Mastering and applying the knowledge of the natural sciences to solve the data of social sciences;

  - Minimally getting third level of foreign language in the frame of 6 level of foreign language competence for Vietnam.

  1.1.2. Knowledge by sector

  - Mastering the basic knowledge of research methodology of the social sciences;

  - Mastering the basic knowledge about social sciences and humanities; being able to apply knowledge and multidisciplinary methodology in approaching and researching Vietnamese Studies.

  1.1.3. Knowledge relating to the major

  - Mastering the basic concept of linguistics, Vietnamese linguistics, Sino – Vietnamese, Vietnamese literature; Being able to apply the knowledge to deal with specific fields of the major;

  - Mastering some general knowledge about stylistics, aesthetics, anthropology and media; being able to apply knowledge to study and research in Vietnamese studies.

  1.1.4. General knowledge for the major

  - Mastering the basic knowledge for the major such as: Vietnamese history, Political system, religions and belief, modern and medieval Vietnamese literature…;

  - Mastering and creatively applying knowledge on Vietnamese society, theory and practice of translation including interpretation and text translation.

  1.1.5. Knowledge inside the major

  - Mastering basic knowledge on Vietnamese culture as well as other compulsory knowledge about the system of Vietnamese traditional society such as: the Vietnamese performing, the Vietnamese village, traditional fine – arts and the architecture of Vietnam, ethnic Vietnamese, the vestiges and landmarks in Vietnam, food art and Vietnamese tourism…;

  - Mastering the basic knowledge about some professional skills relating to the major such as tourism skills, office skills, journalism skills, teaching skills; being able to creatively apply for specific activities;

  - Mastering the knowledge of linguistics and Vietnamese; being able to apply for teaching and researching on Vietnamese studies;

  - Mastering the knowledge of specific foreign language relating to Vietnamese studies (in English); being good at researching foreign documents to serve for training and researching;

  - Mastering the basic knowledge of Vietnam and ASEAN relationship; the interaction of the asean countries in history and in the process of modernization and globalization.

  * Requirements of intership and graduation

  - Mastering the knowledge and practical experience of researching in Vietnamese studies in the internship;

  - Mastering the deep knowledge about one field of Vietnamese studies which is researched for a thesis; the developing skills of researching, analyzing topics skills and creating the outline and development of a graduation thesis;

  - Mastering the basic knowledge of linguistics and Vietnamese culture;

  - Mastering the knowledge of the history of safeguarding the Vietnamese people.

  1.2. Skills on autonomy and responsibility

  - Having the ability to lead on trained professional skills; having initiatives in the process of implementing tasks; having self – guided ability; being able to adapt to different working environments; self – study; accumulating knowledge; updating experience and professional knowledge and skills; be capable of giving conclusions on professional issues and normal skills and some complicated technical issues; being capable of planing, administration, motivating group intelligence; be able to make adjustments and expand the professional activities at an average level.

  2. About skills:

  2. 1. Professional skills

  2.1.1. Professional skills

  - Being able to complete complex tasks which require the application of both theory and practical knowledge on the trained major in different situations; having the ability to ananlyze, generalize and evaluate data and information, convey the group’s ideas and apply new techniques for dealing with both pratical and abstract issues in the major; being capable of providing professional guidance to solve problems in the local areas and regions.

  - Having the skills to teach Vietnamese studies;

  - Mastering skills in teaching Vietnamese as a second language;

  - Mastering skills in tourism activities and office administration;

  - Mastering skills in interviewing, journal writing, editing;

  - Mastering and implementing skills on researching on Vietnamese studies.

  2.1.2. Skills on creative thinking and solving problems

  - Mastering skills in identifying problems, events, phenomenon, needed social process of research;

  - Having skills in making questions and hypothesis in researching;

  - Having skills in creating the theoretical frame work for research issues;

  - Having skills on identifying necessary methods for research in Vietnamese studies.

  2.1.3. Ability to do research and explore new knowledge

  - Developing proficient skills in building up research outlines;

  - Mastering practical research principles;

  - Mastering and implementing the methods of collecting and processing data, recognizing research issues.

  2.1.4. Systematic thinking skills

  - Mastering skills on logic and giving explanations for researched issues;

  - Mastering skills in making solutions and recommendations to solve the issues of Vietnamese society;

  - Having skills in presenting research achievements in scientific reports;

  - Having skills in presenting research achievements in articles and monographs.

