Dozens of PhDs graduated from world's top schools and returned home

9X Doctor graduated from top US school

Dr. Can Tran Thanh Trung, graduated from the California Institute of Technology (USA) and works at the University of Natural Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City. Can Tran Thanh Trung was born in 1995 and is a former student of the Gifted High School (Ho Chi Minh City National University). Trung won the Gold Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Colombia in 2013.

After high school, Trung received a full scholarship to Duke University (USA) - a school in the top 10 of the best university rankings in the US, according to US News 2024. He graduated as valedictorian in mathematics from this school in 2018.

After that, Mr. Trung did his PhD in mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (USA). According to the THE 2024 rankings, the California Institute of Technology ranked 7th among the best universities in the world. According to the rankings of the Quacquarelli Symonds - QS education organization (UK), this Institute ranked in the top 10 in the world.

Dr. Can Tran Thanh Trung said that since 2016, he and the PiMA group have organized math and application summer camps for high school students across the country. The program aims to introduce modern university-level applied mathematics to high school students and train other soft skills such as teamwork, research, and programming.

To date, many of PiMA’s students have become successful, working for leading technology companies or as postgraduates at major universities around the world. Upon returning home, he has nurtured the desire to gradually develop PiMA into a quality training, research and application center of the University of Natural Sciences.

Dozens of other PhDs return home

Dozens of other PhDs who graduated from many prestigious universities around the world also returned to Vietnam to work. Dr. Tran Minh Tuan, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA); Dr. Le Trung Hoang, graduated from the School of Computing and Information Systems (Singapore); Dr. Le Van Ve, graduated from the Korea University of Science and Technology; Dr. Trinh Quang Vinh, graduated from the National University of Chi Nan (Taiwan), also returned to work at the University of Natural Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City last year.

Or Dr. Hoang Tung, graduated from Seoul National University (Korea); Dr. Tran Thi Thuy Linh, graduated from Paris-Saclay University (France); Dr. Thai Khac Minh, graduated from Vienna University (Austria); Dr. Tran Huynh Nguyen Khanh, graduated from Daegu Catholic University (Korea) and worked at the University of Health Sciences.

Dr. Van Phung Truong Son, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University (USA); Dr. Nguyen Sy Ngoc, graduated from Seoul National University (Korea); Dr. Bui Van Hong Linh, graduated from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); Dr. Pham Toan Thang, graduated from Sejong University (Korea); Dr. Nguyen Van Hieu, graduated from Côte D'Azur University (France); Dr. Truong Van Tri, graduated from Ostrava University (Czech Republic); Dr. Truong Ngoc Cuong, graduated from Korea National University of Maritime and Oceanography (Korea), worked at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.

In addition, Dr. Vu Gia Phong, graduated from the University of California Berkeley (USA), worked at the International University, or Dr. Pham Ngoc Thanh, graduated from Osaka University, Japan, worked at An Giang University...

A representative of Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade said that last year, three PhDs who graduated abroad returned to work at the school. The school provided financial support for those who returned to work at the school with a PhD degree of 75 million VND, 100 million VND for associate professors and 150 million VND for professors.

“In addition to financial conditions, the school also creates many conditions for these individuals such as receiving 100% of their salary when studying for advanced degrees; Personnel will be highly valued in their field of work, have the opportunity to access resources and be given priority for investment according to project plans. In addition, the working environment will be created with the best conditions," said a representative.

The school also has a policy for officials who go to advanced training courses to improve their doctoral qualifications. If the doctoral thesis is ahead of schedule, they will receive 30 million VND in support, and if it is on schedule, they will receive 25 million VND. For officials currently working at the school, when they receive the title of associate professor, they will receive 30 million VND in support, and when they become professors, they will receive 50 million VND.

In addition, the school applies a fairly generous reward system. Individuals with articles published in scientific journals in the SCIE, SSCI journal list with Q1 index are rewarded 75 million VND; SCIE, SSCI journal list with Q2 index are rewarded 50 million VND; the remaining ISI journal list including SCIE, SSCI with Q3, Q4, ESCI index are rewarded 35 million VND; Scopus journal list is rewarded 20 million VND; ISI/Scopus index is rewarded 15 million VND...