Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM, ) is one of the two largest national research universities in Vietnam (the other is Vietnam National University, Hanoi), founded on 27 January 1995, and reorganized on 12 February 2001, under the Decision no. 15/2001/QĐ-TTg by the Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải. The university now provides undergraduate and graduate education to 56,427 students, including: 99 undergraduate programs 105 M.Sc and M.Eng programs 79 doctoral programs The education professionals cover technology, natural sciences, basic sciences, social sciences and humanities, literature, foreign languages, and business. The headquarters of the university is in Linh Trung ward, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City. The university is planning a campus project the area of 643.7 ha. History Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City was founded on 27 January 1995 by Government Decree 16/CP on the basis of the merger of nine universities (members): (University of Ho Chi Minh City, Thu Duc Technology Training University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Sylviculture, University of Economics, University of Accounting and Finance, HCMC University of Education (or Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University), Ho Chi Minh City Architecture University, branch of Law University of Hanoi into eight members and officially declared on 6 February 1996. On 12 February 2001, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải signed a Decision no. 15/2001/QĐ-TTg on the reorganization of this university. According to the decision, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City, the same applied for Vietnam National University, Hanoi, shall have specific internal organization and activity (unlike the one applicable for other Vietnamese universities), will be given priority to involve in education of postgraduate and science research of spheres of technologies, to be a pioneer in education and science, to contribute significantly to the country's economic and scientific development. Also in this decision, some member colleges were split from Ho Chi Minh City National University and came under the management of the Ministry of Education. At present, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City consists of six member colleges (referred to as "universities"), two schools, and one institute: VNUHCM University of Technology VNUHCM University of Science VNUHCM University of Social Sciences and Humanities VNUHCM International University VNUHCM University of Information Technology VNUHCM University of Economics and Law VNUHCM An Giang University VNUHCM School of Medicine VNUHCM School of