Teaching of law in english for advanced programs, international training cooperation programs and high quality programs in the universities in Viet Nam - Situations and expectations

• Main Author: Nguyễn, Vũ Hoàng
• Other Authors: Internationalization of higher education: North – South perspectives: HàNội, 20/7/2012
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: Vietnamese
• Published: ĐHQGHN - Khoa Luật 2020
• Subjects: Phưowng pháp giảng dạy; Luật học
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/96685
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

International cooperation is a major policy of the Ministry of Education and Training identified as one ofseven groups of critical tasks to innovate and develop higher education in Vietnam. For years, advancedprograms, international training programs and high quality training programs co-conducted by domesticuniversities and foreign university have grown significantly. The international training programs are beingdeveloped in Vietnam in various models. Advanced programs aim to train highly qualified students whohave good English language competence and can adapt well to working environment.In recent years, the international training programs and high quality training programs have also beenstrengthened and developed. Law teaching and education are also a major policy stated in theConstitution in 1992: "State creates conditions for comprehensive development of citizens, civicconsciousness, education, living and work under the Constitution and law”. The law subjects taught inadvanced programs, international training programs and high quality training programs mainly focus ontwo subjects: The Introduction to Law and The Legal Environment in Business. In addition, many otherlaw subjects such as Common Law, Labor Law, Civil Law, Business Law and Company Law are alsotaught in many countries namely the United States of America. Australia, Malaysia J5ingapore.„and_so_on.,The main advantage of these programs is to create a deeper understanding of Vietnam’s integration,grasp opportunities and learn foreign customs and law. However, there is still a need for further study ofthings such as ways of researching, teaching, technology transfer, learning materials, learning awarenessof students, etc. This article only focuses on the programs with law subjects taught in English in Vietnam.Keywords: Advanced programs, international training programs and high quality training programs, lawteaching in English.1. International cooperation was identified by Ministry of Education and Training as one of seven groupsof vital tasks to innovate and develop higher education in Vietnam. For years, advanced programs,international training cooperation programs and high quality programs cooperated by domestic andforeign universities have increased significantly in number. The benefits of international cooperation intraining, education is undeniable in helping Vietnam to access to advanced education standards in theworld as well as for the development of Vietnam. This has contributed to the training of world and regionalhuman resources, the carry out of the objectives of training, high quality scientific research to graduallyreach the international level; and to the increase of revenue in the universities.