2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417670This study looks at the contribution of the university system in Vietnam to the socioeconomic development in general, and their relationship with firms, dynamic actors of the economy in particular. The study uses different methods of research, from reliance on secondary data to interviews with universities and survey of firms. Several case studies of the key universities in four regions have been undertaken: Hanoi in the north, Danang in the center, and Ho Chi Minh City and Cantho in the south of Vietnam. The findings show that the role of Vietnamese universities in research is much weaker than teaching, and that their contribution to the socioeconomic development of the country is limited to the production of an educated labor force rather than innovation. However, in selected universities, innovation did take place to a certain extent and brought benefits for both the universities and firms they served. This situation is explained by both the inherited university system in Vietnam and its shift in behavior in the context of economic renovation and globalization.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankACADEMIC STAFFACADEMIC YEARACCREDITATIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREAPPLIED SCIENCESAQUACULTUREBIOLOGYBIOTECHNOLOGYBUSINESS ASSOCIATIONSBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESCENTERS OF EXCELLENCECITIESCOLLEGESCOMMUNICATION NETWORKSCOMMUNITY COLLEGESCROPSCURRICULAECONOMICSENGINEERSENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITEQUIPMENTFACULTIESFARMERSFISHFOOD PROCESSINGFOREIGN LANGUAGESGLOBAL MARKETHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMHIGHLY SKILLED LABORHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINCOMESINNOVATIONSINTEGRATIONKEY INDUSTRIESKNOWLEDGE BASELABOR FORCELABORATORIESLEARNINGLITERACYLITERATURELOCAL UNIVERSITIESMETROLOGYMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL UNIVERSITIESNEW TECHNOLOGIESPAPERSPOST-GRADUATE STUDENTSPOSTGRADUATE EDUCATIONPOSTGRADUATE STUDENTSPOSTGRADUATE TRAININGPRIVATE COLLEGESPRIVATE UNIVERSITIESPROFESSORSPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESPURCHASING POWERQUALITY TRAININGR&DREGIONAL UNIVERSITIESRESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH COLLABORATIONRESEARCH FUNDINGRESEARCH INSTITUTESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESEARCH RESULTSRURAL DEVELOPMENTSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSCIENTISTSSKILLED LABORSKILLED LABOR FORCESKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL SCIENCESTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL TRAININGTECHNICIANSTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELTEXTILESTRAINING ACTIVITIESTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING COURSESTRAINING INSTITUTIONSTRAINING NEEDSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING WORKSHOPSUNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENTUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY COUNCILUNIVERSITY DEGREESUNIVERSITY GRADUATESUNIVERSITY RESEARCHUNIVERSITY STAFFUNIVERSITY TRAININGVETERINARY MEDICINE