GIỚi thiệu introduction

GIỚI THIỆU - INTRODUCTION

Ho Chi Minh City University of Law is the leading legal education institution in the South of Vietnam. Since the establishment in 1996, the university has gained great progress both in scale and in quality of education. Thanks to the accomplished and intellectual staff and faculties, we have achieved much success in teaching and doing research, which contributes to a better community, national development and international cooperation

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Ho Chi Minh City University of Law is the leading legal education institution in the South of Vietnam. Since the establishment in 1996, the university has gained great progress both in scale and in quality of education. Thanks to the accomplished and intellectual staff and faculties, we have achieved much success in teaching and doing research, which contributes to a better community, national development and international cooperation

Objectives of Ho Chi Minh University of Law

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  Building Ho Chi Minh City University of Law into an educational institution for undergraduate and postgraduate with high standard and quality so as to provide high qualified human resource for society, especially for Southern provinces.
  
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  Becoming a center for education and research, covering basic studies and applied learning, relevant to different types of education, in order to contribute to solve critical problems in legal science locally and nationally.
  
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  Becoming a modern institution for education and academic research with modern infrastructure and technical facilities, aiming at creating a good environment for teaching, studying and other activities, applying new achievements and media into education and research, utilizing the academic research for the community, building international relations worldwide, and playing a key role, a leader and a reliable mainstay for other legal institutions in Southern provinces.
  

In 1982, after the re-establishment of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Justice issued Decision no 199-QĐ/DT dated October 16^th 1982 on the establishment of the Ho Chi Minh City High School of Legal Studies, developed from the contemporary School for Judicial Staff. The school was responsible for training staffs with legal knowledge at intermediate level.

From 1983 to 1988, the school, in co-operation with the Hanoi University of Legal Studies, launched bachelor programs on legal studies.

On December 25^th 1987, the Chairman of Council of Ministers issued Decision No 357- CT on the establishment of Hanoi University of Legal Studies, Ho Chi Minh City branch, directly under Ministry of Justice. The branch’s mission is to cooperate with Hanoi University of Legal Studies to impart legal knowledge at university level to legal officials in Southern provinces.

On July 6^th1993, the Minister of Justice stipulated Decision no 368/QĐ-TC on renaming the University of Legal Studies, Ho Chi Minh City branch into University of Law, Ho Chi Minh City branch.

On March 30^th 1996, the Minister of Education and Training signed the Decision no 1234/GD&ĐT to establish The University of Law, directly under the Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, on the merge of the University of Law, Ho Chi Minh City branch and the Law Faculty, Ho Chi Minh City University.

On October 10^th 2000, the Prime Minister issued Decision no 118/2000/ QWĐ-TT to separate the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law independently from the Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City.

Achievements

Since the establishment, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law has obtained great progress both in educational scale and quality. The organization is developing firmly with an increasing number of qualified teaching staff. So far, the total number of lecturers is 259, among which there are five associate professors, 18 doctors, 108 masters and most of the young lecturers are attending a postgraduate course.

The five main majors are: Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law and International Law and special LL.B programs for gifted students. Graduated students are equipped with sound legal knowledge and reasoning enabling them to work on different fields and become legal officials in Southern provinces. In addition, the University offers LL.M programs of three majors: Criminal Law – Criminal Procedures, Economic Law – Economic Arbitration, and State Administration. The University is also running two doctorate programs of Economic Law and Criminal Law.

With great efforts of many generations, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law is firmly developed in many fields and is merited valuable awards by the Communist Party and the Government, namely:

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  On March 25^th 2000, the University was awarded Labor Medal, ranked second, by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  
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  The University Party Committee has won the prize of powerful and stainless Party committee for many successive years. The Labor Union has been ranked excellent of Labor Union of Education Sector for many years.
  
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  In 2001, the Youth Communist Party and the Student Society were awarded Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister for their contribution to student movements.
  
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  On March 22^nd 2003, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Association of Youth Communist Party was awarded the Labor Medal, ranked third, by the President of Vietnam. In 2004, Association of Youth Communist Party and Student Society of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law won the title of “Leading Flag” among universities in southern provinces.