On the afternoon of October 5, 2026, Hanoi Medical University solemnly held a conference to announce the Decision of the Minister of Health on personnel work. The event announcing the decision to appoint and re-appoint 5 Vice Principals for the 2026–2030 term marks the completion of the Board of Directors structure, creating a solid launching pad for the School to enter a new stage of development with breakthrough expectations.
Conference to announce the Decision of the Minister of Health on personnel work
Strengthening the apparatus – A solid foundation for the new stage
Speaking at the Conference, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen emphasized: The strengthening of leadership personnel at Hanoi Medical University takes place in the context that the entire health sector and the higher education system are facing the need for extensive innovation. Current policies to arrange and streamline the apparatus require the management capacity, accountability and operational efficiency of training institutions to be raised to a new level.
For Hanoi Medical University, this milestone has a particularly important meaning. The school has completed consolidating key leadership positions according to the model of Principal who is also Party Secretary, ensuring a streamlined apparatus, clearly defining authority, responsibilities and operating mechanisms. The appointment and reappointment of 5 Vice Principals has brought a complete, synchronized and stable leadership team for the entire term 2026–2030.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu - Principal of the School affirmed that this was "a very happy day", an important milestone for the School when for the first time the Board of Directors had a full complement of 6 members (including the Principal and 5 Vice Principals). This synchronization not only strengthens organizational stability, but also adds confidence to the leadership to wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly contribute, creating the strength of solidarity throughout the journey ahead.
Pioneer in leading medical education and promoting the school-hospital model
Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen spoke at the Conference
Assigning tasks to the University's leadership team, Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen requested Hanoi Medical University to continue to maintain its position as a "flagship" in medical human resource training. Schools need to proactively keep pace with science and technology development trends to innovate training methods and management models, focusing on strategic priorities: Shifting medical focus: Promote training from treatment to prevention thinking; Strengthen the grassroots medical network, family medicine and specialized emergency medicine. Population adaptation: Develop specialized training solutions in the face of rapid population aging, focusing on elderly care and palliative care. Technology breakthrough: Strengthen the application of artificial intelligence (AI), simulation and information technology in teaching and practice; Promote research in biotechnology and key scientific fields.
In particular, the Deputy Minister emphasized the need to closely link training with clinical practice. The Ministry of Health's handover of Central Hospital 71 and Central Rehabilitation Hospital under the management of Hanoi Medical University has formed an ecosystem of practice hospitals. This is a particularly important premise to improve practical skills for students, and excellently realize a training model associated with the practice of people's health care.
Realizing the goal of a leading higher education institution in Asia
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu - Rector of Hanoi Medical University
One of the important highlights shared by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu at the Conference is the development orientation of Hanoi Medical University to become a key national higher education institution, among the leading groups in Asia.
According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu, on April 3, 2025, the Prime Minister signed a decision approving the Project to develop Hanoi Medical University into a key national higher education institution, among the leading group in Asia. The school has developed an implementation plan with 12 component projects, of which nearly 10 component plans have begun implementation in 2026. This is a large-scale development program, requiring investment and coordination from the State, the Ministry of Health, localities and the University itself over a roadmap lasting about 10 years.
That orientation makes the consolidation of the Board of Directors for the 2026–2030 term even more meaningful. Because what lies ahead is not only the task of maintaining the values that have been built over more than a century, but also the requirement to create a Hanoi Medical University with the ability to compete, integrate and play a leading role in medical education in the region.
To achieve regional goals, Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen requested the Board of Directors of Hanoi Medical University to continue reviewing working regulations and assigning tasks to ensure the principle of "right role, right job". Proactively develop long-term staff planning; Expand international standard training programs. Promote university autonomy, financial transparency and expand strategic cooperation domestically and internationally.
Giving trust – Committing to responsibility and historical mark
Associate Professor, Dr. Le Dinh Tung - Vice Rector of Hanoi Medical University
Representing the Vice Principals who have just received the decision, Associate Professor, Dr. Le Dinh Tung expressed his deep gratitude for the trust of the leaders of the Ministry of Health and the University community. Emphasizing the message of solidarity, Associate Professor Dr. Le Dinh Tung affirmed: “Faith is not the destination, but the starting point of a new journey of responsibility”. The Board of Directors is committed to unanimity, listening, respecting differences and always putting the common interests and reputation of the School first.
Sending expectations to the teachers and Vice Principals, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu emphasized: Position is recognition, but the value of a leader is quantified by positive changes in reality. Each Vice Principal needs to wholeheartedly devote time to management work, making efforts to create new products and substantive advances to leave a clear "historical mark" during their term of office.
The conference announcing decisions on personnel work therefore not only closed a process of organizational consolidation, but opened a new course of action for Hanoi Medical University.
Ahead are big goals: implementing the Project to develop the School into a key national higher education institution among the leading group in Asia; implementing component projects in the 10-year roadmap; training innovation; develop scientific and technological research; promote the effectiveness of the school-hospital model; Improve the quality of medical human resources and make increasingly practical contributions to the cause of caring for, protecting and improving people's health.
In that journey, a complete, stable and united Board of Directors is an important condition, but not the destination. What is more important is turning that stability into the ability to act, turning trust into responsibility, turning responsibility into specific results, and turning more than a century of tradition into motivation for Hanoi Medical University to continue moving forward.
Strengthen to act – unite to develop – innovate to lead. That is the spirit conveyed at the Conference and is also the foundation for Hanoi Medical University to confidently enter the 2026–2030 term, aiming for higher goals and greater contributions to the health sector, the country and people's health.