VNU has strengthened the tripartite collaboration model (University-State-Entrepreneurs/Scholars) by enhancing partnerships in training, scientific research, and technology transfer to promote innovation and develop a highly qualified workforce.
VNU has established a roadmap of 300 technology products with potential for transfer and commercialization. During the 2021-2024 period, VNU implemented 252 service and technology transfer contracts with a total value of VND 87 billion, accounting for 15% of the allocated R&D budget. During the same period, 58 patents/utility solutions were granted, and 240 intellectual property applications were successfully registered. However, the commercial exploitation rate remained limited. Therefore, VNU is actively promoting the tripartite model and sandbox mechanisms at the VNU-TIP to foster public-private partnerships (PPP), venture capital, and commercialization of R&D outputs.
In 2025, VNU signed and expanded cooperation with numerous leading domestic and international corporations to effectively connect the university’s scientific, technological, and intellectual resources with the development needs of businesses and society. Cooperation agreements are designed to be comprehensive and long-term, focusing on key pillars such as scientific research, innovation, technology transfer, high-quality human resource training, and jointly addressing practical business challenges.
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Notable corporations and enterprises involved in strategic cooperation with VNU include Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), Viettel Group, FPT Corporation, MK Group, CT Group, as well as companies in the finance-banking, digital technology, and high-tech industrial sectors. Cooperation focuses on core technology R&D, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, semiconductor technology, digital transformation, and technological solutions for socio-economic development.
Through these programs, enterprises participate directly in commissioning R&D projects, co-developing products, conducting pilot trials, and commercializing research results. They also collaborate with VNU in training, internships, and developing high-quality human resources aligned with market demands. University–enterprise cooperation has gradually evolved from memoranda of understanding to the development of specific project portfolios, tasks, and products with clear implementation roadmaps and coordination mechanisms.
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Expanding cooperation with major corporations and enterprises has helped VNU build and consolidate a strategic partner network, creating an effective channel connecting academic research with practical production and business needs. This fosters knowledge transfer, increases the socio-economic value of research outputs, and reinforces VNU’s role as a trusted knowledge partner for enterprises within the national science, technology, and innovation ecosystem.
