Dear Comrade Đào Hồng Lan, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health, Minister of Health;
Dear leaders, former leaders of central and local agencies; distinguished delegates, esteemed guests;
Dear lecturers;
Dear students and trainees!
First of all, on behalf of all lecturers, staff, employees, and students of the University, I would like to fully acknowledge the profound and strategic directives of Minister Đào Hồng Lan. The University's faculty and students pledge to translate these directives into concrete plans and actions, determined to continue developing Hanoi Medical University strongly, in line with the expectations, attention, and special affection that the Minister has shown to the University's faculty and students recently.
Dear Minister, dear distinguished guests,
From my heart, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Minister of Health Đào Hồng Lan, Deputy Minister in charge of the University Nguyễn Tri Thức, and other Deputy Ministers, members of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health, the collective leadership, and key faculty members of the University for trusting me with the immense responsibility and honor of being the Rector of the prestigious Hanoi Medical University, the cradle of modern Vietnamese medicine.
In 1984, I was fortunate to become a student at Hanoi Medical University and embarked on a journey of nearly 42 years: from student to Resident Physician, lecturer, Vice Head, then Head of Department, Vice Rector, and Rector of the University for the 2021-2025 term. Today, exactly 30 years after becoming a lecturer at the University (since 1996), I am deeply moved to receive the decision from the Minister of Health to re-appoint me as Rector of Hanoi Medical University.
17 years of dedicated responsibility, working alongside the University every day as Vice Rector and Rector, have helped me grow, understand, and accumulate important experiences about this beloved institution. I have fully and deeply felt the traditional values, the immense internal strength, the opportunities and challenges, the people and culture of Hanoi Medical University, where “Responsibility, Quality, and Kindness” are precious traditional values that the University's faculty and students have diligently cultivated, preserved, and spread across generations throughout 124 years of history, making us proud today.
I would like to express my gratitude to the leaders of previous terms, leaders of units, lecturers, and colleagues who have supported, shared, and uplifted me throughout these years, especially during difficult periods. I will engrave this gratitude in my mind and demonstrate it through my work and actions, all for the benefit of the University, its learners and patients, and all lecturers, staff, and employees. I believe that we will continue to work together, shoulder to shoulder, united in spirit for our common honor and self-respect, which is Hanoi Medical University.
Dear Minister, distinguished guests, dear lecturers, and students,
Overcoming numerous difficulties, especially the severe consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past five-year term, the faculty and students of Hanoi Medical University have achieved many successes and significant, proud advancements; the University has developed strongly and comprehensively, setting many new milestones: from expanding facilities, working conditions, the scale of lecturers, staff, and employees to significantly increasing training scale, improving quality, innovating university governance and training, promoting scientific and technological activities, innovation, and international cooperation. In the academic year 2026-2027, for the first time, we will witness 1,000 PhD students, including international PhD students, studying and researching at the University, affirming the University's reputation and capacity for elite, high-level training. Hanoi Medical University has affirmed its leading position among Vietnamese higher education institutions in the most prestigious global university rankings in recent years (THE, US News and Reports). Notably, the University has been trusted by the Government to approve a development plan for a 10-year period with a vision to 2050, aiming to become a National Key University, among the top in Asia. Most recently, the University was selected by the Government and the Ministry of Education and Training as one of 12 leading universities in the project "developing and improving the quality of higher education institutions in the capital area"...
Many unprecedented and excellent opportunities are opening up for Hanoi Medical University with the special attention and great expectations from the Party and State leaders, from the Minister personally, from the health sector, and from society as a whole. The University's faculty and students have identified this historical responsibility, determined to elevate the University to a new stature and position.
Entering a new term – a period of development for Hanoi Medical University alongside a new era for the country with very high, outstanding requirements, I call upon all lecturers, staff, employees, and students throughout the University to continuously strive, endeavor, act strongly and creatively, steadfastly reform and innovate, overcome existing limitations, turn many impossibilities into possibilities to achieve international goals and standards, create better products, especially training and Science and Technology products, form new values for Hanoi Medical University, and contribute more to the health sector and the country.
I also respectfully request Minister Đào Hồng Lan, the leaders of the Ministry of Health, and central and local leaders at all levels to continue to give more attention and guidance, and assist the University's activities in the coming time.
I promise to constantly strive, be dedicated, honest, and overcome all difficulties with the leadership team and the University's faculty and students to successfully complete the assigned tasks.
I wish good health, happiness, and success to Minister Đào Hồng Lan, the leaders, distinguished guests, and lecturers.
I wish all students and trainees good health and success.