Inside Vietnam's largest university city

Many lecture halls, dormitories, research areas, and physical education facilities are built synchronously on the campus of more than 1,100 hectares of Hanoi National University in Hoa Lac, a 30-minute drive from the city center.

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The master plan for investment in the construction of Hanoi National University in Hoa Lac was approved by the Prime Minister in October 2013, including 21 component projects with a scale of about 60,000 students; land area of ​​about 1,113.7 hectares, total investment of more than 25,000 billion VND.

Compared to 2013, the largest university urban area in the country is now covered with green trees and grass. Some projects have also been completed and put into construction such as the No. 1 public service building (20,000 m2 floor), the dormitory area (20,000 m2 floor), two lecture halls (35,000 m2 scale) and some other items such as research area, experiential activity area, physical education, utility services, and healthcare.

The main gate of the Hanoi National University urban area is located on Thang Long Avenue, about 30 km from the center of Hanoi. Hoa Lac campus is built according to the "5 in 1" model: talent training center; technology transfer research center; innovation center; smart university urban area; public-private partnership testing center and research training.

The HT1 and HT2 buildings with a floor area of ​​35,000 m2 and accompanying technical infrastructure have been completed, becoming the busiest lecture hall area with many activities from training to scientific research. Major events of Hanoi National University in Hoa Lac such as the opening and closing ceremonies are also held in the space between these two buildings.

8 infrastructure routes, 4 canal routes, and basically synchronous internal infrastructure create favorable conditions for 6,000 students and thousands of staff, lecturers, and scientists to come to teach, study, research, work, and live. This number is 4 times higher than last year.

Students of the University of Technology visit and study at the school's modern laboratory. Photo: VNU

Mr. Le Quan, Director of Hanoi National University, said that 6,000 students studying at Hoa Lac this year come from 8 schools and faculties: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Technology, Vietnam-Japan University, Law University, Education University, International School, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Sciences and all 10th grade students of the High School of Educational Sciences.

The laboratories of Hanoi National University located in Hoa Lac are all equipped with modern facilities and equipment, serving both the learning of students and research groups. This is one of the important conditions to help Hanoi National University achieve its goal of being in the top 100 in Asia and the top 500 in the world by 2025. Photo: VNU

Students read books at a point of the Library and Digital Knowledge Center (VNU-LIC). In the far corner, staff are digitizing documents to serve the reading needs of lecturers and students through websites and applications developed by the center. This center uses the most modern digitizing equipment in the world such as Treventus and Zeutschel with fast scanning and document processing speed.

VNU-LIC plans to have 4 locations in Hoa Lac, currently deploying 3 locations. Over the past 10 years, this unit has digitized over 170,000 textbooks, digital reference books; 93,500 internal documents (theses, dissertations, research results...); 53,000 Springer, ScienceDirect e-books...

Students learn golf on the campus of Hanoi National University in Hoa Lac. This is the first public university in Vietnam to offer golf as an optional part of Physical Education.

Mr. Phung Hoai Nam, lecturer of Theory and Individual Sports (orange shirt), said that this subject has been taught at Hanoi National University since 2021, but the facilities in the inner city are not adequate. Since the second semester of last year, when teaching started in Hoa Lac with a spacious yard and open space, many students registered to study, up to several hundred students.

Students during an archery experience session - one of the national sports expected to be included in Physical Education for students to choose from in the near future.

According to Director Le Quan, Hanoi National University implements a comprehensive education model for first-year students at Hoa Lac, including three comprehensive aspects: Physically strong - Mentally strong - Good at social skills. Diversifying the content of Physical Education or experiential activities is part of the school's comprehensive education plan.

Students of the University of Technology study and live in the dormitory of Hanoi National University. This year, all of the more than 700 first-year students of this school are in the dormitory, arranged separately for men and women, with 8 students per room.

Bui Nguyen Gia Bao (second from right), from Thanh Hoa, said he was initially disappointed because he thought he would study in the inner city with many better experiences. "However, when I came to Hoa Lac, I had very interesting experiences, such as walking at least 1-2 km around the campus every day," Bao said.

A cafeteria in the dormitory of Hanoi National University. The area has full facilities such as supermarket and gym area for students.

Hanoi National University currently has 9 member universities, 2 schools and 2 affiliated faculties, 6 research institutes and training centers, scientific research centers, service units and knowledge transfer. The total size of the university is about 40,000 students. It is expected that by 2025, the facilities in Hoa Lac will complete phase 1, operating with a scale of 15,000 students.

Ngoc Thanh - Duong Tam

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