The University of Queensland (UQ) has been actively engaged in the Higher Education Sector in Vietnam since the mid 1990’s. Most notably, UQ trained approximately 300 Vietnamese students under The Atlantic Philanthropies’ funded Coursework Masters Scholarship Program and the Doctoral Development Program between 2000 – 2007.

UQ’s Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ) collaborates with the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in the provision of teacher development training through linkages with a range of universities across the country. It provides international development activities across a range of fields, and has strong links with the Communist Party in the delivery of professional development training to government officials.

UQ is involved in a variety of research projects and academic collaborations with Vietnamese Government and education institutions throughout Vietnam across a range of sectors in line with Vietnamese Government priority areas. UQ has over 900 alumni residing in Vietnam, and a permanent representative located in Hanoi.

The University of Queensland was awarded a Friendship Medal by the Government of Vietnam in April 2006 in recognition of the active contribution the University has made to the education and training of Vietnamese students and in assisting with developing in closer links in higher education between Vietnam and Australia.