The University of Danang (UD) began construction on five key technical infrastructure items worth VNĐ1.08 trillion (US$41.4 million), part of the first structure for a national-level university in central Viet Nam and the third largest in the country.

Construction includes main buildings, a laboratory, lecture halls and landscaping for the university's schools of technology and education and foreign languages, as well as the Vietnam-UK International University, dorms and a campus centre. Work on the project started in 2021 and will continue through 2027.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - President of UD said the project was designed to make Đa Nang into a high-quality education and scientific research centre in central Viet Nam, and one of the country's three largest urban centres for training workers. He said it’s a milestone in the goal of building the university into one of the top 150 leading universities in Asia, and a green and smart urban centre in the new era of the nation's rise.

Last year, the university also started construction of infrastructure for the UD Urban Area project, following a 20-year delay. UD Urban Area project will be built on 300ha with a total investment of nearly VNĐ2.8 trillion ($107.4 million), of which $98 million was loaned from the World Bank, making necessary accommodations available for more than 66,000 students, lecturers and managing officials by 2035. It was approved as part of a triangle of strategic education development, including projects in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: Vietnam News