30 years of pioneering in building high-quality tourism human resources

On November 15, the Faculty of Tourism Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Vietnam National University, Hanoi marked its 30th anniversary (1995 - 2025) with the message "Humanistic Tourism - Spreading wings to reach far".

The ceremony celebrates the 30-year journey of formation and affirms the prestige of the Faculty of Tourism Studies in the university education system.
 

Delegates and leaders of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Faculty of Tourism Studies performed a ceremony to mark the anniversary. Photo: Khanh Ho

Speaking at the 30th Anniversary Ceremony of the Faculty, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung - Head of the Faculty of Tourism Studies emphasized: "With the spirit of solidarity, innovation, autonomy and development, the Faculty of Tourism Studies will continue to cherish the past, look towards the future, constantly innovate, create and integrate, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the Party Congress of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities for the term 2025-2030 for the development of the school and the development of Vietnam's tourism industry".

Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung shared that on the new journey, the Faculty of Tourism Studies will continue to review and adjust existing training programs in a modern and integrated direction, closely linked to the development characteristics of Vietnam's tourism; strengthen research orientation, especially in postgraduate training, in line with the school's research university model.

The Faculty will develop a high-quality teaching staff, striving for 100% to have a doctorate degree, at least one Professor and five Associate Professors, ensuring improved teaching, research and academic administration capacity.

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Ha Van Sieu affirmed that, after 30 years of development, the Faculty of Tourism Studies has become a pioneer brand in human resource training and tourism research in Vietnam. Accompanying the general development of the industry, the Faculty of Tourism Studies has been recognized and highly appreciated by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (formerly the General Department of Tourism).

A typical example is the Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit in 2022. Recently, at the Vietnam Tourism Awards Ceremony 2025, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism honored the Faculty of Tourism Studies, Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities as the "Best Tourism Training Institution", demonstrating the brilliant achievements of the faculty over the past three decades.
 

Dr. Ha Van Sieu, representing the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, performed the ceremony to award the title of “Best Tourism Training Institution” from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to the representative of the Faculty of Tourism. Photo: Nguyen Phuc

Deputy Director Ha Van Sieu emphasized that tourism is increasingly asserting its position as a key industry, shifting from quantitative growth to in-depth, quality and sustainable development. To meet the requirements of capacity and scale of the industry, the tourism industry needs 3 to 5 million direct and indirect workers with professional training in tourism and related fields.

“In the coming period, with the requirements for innovation and application of science and technology in training and developing human resources as specified in Resolution 57 and Resolution 71 of the Politburo, the Faculty of Tourism Studies needs to further promote the achievements it has achieved. Continue to make efforts in training and researching tourism, in line with the national strategic orientation and the global context of digital transformation, green tourism, circular economy, smart tourism, application of artificial intelligence in training and developing tourism human resources…” - Deputy Director Ha Van Sieu emphasized.

Mr. Ha Van Sieu expressed his belief that, with the spirit of pioneering, creativity and development, the Faculty of Tourism will continue to be a leading training and research center, making an important contribution to the cause of bringing the Vietnamese tourism industry to new heights and sustainability in the new era.
 

Reward and Honor Section, announcement and awarding of Ministry-level Certificates of Merit and National University-level Emulation Flags. Photo: Nguyen Phuc, Khanh Ho

Since 1995, the Faculty of Tourism has been continuously expanding its scale. This is the first unit in the country to train Masters in tourism (in 2003), open a major in event management at the university level (in 2013) and train PhDs in tourism (in 2018), contributing significantly to shaping tourism as an independent science.

International cooperation activities were promoted from 2013 to 2018, with strategic partners from Germany, Japan, China and neighboring countries in the region.

With a wide international cooperation network and hundreds of prestigious research projects, the Faculty of Tourism Studies contributes to shaping modern tourism knowledge, promoting the sustainable development of the smokeless industry.