  2.1.5. Social context and surroundings

  - Being able to take part in creating projects; organizing and implementing projects on social – economic development;

  - Being able to take part in evaluating the effectiveness in the process of implementing projects on social – ecomonic development;

  - Being able to take part in formulating policies on culture, society… in Vietnam.

  2.1.6. Organizational context

  - Having skills in gathering researchers;

  - Having skills in organizing, administrating and developing group research.

  2.1.7. Skills on applying knowledge on pratice

  - Mastering debate skills;

  - Mastering skills in generalizing, recognizing the special issues in Vietnam;

  - Mastering cognitive skills to motivate the goods and limit shortcomings in Vietnamese culture.

  2.1.8. Ability to be creative, develop and lead changes

  - Having skills in adapting to the environment;

  - Having skills in extending the scope of research in Vietnamese studies at the multidisciplinary viewpoint;

  - Having skills in guiding and instructing colleagues in researching on Vietnamese studies.

  2.2. Supplementary skills

  2.2.1. Personal skills

  - Mastering individual autonomy skills of professional activities

  - Implementing the skills to adapt to each circumstance;

  - Mastering planning skills in professional activities

  2.2.2. Teamwork skills

  - Mastering skills on team building;

  - Mastering skills on team operation;

  - Mastering skills on teamwork management and development.

  2.2.3. Administrating and leading skills

  - Mastering leadership skills;

  - Mastering operation skills;

  - Mastering and implementing management and development skills.

  2.2.4. Communication skills

  - Mastering skills on shaping ideas and arguments;

  - Mastering and proficiently implementing text-based communication skills;

  - Mastering and implementing communication skills with technical facilities and information technology;

  - Mastering interpersonal and social communication skills;

  - Mastering and implementing presentation skills.

  2.2.5. Skills on communication in second language

  - Having skills in a specialized foreign language at the level of being able to understand the main ideas of a report or a speech on a familiar topic relating to the major and work; being able to express ideas in words, deal with some common professional issues in the second language; being able to write a report with simple content; being able to present ideas relating to professional activities.

  2.2.6.  Others

  - Proficient computer skills;

  - Mastering information technology, computer, online activities, searching information on internet;

  - Mastering computer softwares used to analyze research data in social sciences.

  3. About ethical qualities

  3.1. Personal moral qualities

  - Being honest and frank;

  - Being devoted.

  3.2. Professional ethical qualities

  - Having a sense of being organized and disciplined;

  - Self – motivated at work;

  - Being objective in collecting and analyzing data on research.

  3.3. Social virtues

  - Having spirit of solidarity;

  - Respecting people;

  - Respecting the truth;

  - Being devoted to communities;

  - Respecting and protecting organizational and social interests.

  4. Some positions which students can apply for after graduation

  -  After graduation, the bachelors of Vietnamese studies can apply for positions in the cultural, political organizations, social education, science education and foreign organizations…; 

  - Bachelors in major of Vietnamese studies have skills in teaching and research of culture, history, literature, Vietnamese. Therefore, they have the ability to work in universities, colleges, institutes relating to the major…;

  - Bachelors of Vietnamese studies ae able to work in journals, media companies, companies, offices and center of teaching Vietnamese for foreigners.

  5. Ability to study and upgrade after graduation

  Bachelors in the major of Vietnamese studies can continue to study graduation and post-graduation in the major such as: culture, literature, history, ethnic culture, literature of some Vietnamese minorities, tourism, journalism, linguistics…

   

   

  PART III: CURRICULUM

• Summary of curriculum requirements

• Total credits accumulated	credits
  Block of general knowledge (Excluding the Physical Education and Defence and security Education, soft skills):	27 credits
  -  Block of knowledge by field:	26 credits
  + Required	20 credits
  + Optional	6/8 credits
  - Block of knowledge by major:	18 credits
  + Required	12 credits
  + Optional	6/15 credits
  - Block of knowledge by group of major:	14 credits
  + Required	12 credits
  + Optional	2/6 credits
  - Block of knowledge by specific major:	52 credits
  + Required	38 credits
  + Optional	6/18 credits
  + Annual Assignment, internships and graduation thesis:	8 credits

   

   

   

   

                         

   

