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CAREER DAY 2026: FROM “INSIGHT” TO “IMPACT”

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In just two days, 23-24 April, Career Day 2026 at VinUni delivered a distinctly “transformational” career experience, where students moved beyond exploration and networking into real interview settings, stepping closer to tangible career opportunities.

Designed around the journey “Explore - Prepare - Engage - Convert", this year’s edition blurred the line between preparation and action: from Company Talks, delivered by Green SM, Google, Vincom and VEC - Vietnam Exposition Center sharing insights on industries and corporate culture, to B2B Meetings & Industry Challenge Sharing sessions strengthening university-industry collaboration, and the Applied AI Talent Program workshop. All activities were aimed at helping students understand how businesses operate in a labor market increasingly shaped by AI.

Specially, many top employers joined Career Day through connections from VinUni alumni and students. This is a powerful testament to the quality and credibility of VinUni talents, our graduates are not only thriving in the industry but are also actively “pay it forward" back to the campus, strengthening the bridge between industry and academia. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to:

- Strategic Partners: BIDV, SAP, ICAEW Chartered Accountants, Quantex.
- Companion Partners: Monee, Shopee, VinDynamics, VinSmart Future, Woori Bank.
- Participating Partners: AlphaSights, Canifa, Earth Systems, FPT Digital, FPT Telecom, Google, Green SM, LeBros, Moreh Vietnam, Savills Vietnam, SSI Securities Corporation, Sun Hospitality & Entertainment, UOB, UL Solutions, Vietnam Exhibition Center (VEC), VFS Global, Vincom Retail, VinFuture Prize, Vinmec Healthcare System, Vinpearl.
And all companies, leaders, experts, alumni, and students who took part in Career Day 2026!

Career Day 2026 was not just about connection; it was about turning engagement into real career momentum. VinUnians, what did you take away from this year’s transformation?

| Can AI detect diseases it has never seen? VinUni students and researchers are making it possible

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In medical diagnostics, "data scarcity" is a significant challenge. While is incredibly good at detecting and diagnosing common illnesses, it often struggles to recognize rare diseases simply because it hasn't "seen" enough examples. At the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging ( ) - a premier global stage for biological imaging - students and researchers from proved that smart innovation can overcome this hurdle.

Two new research works have received prestigious awards, recognizing their scientific value and potential to contribute to practical clinical diagnostics:

🥇 1st Place - Teaching AI to Detect the "Invisible"

How do you train AI to identify rare conditions when the number of data samples is incredibly limited? Outperforming 72 international teams, our team took the #1 spot for their work on Chest X-ray classification. They developed a way for AI to accurately identify rare conditions even when medical images are limited - ensuring no patient is left behind just because their condition is uncommon. The project is a collaborative effort between the Computer Vision and Medical AI Lab (CVMAIL), VinUni - Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC), and the Machine and Hybrid Intelligence Lab (MIHL) at Northwestern University
👉 Read more: https://cvlab.vinuni.edu.vn/1825-2/

🏆 Best Paper Award - A Breakthrough in Rare White Blood Cell Classification

Standard AI often makes decisions by just looking for visual patterns, without understanding the biology behind them. Our researchers changed this by "teaching" AI the same logical steps and biological markers that human doctors use to identify cells. This combination allowed the project to win the Best Paper Award for its ability to accurately classify rare white blood cells. By following biological rules, the AI makes the early detection of blood disorders more precise and less prone to simple errors.
👉 Read more: https://cvlab.vinuni.edu.vn/a-new-paper-accepted-at-2026-ieee-international-symposium-on-biomedical-imaging-isbi/

According to Dr. Pham Huy Hieu, Principal Investigator and PhD Supervisor at the VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC): “These achievements reflect the research capabilities and innovative spirit of VinUni students and fellows, while demonstrating their potential to contribute to high-value research directions and global healthcare challenges.”

Congratulations to the research teams!

VINUNIVERSITY WINS GOLD AWARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Marking four years of impactful implementation of the “Khanh Hoa People Speak English” initiative, VinUniversity has been awarded the prestigious in the category of “Excellence in Provision of Literacy & Education Award” at the 18th Global CSR & ESG Summit & Awards.

This is one of the leading international awards recognizing outstanding contributions in corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. The 2026 ceremony was held in Thailand, bringing together hundreds of experts and representatives from organizations and enterprises worldwide.

The “Khanh Hoa People Speak English” project is a community-focused education initiative funded by Vingroup and designed and implemented by VinUniversity. The project aims to expand access to communicative English, empowering people from all walks of life to confidently develop themselves and contribute to the province’s tourism and service sectors.

Remarkable impact at scale:
🔹Reached 1 million residents (50% of the province), with over 600,000 direct beneficiaries
🔹Leveraged LMS, the EZ English app, and AI to deliver scalable yet personalized learning

With a proven and scalable model, the project is now ready to expand to other localities across Vietnam and beyond!✨

VinUni leadership revealed 's “bold bet” to put Vietnamese research on the world map within ten years under the big quest “Is Asia the next science superpower?” at THE Asia Universities Summit 2026

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At THE Asia Universities Summit 2026, Dr. Lê Mai Lan, president of the University Council at VinUniversity, joined leaders from Times Higher Education, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Springer Nature Group to tackle a defining question: What will truly determine Asia’s scientific future?

To conquer this big question, bold ideas on the below matters were critically discussed:
1. Quantity vs. Quality? What distinguishes agenda-setting science from high-volume research?
2. Which institutional incentives enable originality rather than replication?
3. How should universities and governments protect openness and trust under geopolitical strain?
4. What is a “bold bet” of VinUni to put Vietnamese research on the world map ten years from now?
5. What is one habit or mindset that Asian universities need to “unlearn” in order to stop just following and start leading?

