General introduction

1. History of formation

The Faculty of Literature is one of the largest faculties with the longest tradition in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Formed in 1956, through many separations and mergers with different names such as the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of History and Literature, the Faculty of Philology, the Faculty of Literature and dozens of relocations during the resistance war against the US to save the country, up to now, the Faculty of Literature has had a journey of more than 60 years of development and maturity. Since October 1996, the Faculty of Literature has entered a new stage of development within the structure of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, a multidisciplinary, multi-field, high-quality university center of the country in the renovation period.

2. Mission

As one of the oldest faculties in the system of schools of Hanoi National University, with leading prestige in training and researching literature, the Faculty of Literature has the mission of training high-quality human resources, with solid knowledge, democratic spirit, science, humanity in literature, art and Han Nom to serve the cause of national construction and innovation.
The educational philosophy of the Faculty of Literature is Basic knowledge - Independent thinking - Proactive adaptation.
Outstanding achievements
Over the course of more than 60 years of development, the Faculty of Literature has gradually affirmed itself as one of the leading institutions in the country in teaching and researching literature with a system of textbooks, specialized books, monographs, and treatises of large scale and quality.
Over the years, the Faculty of Literature has continuously received medals, certificates of merit, and certificates of merit at all levels such as: Third-class Labor Medal in 1995, Second-class Labor Medal in 2001. The Faculty of Literature has been awarded 38 certificates of merit, 18 certificates of merit from the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Hanoi University of Science, and Hanoi National University. For many years, the Faculty has always been the unit that achieved the title of Excellent Labor Collective of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
The Faculty has three departments that have been awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister: Department of Literary Theory (2001), Department of Modern Vietnamese Literature (2001), Department of Vietnamese Folklore and Medieval Literature (2004). Departments in the Faculty have been awarded the title of Excellent Labor Collective for many consecutive years and received Certificates of Merit from Hanoi National University.

3. Development orientation

The goal of the Faculty of Literature is to build an interdisciplinary faculty, covering the fields of culture, art, and classical linguistics, integrating into the international academic environment and effectively serving the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country.
The development orientation of the Faculty is to expand research and teaching fields; consolidate and modernize traditional fields; enhance international activities, from international cooperation to international publication; build a number of new majors and specialties; build towards a multidisciplinary unit that both researches and trains.