  2. Curriculum Framework

  No	Code	Courses	Credits	Credit hours			Code Prerequisite course
  				Theory	Practice	Self-study
  I		Block of general knowledge (M1) (Excluding subjects from 9 to11)	27
  	PHI1004	Fundamentals of Marxist-Leninist Philosophy 1	2	24	6
  	PHI1005	Fundamentals of Marxist-Leninist Philosophy 2	3	36	9		PHI1004
  	POL1001	Hồ Chí Minh's  Ideology	2	20	10		PHI1005
  	HIS1002	Revolutionary Guidelines of Vietnam Communist Party	3	42	3		POL1001
  	INT1004	Informatics	3	17	28
  		Physical Education	4
  		Defense – Security Education	8
  		Supporting Skills	3
  		Foreign Language 1	4	16	40	4
  	FLF2101	English 1
  	FLF2201	Russian 1
  	FLF2301	French 1
  	FLF2401	Chinese 1
  		Foreign Language 2	5	20	50	5
  	FLF2102	English 2					FLF2101
  	FLF2202	Russian 2					FLF2201
  	FLF2302	French 2					FLF2301
  	FLF2402	Chinese 2					FLF2401
  		Foreign Language 3	5	20	50	5
  	FLF2103	English 3					FLF2102
  	FLF2203	Russian 3					FLF2202
  	FLF2303	French 3					FLF2302
  	FLF2403	Chinese 3					FLF2402
  		Required courses for sub_major	14
  	VLC1001	Basic Vietnamese Language 1	4	28	32
  	VLC1006	Basic Vietnamese Language 2	5	35	40
  	VLC 1007	Basic Vietnamese Language 3	5	35	40
  II		Block of knowledge by field (M2)	26
  		Required courses	20
  	MNS1053	Các phương pháp nghiên cứu khoa học Research Methods	3	36	9
  	HIS1056	Cơ sở văn hoá Việt Nam Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture	3	42	3
  	HIS1053	Lịch sử văn minh thế giới History of World Civilization	3	42	3
  	PHI1054	Logic học đại cương General Logics	3	31	14
  	THL1057	Nhà nước và pháp luật đại cương General State and Law	2	20	5	5	PHI1004
  	PSY1051	Tâm lý học đại cương General Psychology	3	45
  	SOC1051	Xã hội học đại cương General Sociology	3	39	6
  		Elective credit units	6/10
  	INE1014	Kinh tế học đại cương General Economics	2	20	10
  	EVS1001	Môi trường và phát triển Environment and Development	2	26	4
  	MAT1078	Thống kê cho khoa học xã hội Statistics for Social Sciences	2	20	10
  	LIN1050	Thực hành văn bản tiếng Việt Practicing on Vietnamese Texts	2	20	10
  	LIB1050	Nhập môn Năng lực thông tin Introduction to Information Literacy	2	20	10
  III		Credit units for knowledge relating major	18
  		Compulsory credit units	12
  	LIN2033	Dẫn luận ngôn ngữ học Introduction to Linguistics	3	45
  	SIN1001	Hán Nôm cơ sở Sino-Nom Scripts	3	30	15
  	HIS1100	Lịch sử Việt Nam đại cương Overview of Vietnam History	3	42	3
  	LIT1100	Nghệ thuật học đại cương General Artistry	3	45
  		Elective credit units	6/18
  	JOU1051	Báo chí truyền thông đại cương Fundamentals of Mass Communication	3	39	6
  	PHI1100	Mỹ học đại cương General Aesthetics	3	36	9
  	ANT1100	Nhân học đại cương Introduction to Anthropology	3	39	6
  	LIN1102	Phong cách học tiếng Việt Vietnamese Stylistics	3	45			LIN2033
  	LIT1101	Văn học Việt Nam đại cương General Vietnamese Literature	3	45
  	LIN1103	Việt ngữ học đại cương General Vietnamese Language Studies	3	45			LIN2033
  IV		Credit units for general knowledge  for the major	14
  		Compulsory credit units	12
  	VLC 1150	Lịch sử tiếng Việt History of Vietnamese Language	2	26	4		LIN2033
  	VLC1155	Nhập môn Việt Nam học Introduction to Vietnamese Studies	3	39	6
  	VLC2005	Thể chế chính trị Việt Nam hiện đại Political System of modern Vietnam	2	26	4		HIS1002
  	PHI3095	Tôn giáo, tín ngưỡng và lễ hội Việt Nam Religion, Belief and Festival of Vietnam	3	36	9		HIS1056
  	VLC1156	Văn học Việt Nam hiện đại The Modern Vietnamese Literature	2	26	4
  		Elective credit units	2/6
  	VLC3001	Di tích và thắng cảnh Việt Nam The Vestiges and Landmark in Vietnam	2	26	4		HIS1056
  	VLC3007	Lý thuyết và thực hành dịch Theory and Practice of Translation	2	26	4
  	VLC1157	Văn học Việt Nam trung đại The Medieval Vietnamese Literature	2	26	4
  V		Credit Units inside the major	52
  V.1		Compulsory credit units	20
  	VLC3053	Các dân tộc Việt Nam Vietnamese Ethnics	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	VLC3011	Du lịch Việt Nam Vietnam’ s Tourism	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	VLC2004	Địa lý Việt Nam Geography of Vietnam	2	26	4
