On July 27, 2021, Cybermetrics Labs (under the Spanish National Research Council) announced the second Webometrics rankings of 2021. Accordingly, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) ranked 959th among the world’s top 1,000 universities.

After many times trying hard to make contacts but no appointments could be arranged because of his tight schedule, finally in the afternoon of a day shortly before the Lunar New Year 2020 I (the reporter) managed to have an opportunity sitting with Dr. Nguyen Duc Bao - a young, dynamic lecturer at the Faculty of Political Economy, VNU University of Economics and Business who recently had his paper published in The World Economy journal in 2020 with the title of: "Financial Intermediation, Trade Agreements, and International Trade.”

During the academic year 2020-2021, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen An Thinh - Dean of the Faculty of Development Economics, VNU University of Economics and Business (VNU-UEB) is the lead author of 8 articles published in international journals in the ISI list (three articles in Q1 and five articles in Q2); Editor-in-Chief of 5 monograph books in which two published by Springer Publishing House - a traditional and reputable publisher.

Research is often labelled by the youth as arid, from another angle, it however can be seen as either a challenging and joyful “journey” of discoveries when promising results are gained, expectations are met, and outcomes are useful for the real life.

In the context of international integration, university scientific journals need to reach the international standards, thus promoting the brand of its universities. The establishment of the Journal of Economics and Business in 2021, formerly the VNU Science Journal: Economics and Business, is the turning point in the strategy of internationalization orientation of Magazine and the VNU-UEB, its governing body.

Love, friendship, health, and gender are "pieces" that are closely related. But do we have a good understanding of these issues? When placed from the perspective of Media and Marketing, how are friendship, love, health and gender related? The answer was found in the workshop “Love, friendship, health, and gender” held by VNU University of Economics and Business on 17th July 2021 with speakers - Journalist Nguyen Tuan Anh - Head of Student Department, Tien Phong Newspaper and PhD. Dao Thi Thu Trang – Lecturer of The Faculty of Development Economics.

Aiming at training of high-quality human resources for the real estate market and related business fields, on July 15th, VNU University of Economics and Business (UEB) signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Cen Academy – a member of Cen Land under Cen Group in conducting the intensive mini MBA program in real estates.

"Youth is dream, youth is passion…" it is the song UEB’s students singing in the student club “Sound of souls (SOS)”. The place stored beautiful memories of UEBers during their college time.

As one of the prestigious educational institutions, with a network of business partners offering various career opportunities for the students, on July 12th, 2021, the VNU University of Economics and Business signed the cooperation agreement with VNDirect Securities Joint Stock Company.

Aiming at building a professional training environment, VNU University of Economics and Business set its priority in improving students’ soft skills. Through these activities, the students can obtain professional knowledge and become more dynamic, creative and proactive in seizing opportunities for self-development.

What are the challenges and difficulties that household business face? What institutional barriers, policies and access to credit capital and new difficulties arise for household business during the COVID-19 pandemic? How can we facilitate the household business and solve difficulties in accessing credit for them? All were answered in the UEB Research and Sharing No. 3 of VNU University of Economics and Business.

From 6th to 8th July 2021, the VNU University of Economics and Business organized the online end-of-semester exam for the intake of QH-2019-E with 2,639 students. Besides, the UEB also arranged a separated computer room for students who had problems taking online exam. The percentage of students taking the exam reached 99%, higher than the percentage in the previous face-to-face exams.

In order to equip UEB’s students with the information of recruitment market and the skills needed when applying for a job, the Office of Politics and Student Affairs in collaboration with the Youth Union, TopCV Vietnam JSC. and LeDi Professional Business organized an online workshop: Recruitment trends, application process and negotiation skills in job interviews.

Korea is known as a country with high-quality education and world-class universities. That is why Tran Hong Anh, a student of the Faculty of International Economics and Business, VNU University of Economics and Business chose Korea as the destination for her international exchange program. Let's listen to her sharing about her journey of miracles in Korea!

The book is a specialized book for graduate students of the VNU University of Economics and Business and students studying Korean at Vietnam National University, Hanoi.