Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam. Situated in the south, and in the southeastern region, the city straddles the Saigon River and covers about 2,095 km2 (809 sq mi).
The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology is a key member university of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City and is the flagship university in technology teaching and research activities in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, is the flagship university in architecture, civil engineering, design education and research in Vietnam. In addition to architecture and civil/structural engineering, the university provides higher education in several relating disciplines including urban planning, infrastructural engineering, fine arts, fashion design and building interior design. Its main campus is located in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City in addition to two provincial campuses in Da Lat and Can Tho.
The Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH), formerly known as Ho Chi Minh University of Industry , is a university in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of technical universities in Ho Chi Minh City. The university has 2,000 employees, including about 1,600 teachers and 200 guest trainers who are invited from universities, scientific institutes, and industry. University of Industry School, Ho Chi Minh City is working under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The total number of students in the university in 2011 was approximately 129,000.
Ho Chi Minh University of Banking is a university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The university provides graduate and postgraduate level education in finance, banking and business administration. There are five faculties: Finance, International Financial Market, International Finance and Banking, Financial Institutions Management, and Foreign Languages. There are 168 lecturers and professors, of which 30 are doctors, 50 are masters. The university campuses are at 36 Ton That Dam street, District 1 and at 56 Hoang Dieu 2 street, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy, or Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, is a university specializing in tertiary-level training of teachers and lecturers located in District 5. HCMUP is one of 14 leading national universities of Vietnam and one of the two largest pedagogical universities, playing a leading role in teacher and lecturer training.
The University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City is one of the member universities of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, which holds the 158th position in the QS University Rankings for Asia. VNU - HCM is also ranked in top 101-150 on QS Top Under 50, in top 301 - 500 among the 786 higher education institutions from 78 countries by QS GER 2022, in top 601 - 800 on World's Universities for Social Sciences and in top 193 of the world on the QS Graduate Employability Ranking.
District 1 is the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. With a total area of 7.7211 km2 (2.9811 sq mi) the district has a population of 204,899 people as of 2010. The district is divided into 10 small subsets which are called wards (phường). District 1 contains most of the city's administrative offices, consulates, and large buildings. District 1 is the busiest district in the city with the highest living standards. Đồng Khởi street and Nguyễn Huệ boulevard in District 1 are the city's two main commercial centers. Đồng Khởi street is an area in high demand for real estate, hitting a record price of $50,000 per square meter in 2007.
Marie Curie High School is a public high school in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established in 1918 and named after the Nobel prize-winning scientist Marie Curie by the French colonial government, it remains the sole high school in Saigon that still bears its original name.
FV Hospital is a leading tertiary care provider in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Inaugurated in 2003 by a group of French physicians, the hospital has a 150 full-time physicians, 1000 staff, serving half a million patient visits a year. Patients came from 68 countries and territories all over the world. Dr. Jean-Marcel Guillon is the co-founder and CEO of FV Hospital.
Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a public university established in September 1979 in Haiphong, Vietnam. The university enrolls 450 full time students and 200 connected students annually. Practice hospitals are provided for students as medical facilities in Haiphong, Quang Ninh and Hai Duong.
VNUHCM-University of Science has offered various scientific degrees across Southern Vietnam since its establishment as the Indochina College of Science in 1941.
Lawrence S. Ting was a Taiwanese decorated soldier and a pioneer businessman who became one of the largest foreign investors in Vietnam. As founder of Phu My Hung Corporation and Saigon South Urban Development Project, Lawrence Ting was instrumental in the southward expansion of Ho Chi Minh City. Today the neighborhood created by Ting has become “a new sustainable, inclusive, knowledge-based urban center.” Ting received the Ho Chi Minh City Medal of Honor in 1993, and Certificates of Merit of the Government of Vietnam from the Prime Minister in 1997 and 2001. In the 2013 Harvard Business Review article The Big Idea, Building Sustainable Cities, John Macomber of Harvard Business School chose Phu My Hung's Saigon South Development Project started by Lawrence Ting as one of the leading sustainable urban development examples in the world. “Phu My Hung was promoted by industrialists who took a long-term ‘build and hold’ approach and had an infrastructure-first master plan...The Model of Phu My Hung, where thoughtful, long-term oriented, private-sector actors help the world create efficient water, power, and transit solutions, can-and must-be replicated.” Ting received posthumously the Friendship Medal of Vietnam from President Nguyen Minh Triet in December 2007. Lawrence S. Ting School in Ho Chi Minh City, a private non-profit junior high and senior high school is named after him. In 2010, the school became the first Microsoft Pathfinder School in Vietnam. In 2020, Taipei American School names its middle school Lawrence S. Ting Middle School in honor of Ting.
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine is a public medical school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It offers graduate and postgraduate education in medicine, health care staff training for the city.
Hồ Trung Dung was a Vietnamese prominent French medical doctor in Vietnam for over 50 years from the 1950s until his retirement at the end of the 20th century.
Hung Vương High School, is an 85-year-old public high school in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. It was founded in 1934.
National Key Universities of Vietnam are national universities, universities, and research-oriented institutes, which are given priority by the government to autonomy such as: be self-printed and doctoral degrees; have full authority to send officials to study abroad, except for cases of studying with the state budget; be actively invited and receive lecturers and foreign students to study and teach; It is suggested to open training disciplines not included in the training list. In addition, the Principal will decide the budget for equipment investment and capital construction without having to go through the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam.
Gia An 115 Hospital is a 367 bed private general hospital, owned by Hoa Lam Group, in Ho Chi Minh City. Gia An 115 Hospital is the second hospital in the Hoa Lam-Shangri-La Healthcare Techpark , next to City International Hospital. The location is in the south West of Ho Chi Minh City, on the gateway to Mekong Delta. Inaugurated in December 2018, the hospital was known as the first Public–private partnership hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, thanks to the agreement between Hoa Lam Corporation and People 115 Hospital, approved by the Central Government and People Committee of the City.