  	VLC3010	Làng xã Việt Nam Vietnam’ s Villages	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	VLC3012	Mỹ thuật và kiến trúc Việt Nam The traditional fine-art and architecture of Vietnam	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	VLC3058	Nghệ thuật biểu diễn Việt Nam The Vietnamese Performance Arts	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	VLC3027	Việt Nam và Đông Nam Á: Những vấn đề lịch sử, văn hóa và xã hội Vietnam and Southeast Asia: Issues of History, Culture and Society	3	39	6
  V.2		Compulsory credit unitsfor sub_major A	18
  		Choose one of 4 following languages
  		Ngoại ngữ chuyên ngành 1 Specialized Foreign Language 1	3	36	9
  	FLH1183	Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 1 English for Vietnamese Studies 1					FLF2103
  	FLH1283	Tiếng Nga chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 1 Russian for Vietnamese Studies 1					FLF2203
  	FLH1383	Tiếng Pháp chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 1 French for Vietnamese Studies 1					FLF2303
  	FLH1483	Tiếng Trung chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 1 Chinese for Vietnamese Studies 1					FLF2403
  		Ngoại ngữ chuyên ngành 2 Specialized Foreign Language 2	3	36	9
  	FLH1184	Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 2 English for Vietnamese Studies 2					FLH1183
  	FLH1284	Tiếng Nga chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 2 Russian for Vietnamese Studies 2					FLH1283
  	FLH1384	Tiếng Pháp chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 2 French for Vietnamese Studies 2					FLH1383
  	FLH1484	Tiếng Trung chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 2 Chinese for Vietnamese Studies 2					FLH1483
  		Ngoại ngữ chuyên ngành 3 Specialized Foreign Language 3	3	36	9
  	FLH1185	Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 3 English for Vietnamese Studies 3					FLH1184
  	FLH1285	Tiếng Nga chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 3 Russian for Vietnamese Studies 3					FLH1284
  	FLH1385	Tiếng Pháp chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 3 French for Vietnamese Studies 3					FLH1384
  	FLH1485	Tiếng Trung chuyên ngành Việt Nam học 3 Chinese for Vietnamese Studies 3					FLH1484
  	VLC3049	Hà Nội học Hanoi Studies	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	TOU3030	Nghiệp vụ du lịch Tourism’ s Business	3	36	9
  	ARO3038	Quản trị văn phòng Office administration business	3	42	3
  V.3		Compulsory credit units for sub_major B	18
  	VLC3041	Tiếng Việt chuyên ngành 1: Văn hoá - Lịch sử. Specific Vietnamese 1: Culture & History	3	21	24		VLC1001/1006/1007
  	VLC3042	Tiếng Việt chuyên ngành 2: Ngôn ngữ -Văn học. Specific Vietnamese II: Linguistics & Literature	3	21	24		VLC1001/ 1006/1007
  	VLC3043	Tiếng Việt chuyên ngành 3: Kinh tế - Xã hội. Specific Vietnamese 3: Economy & Society	3	21	24		VLC1001/ 1006/1007
  	VLC3044	Ngữ âm tiếng Việt Phonetics of  Vietnamese Language	3	39	6		LIN2033
  	VLC3046	Ngữ pháp tiếng Việt   Grammar of  Vietnamese Language	3	39	6		LIN2033
  	VLC3060	Từ vựng tiếng Việt Lexicology of Vietnamese Language	3	39	6		LIN2033
  V.4		General Elective Credit Units	6/18
  	JOU3017	Nghiệp vụ báo chí Journalism	3	42	3
  	LIN3055	Ngôn ngữ học đối chiếu Linguistics of Comparative	3	45			LIN2033
  	LIN3079	Ngữ dụng học tiếng Việt Pragmatics of Vietnamese	3	45
  	VLC3061	Phương pháp giảng dạy tiếng Việt cho người nước ngoài The Teaching Method of Vietnamese for Foreigners	3	39	6		LIN2033
  	VLC3048	Văn hóa ẩm thực Việt Nam Vietnamese Eating & Drinking Culture	3	39	6		HIS1056
  	VLC 2013	Văn học dân gian Việt Nam Folklore Vietnamese Literature	3	39	6
  V.5		Internship and Thesis/ Credit Units in replacement for thesis	8
  	VLC4058	Thực tập, thực tế Field Works	3	15	18	12
  	VLC4055	Khoá luận tốt nghiệp Thesis	5	10	10	55
  	VLC4056	Cơ sở ngôn ngữ  và văn hóa Việt Nam Foundation of Language and Culture of Vietnam	3	39	6
  	VLC4057	Lịch sử giữ nước của dân tộc Việt Nam History of the Safeguard of Vietnamese People	2	26	4
  		Total number of credits	137

