Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attending a ceremony marking the beginning of the new academic year of Vietnam National University, Hanoi on September 15. .

In his opening speech, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized the overriding mission of Vietnam National University is to train high quality human resources and nurture talent to facilitate development ofa knowledge-based economy.

The PM affirmed the Vietnamese Party and State give top priority to developing education, especially high quality human resources in tandem with the development of science and technology.

He said the 2014-2015 academic year is of great significance for carrying out the Party Central Committee’s resolution on comprehensive educational reforms to meet the requirements of the country moving to a more industrial and modern society.

He urged improving training programs and curricula, teaching methods and examination system to meet the demand for comprehensive international integration.

Drastic measures should be put in place to develop a staff of lecturers and managers with good political morality and lifestyle towards an advanced education in accordance with the highest of international standards, Dung said

The Government asked the University to co-ordinate with the Ministry of Construction to speed up the implementation of a project to move two–three member colleges to new locations in the next five years and put the Vietnam-Japan University into operation soon.