A range of sharp perspectives was brought into the dialogue, converging on a clear message that Asia’s scientific future will depend less on its potential and more on how effectively institutions, researchers, and policymakers translate that potential into sustained action. Within this, Dr. Mai Lan reveals VinUni's 2 key factors and the unique university-industry integration model to work towards our great ambition to bring Vietnam to the global academic map.

👉 Read the full sharing below.

🚀 The conversation continues on today, April 23, when Dr. Lê Mai Lan delivers a keynote on “Scaling Asian innovations into global models.” Stay tuned!

Photo credit: Times Higher Education

| Some recruiter names that you don’t want to miss this VinUni Career Day 2026

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Career Day 2026 marks the moment when many VinUnians will sit across the table from the people actively shaping not just Vietnam, but Southeast Asia’s digital economy. ✨

At VinUni, we’re proud to bring together diverse ways of thinking, building, and defining success, all in one space. Let's count down 1 hour to Career Day 2026 to meet the leading firms, or your future employers 😉

VINUNIVERSITY SPARKS A NEW DIALOGUE ON FUNDRAISING AND ADVANCEMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN VIETNAM
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What does it take for universities to grow beyond their current limits?

At VinUniversity’s Strategic Fundraising and Advancement Workshop for Higher Education, a key idea emerged: universities need to move beyond viewing fundraising as a standalone activity and instead embrace advancement as a strategic capability - integrating reputation, relationships, and long-term resource development.

Across global perspectives shared at the workshop, advancement was framed not simply as financial mobilization, but as a broader system of value creation, where:

🔹Trust builds institutional reputation.
🔹Relationships strengthen networks across alumni, partners, and community.
🔹And these connections translate into sustainable resources - from scholarships and research opportunities to long-term societal impact.

For Vietnam, this opens a larger question:

👉 What if advancement were treated not as a supporting function, but as a core driver of university transformation?

At VinUniversity, early steps are already underway - from building dedicated advancement capabilities to fostering alumni engagement and expanding strategic partnerships, all grounded in a long-term vision for impact.

👉 Discover the full story: https://vinuni.edu.vn/vinuniversity-initiates-a-new-dialogue-on-advancement-for-vietnams-higher-education/

| VinUni at THE Asia Universities Summit 2026: Bringing Vietnam’s Voice to Asia’s Higher Education Dialogue

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From 22–24 April 2026, VinUni will participate in THE Asia Universities Summit 2026 in Hong Kong, one of the most prestigious higher education forums in the region, organized by Times Higher Education. This global forum brings together leaders across higher education, research, industry and policymaking from across Asia and beyond. This year, THE Asia Universities Summit will gather over 600 delegates from more than 250 institutions and organizations across 35+ countries.

🎯 VinUni's Highlights at THE Asia Universities Summit 2026:

President Le Mai Lan will take the stage as a speaker at two key sessions, bringing the voice of Vietnamese higher education into global academic dialogue.

🔹 Panel Discussion - 22 April
In the session "The new epicentre: Is Asia the world's next scientific superpower?" Dr. Le Mai Lan will join leaders from Times Higher Education, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - HKUST and Springer Nature Group to address a pivotal question: whether Asia is shaping research agendas, norms, and standards or primarily executing them and which institutional choices are required to move from production to direction-setting.

🔹 Keynote Speech - 23 April
In her keynote address on "Scaling Asia's tech innovations into global blueprints", Dr. Le Mai Lan will share her strategic vision on what makes innovation truly transferable across borders, from robust research ecosystems and industry partnerships to talent pipelines and entrepreneurial culture.

VinUni's presence at THE Asia Universities Summit reflects our unwavering commitment to international engagement and our active contribution to shaping global conversations on the future of higher education.

To international partners joining THE Asia Universities Summit this year, we invite you to attend our sessions to exchange ideas for collaboration.

See you at THE Asia Universities Summit 2026!

Your next internship might be hiding in these colors.

The company lineup for will be revealed from tonight - but first, how many can you guess from their brand palettes and industries?

👇 Drop your answers before the reveal on VinUni Career Success.

| BOOSTING VIETNAM’S FRUIT PRODUCTION: VINUNI SECURES FIRST AUSTRALIAN DFAT FUNDING TO ADVANCE VIETNAM CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE

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VinUniversity has been awarded funding under the Aus4Innovation Partnership Grants for the project “VietFruitRise: Smart Pollination Management to Improve Fruit Production in Vietnam” – marking a significant milestone as the University’s first project funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

VinUniversity serves as the Vietnamese Lead Entity by Assistant Professor Thai Mai Thanh (under the Center for Environmental Intelligence and VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center), co-leading the project with The University of Queensland, the Australian Lead Entity. Together, the partners bring interdisciplinary expertise in AI, agriculture, and environmental science to address one of the most pressing challenges facing Vietnam’s high-value fruit sector: the impact of climate change on pollination systems and crop productivity.

🚀 From research to real-world solution
With total funding of AUD 544,240 and a 19-month implementation period starting in April 2026, VietFruitRise will:
🔷 Develop an AI-powered pollination management system tailored for durian and mango orchards in the Mekong Delta.
🔷 The system integrates insect tracking, AIoT sensors, and predictive analytics to monitor pollinator activity, flowering patterns, and microclimate conditions, delivering real-time, data-driven insights through a bilingual digital advisory platform.

✨ Securing this first DFAT-funded project marks a strategic milestone for VinUni, expanding its engagement with international government funding and advancing research with tangible societal impact.

Join us in congratulating the project team! 🎉

Read more about the project: https://research.vinuni.edu.vn/vinuni-secures-first-australian-dfat-funding-to-advance-vietnam-climate-resilient-agriculture/