History

The Faculty of Philosophy, Hanoi General University (now USSH, VNU Hanoi) was founded by the Vietnam Communist Party's General Secretariat, Ministry of Higher education and professional Middle school (now Ministry of Education and Training) in September, 1976. This establishment was especially important, proving that the Vietnam State and Party's profound understanding and awareness of the development of such basic sciences as Philosophy in Vietnam. The introduction of the Faculty of Philosophy in Hanoi General University helped expand the University's training scope on the 20th anniversary of its foundation.

Mission

To pioneer the training of high-quality human resources, studying and disseminating knowledge of Philosophical theories and Marxist-Leninism for the sake of national construction and development.

Development orientations

Focus on designing and reforming some of the portions dealing with Marxist-Leninist philosophy, History of Philosophy and Oriental and Western Religious Studies, based on advanced regional standards by learning from other international programs, retraining lecturers, and improving academic exchanges with the more advanced regional and international partnerships.