President Truong Tan Sang attended a ceremony at the NationalEconomics University to mark its 55 th founding anniversary andVietnam ’s Teachers’ Day (Nov. 20), in Hanoi on Nov. 19.
On this occasion, the university was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order by the Party and State for the second time.
PresidentSang praised efforts by the university’s teachers, staffs and studentsfor their great contributions to the cause of national construction anddefence.
He affirmed that developing human resources is animportant task to implement the target of the 11 th Party Congress toturn the country into an industrialised country by 2020. Tosuccessfully implement the strategy, the educational sector must reformitself basically, comprehensively and strongly with the most urgentissue is to improve the comprehensive quality of tertiary education.
TheNational Economics University , previously was the CentralFinancial Economics School , was established in 1956.
Overthe past 55 years, the university trained 55,639 regular graduates,52,194 in-service graduates, and almost 7,000 master and doctoratedegree holders.
The university also led the trend ofexpanding international integration and renewal of university managementmechanism in the country.
The same day, National AssemblyChairman Nguyen Sinh Hung visited the Border Guards Academy on theoccasion of the National Teachers’ Day and the academy’s receiving thetitle “Hero of People’s Armed Forces”./.