PM Dũng said the university was an important milestone in Japan-Vietnam relations. Special advisor Tsutomu Takebe said the university would open its first application next March and expected to welcome 6,000 students by 2020. He also said that Japanese organisations and individuals would spend 163 million USD to invest in the university. He also announced that Japan was currently urging Japanese investors to invest in Vietnam.
On 07.21.2014 the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 1186/QD-TTg on establishing VNU Vietnam - Japan University. VNU Vietnam - Japan University is built in accordance with the model of the excellent university, based on the basic science and high-tech, in a close transfer and linkage with the higher education establishments of Vietnam and Japan. It is the symbol for the strategic relationship between VNU and the Japanese partners in particular and between Vietnam and Japan in general.
VNU Vietnam - Japan University is planning to open these majors: global health science, agricultural biosciences science, industrial biochemistry, international biological engineering, international energy science, information technology, infrastructure and construction, climate change, engineering response to natural disasters, scientists and industry knowledge, technical automotive industry, industrial materials, information, technology, and social Asia Society, environmental urban studies, sustainable science and global leadership, public policy, comparative law and political science, Japanese and contemporary Asian social sciences and, logistic and supply chain management, production management and lean administration. In addition, there are training programs in language and culture of Japan.
The training programs of VNU Vietnam - Japan University are regional inspection agencies and international and recognized by foreign prestigious university.