  NOTE:

  - For the credit units of foreign language in the group of credit units outside the major, the credits are be counted in the total credits of program. However, the evaluation will be not counted in the semester’s average credits, overall credits or credit completion;

  - The credit units for sub_major A is for Vietnamese students;

  - The credit units for sub_major B is for international students.

   

  3. Admission Requirements:

  3.1. Learners must have high school graduations or equivalent certificate;

  3.2. Vietnamese qualifications can  meet the academic requirements set down by National University regulations. Foreign students must take a Vietnamese language proficiency test before being admitted to the Faculty. The University of Social Sciences and Humanities is supervisory body.

  * Foreign students are exempted from the Vietnamese proficiency test if they meet one of the following requirements:

  - Have graduated with Vietnamese language specialization overseas;

  - Have graduated from Vietnamese language preparatory classes for foreigners at the Faculty or Vietnam specialized training in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, recognized by Hanoi National University;

  - Have graduated from a university with Vietnamese language BA degree programs

  3.3. Provide a health certificate from a authorized health agency;

  3.4. Provide evidence of financial support necessary to meet the costs of studying and outside activities.

  4. Admission Procedure:

  4.1. Application form;

  4.2. A notarized copy of high school diploma or equivalent certificate (with   the translation into Vietnamese or English);

  4.3. Copies of high school transcripts  notarized or certified by the authority (with translation into Vietnamese or English);

  4.4. Certificate of accumulated learning outcomes in foreign or Vietnam universities (if any);

  4.5. Evidence of qualifications allowing exemption from Vietnamese tests;

  4.6. Health certificate issued by an authorized  health agency in a foreign country or in Vietnam;

  4.7. Commitment to ensure adequate financial support for living costs, educational fees and extra-curricular activities;

  4.8. 4 photos sized 4 cm X 6 cm (taken no more than 6 months prior to submitting an application for admission).

  5. Tuition fee:

  $ 1,400 / year x 4 years = $ 5,600

  6. Services for Students:

  6.1. Student card:

  A student card will facilitate your learning and research at the VSL. To register for student card, you need to  prepare one 3x4 photo and submit it at the VSL office. After 2 weeks, your student card will be ready for collection. You are responsible for carrying your  student card with you whilst you studying at VSL.

  6.2. Library:

  In addition to thousands of books in the library of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VSL’s document room is also available to serve your needs.

  6.3. Reference letter and letter of confirmation of student status

  If you need a reference letter for another library or letter confirming your student status, you can go to the VSL office where our staff will give you specific instructions.

  6.4. Other activities:

  While studying at VSL, you can participate in various programs organized by the Universities or Faculty. In addition, you will have the chance to take part field trips related to your program of study, which will provide you with additional information about Vietnamese places, culture and people.

  7. Visa fee:

  If you are applying from abroad, you may apply for a visa for a duration of 1 year, 6 months, 3 months or 1 month. You should pay the visa fee to the Vietnamese Embassy in the country where you receive your visa and pay the visa fee:1,000,000 VND.

  8. Contact:

  8.1. Training Room, room 604 E, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University, Hanoi (336 Nguyen Trai Street- Thanh Xuan District - Ha Noi).

  Phone: (04) 38585237/35588051

  8.2. Office of the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Language, Room 406 A, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (336 Nguyen Trai Street - Thanh Xuan District - Ha Noi).

  Phone: (04) 35579384

  8.3. The Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Language (B7Bis, Tran Dai Nghia Street - Hai Ba Trung District - Ha Noi)

  Phone: (04) 38694323

  Email: vsl@ussh.edu.vn

  Our working hours:

• Morning: From 8:00 to 11:00
• Afternoon: From 13:30 to 16:30

• (From Monday to Friday)