In the afternoon on March 21st , 2018, National Economics University in cooperation with FPT University held a seminar on "Accreditation by the standards of ACBSP, USA" on purpose of helping economics universities to understand better and share their expertise in accreditation with ACBSP.
Attending the seminar was Dr. Rajesh Khajura – Director Regional 10, ACBSP USA. There were Dr. Le My Phong - Head of Quality Assurance and Training, Department of Quality Management - Ministry of Education and Training; Dr. Tran Ngoc Tuan - Vice Rector of FPT University - co-organizer of the seminar; MA. Nguyen Lien Phuong - Faculty of Economics and Management, Hoa Sen University – representative of an university accredited by ACBSP; and representatives from more than 16 universities in the country. From NEU, there were Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat - NEU President; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Ha - Chairman of the University Council; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Chuong - Vice President; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Cuong - Vice President; and the representatives of departments, faculties, institutes, centers in the University, and students. The seminar also attracted the attention of a large number of journalists to report about the talk.
At the opening speech, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat - Principal of NEU said: “Ensuring the quality of education is a compulsory element for all universities. Through quality accreditation, universities are gradually improving their university governance, improving the quality of their education and attracting learners. Besides the accreditation of local organizations, MoET encourages institutes to accredit international standards to enhance the higher education system. At the same time, the President also emphasized: "The National Economics University, in cooperation with FPT University, organized a conference on accreditation of education quality according to the standards of ACBSP, the United States is an important step to share and spread the values of ACBSP as well as the steps of the National Economic University in particular in promoting ACBSP accreditation in the United States. "
At the seminar, delegates focused on discussing and clarifying issues: Overview of quality accreditation of universities in Vietnam according to standards of international accreditation organizations; introduce information related to accreditation organization of higher education in accordance with ACBSP, USA; Exchange of experience in implementing accreditation of higher education according to ACBSP standards at universities in Vietnam etc.
ACBSP (Accreditation Council for Economic Schools and Programs) is the largest accreditation organization in the world, accredited by the CHEA, USA. ACBSP has members throughout 60 countries, 1,200 branches with 13,000 active lecturers. Therefore, becoming a member of ACBSP is a great honor for any university and the National Economics University is making preliminary reports before conducting self-assessment ACBSP standards. The school has selected Advanced, High Quality, POHE and E-BBA programs for accreditation. This is the first step in the process of accreditation of the University and the training programs in accordance with international standards.