The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long at a meeting on the draft decree regulating the functions, tasks and powers of national universities.

Previously, on March 7, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long chaired a meeting on the draft decree regulating the functions, tasks and powers of national universities.

Attending the meeting were Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University Vu Hai Quan, Director of Hanoi National University Le Quan; representatives of leaders of ministries and agencies: Justice, Home Affairs, Government Office; representatives of ministries: Finance, Science and Technology.

After listening to the Minister of Education and Training report on the content of the draft decree and the opinions of the delegates attending the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long concluded.

Agencies and delegates attending the meeting highly agreed that the scope of the draft decree focuses on regulating the functions, tasks and powers of national universities; related regimes and policies are implemented according to specialized laws.

Basically agree with the proposals of the Ministry of Education and Training in the submission dated January 24; accordingly, to ensure harmony between the management role of the Ministry of Education and Training, while promoting autonomy, self-responsibility as well as the actual operations of the two national universities up to now, it is necessary to stipulate:

National University is a public higher education institution managed by the Ministry of Education and Training; uses a seal with the national emblem; is a level I budget unit;

National universities carry out personnel procedures to report to the Ministry of Education and Training to submit to the Prime Minister for appointment and dismissal of the chairman of the national university council, director of the national university, and deputy director of the national university according to Party regulations and relevant laws;

Submit to the Ministry of Education and Training for recognition of the national university council; Develop training regulations for all levels of higher education, report to the Minister of Education and Training for promulgation in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and relevant legal provisions.